"The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a 2018 farm bill [Wednesday] that veers from the House's more partisan version, spares conservation programs from cuts and opens a door to wider protection for native grasslands nationwide."
"Using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's own numbers, two Harvard scientists have calculated that 80,000 more lives will be lost per decade if President Donald Trump's administration fulfills its plans to roll back clean air and water protections."
"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday challenging moves they say weaken protections for rivers, wetlands and other waterways."
"A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take steps to curb ozone pollution that blows into New York and Connecticut from five other states."
"Between 60 and 90 percent of the world’s fresh water is frozen in the ice sheets of Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined. If all that ice melted, it would be enough to raise the world’s sea levels by roughly 200 feet."
"Scott Pruitt drew fire Wednesday from conservative pundit Laura Ingraham, who urged President Donald Trump to dump the scandal-scarred EPA administrator — the latest sign that his support among Republicans is crumbling."
"Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a job, eventually securing her a position at a conservative political group that has backed him for years, according to multiple individuals familiar with the matter."
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) invites women journalists to apply for an expenses-paid reporting trip to either Mexico (Economic Development after the Elections) or Guatemala (Environment), Sep 20-Oct 5, 2018. Deadline: extended to Jul 17.
"Two new studies looking at corn and vegetables warn of a rising risk of food shocks and malnutrition with unchecked global warming."
"Researchers fear the trees are parched by drought and rising temperatures linked to climate change."
