"EPA: Trump Team Phasing Out Oil Field Enforcement Initiative"
"Trump administration officials at EPA are phasing out the agency's enforcement focus on animal waste pollution and the oil and gas industry."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/27/2018
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Kansans Drank Contaminated Water For Years. The State Didn’t Tell Them
"The state allowed hundreds of residents in two Wichita-area neighborhoods to drink contaminated water for years without telling them, despite warning signs of contamination close to water wells used for drinking, washing and bathing."
Source: Wichita Eagle, 08/27/2018
"A Leader in the War on Poverty Opens a New Front: Pollution"
"A pastor is resurrecting the Poor People’s Campaign, a movement started by Martin Luther King Jr. He sees the climate and environment as issues on par with poverty and racism."
Source: NY Times, 08/27/2018
"John McCain's Climate Change Legacy"
"Among the many battles Sen. John McCain waged in his storied career, it is easy to overlook his fight for U.S. action on climate change."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/27/2018
Pesticide Studies Won EPA Trust, Until Trump Team Scorned ‘Secret Science’
"Backed by agrochemical companies, the current administration and Congress are moving to curb the role of human health studies in regulation."
Source: NY Times, 08/27/2018
Trump Seasonal Worker Clampdown Harms Maryland’s Crab Businesses
"Eastern Shore crab houses are suffering this summer because they didn’t get the visas needed to hire enough pickers from Mexico."
Source: Washington Post, 08/24/2018
"Wash. Girds For Ballot Brawl Over Carbon Fee"
"Carbon pricing will be on the ballot in Washington state in November, and the money is pouring in from big-name environmental groups backing the initiative and oil companies hoping to kill it."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/24/2018
Kavanaugh’s Record Sets A Dangerous Precedent On Endangered Species
In his 12 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, he’s ruled against species protections 95 percent of the time."
Source: HuffPost, 08/24/2018
Detroit Incinerator Often Exceeds Pollution Limits, Rarely Fined By State
"The mammoth trash incinerator located in Detroit’s midtown frequently exceeds pollution limits, but is seldom fined by the Department of Environmental Quality."
Source: WXYZ, 08/24/2018
"Is Your Water Safe? Harmful Chemical Found In Many Michigan Systems"
"Hundreds of municipal water supplies throughout Michigan may have unsafe levels of an emerging, persistent chemical compound once used in nonstick surfaces. But the State of Michigan, critics contend, is using outdated measuring criteria — meaning hundreds of communities have levels of the chemical that Michigan says are safe, but other studies show may be harmful."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 08/24/2018
