"Analysis: As Asbestos Toll Mounts, Trump’s EPA Ignores It"
"The Trump Administration would rather assure the chemical industry that its products are safe from scrutiny, rather than certify they are safe for humans. "
Source: EHN, 07/05/2018
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The Phrase ‘Climate Change’ Mysteriously Vanishes From a CDC Website
"Shortly after President Trump’s election but before his formal inauguration, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency focused on conducting research to improve workers’ health watered down a website on climate change’s contributions to occupational hazards, a new report has revealed."
Source: Washington Post, 07/05/2018
"Pruitt Ally Decides Which Of His Records See The Light Of Day"
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a former political fundraising ally in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents — including details about his meetings with industry lobbyists and taxpayer-funded travels across the U.S. and Europe."
Source: Politico, 07/05/2018
"National Parks: Sources: Grand Teton Chief Is Trump's Pick To Lead NPS
"After leaving the job vacant for nearly 18 months, President Trump is expected to nominate the superintendent of Grand Teton National Park as the 19th director of the National Park Service, according to several sources familiar with the process."
Source: Greenwire, 07/05/2018
"Utah Oil Drillers Won Pollution Break From Pruitt"
"Utah oil and gas producers tried for years to get the EPA to exempt them from smog rules meant to prevent ailments like asthma. They finally got their relief after Scott Pruitt took charge of the agency, newly released emails show."
Source: Politico, 07/05/2018
Winners: SEJ 17th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
And the winners are...
1st Place Winners: SEJ 17th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
The Society of Environmental Journalists each year honors journalists for the best articles, radio broadcasts and videos in seven categories, this time naming winners for work released during the year beginning March 1, 2017, and February 28, 2018. SEJ also names winners of the best books on environmental topics published in 2017.
"Agree to Agree"
"Fights over renewable standards and nuclear power can be vicious. Here's a list of things that climate hawks share broad areas of consensus."
Source: Grist, 07/04/2018
"Washington Voters Likely To Take Up Carbon Fee Initiative"
"Washington state voters will likely decide in November whether to charge industrial emitters a fee for their carbon pollution, the latest effort yet to pass a carbon-pricing measure to fight climate change."
Source: AP, 07/04/2018
EPA Science Advisers Want Chance To Comment On Transparency Plan
"The 44-member Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt not to revise or finalize a controversial proposed rule on data transparency until it can analyze it and offer comments."
Source: Science, 07/04/2018
