'Dead Zone' In Gulf Will Take Decades To Recover From Farm Pollution
"A new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for 30 years".
Source: Guardian, 03/26/2018
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"U.S. Asks China Not To Implement Ban On Foreign Garbage"
"The United States asked China on Friday not to implement a ban on imports of scrap materials, after the world’s top scrap buyer abruptly shut the door to many types of waste, throwing the global recycling industry into turmoil."
Source: Reuters, 03/26/2018
EPA Decision To Pave Way For Changes In Fuel Efficiency Rules: Sources
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Administration plans to declare by April 1 that the Obama administration’s vehicle efficiency rules through 2025 are “not appropriate,” two officials briefed on the matter said Friday."
Source: Reuters, 03/26/2018
Omnibus Would Bring Millions To National Park Service
"A proposed budget [now enacted] to keep the federal government running through the rest of the fiscal year, which wraps up at the end of September, would bring millions of dollars to the National Park Service if approved by Congress."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/26/2018
States Threaten To Sue EPA for Delay on Landfill Methane Rule
"Seven Democratic states on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration for its delay in enforcing an Obama administration rule on air pollution from landfills."
Source: The Hill, 03/26/2018
"Last Three Years Hottest On Record, Severe Weather Hits 2018: U.N."
"The past three years were the hottest on record and heat waves in Australia, freak Arctic warmth and water shortages in Cape Town are extending harmful weather extremes in 2018, the United Nations said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 03/23/2018
"Pesticides: Trump EPA Illegally Delayed Applicator Rule — Judge"
"U.S. EPA acted illegally when it delayed new regulations on the certification and training of pesticide applicators, a federal judge ruled yesterday."
Source: E&E News PM, 03/23/2018
"Politics: Judge In Climate Case Made Skeptics Disclose Their Donors"
"A group of climate skeptics who weighed in on climate lawsuits in California revealed their recent funding, and court documents show their donors are a mix of fossil fuel companies and conservative think tanks."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/23/2018
"Kasich Administration Declares Lake Erie Open Waters As Impaired"
"The Kasich administration — after years of resistance on behalf of agriculture — announced Thursday it will declare the open waters of western Lake Erie as impaired, marking a reversal on what has arguably been northwest Ohio’s most contentious water-policy issue."
Source: Toledo Blade, 03/23/2018
"Environmentalists Seek To Block New Mexico Border Wall Work"
"A coalition of environment groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop work to replace existing vehicle barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico."
Source: AP, 03/23/2018
