"Oroville Dam Investigators Say Inspectors Missed Clues"
"There was no shortage of red flags at Oroville Dam. It was a matter of knowing where to look."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 09/06/2017
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Enviros Gear Up To Defend Obama EPA’s Gas-Mileage Standards
"The tug of war over how much more fuel efficient new cars and trucks should be in coming years — a fight that once seemed all but settled — will play out again on Wednesday in a downtown Washington hotel."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2017
EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off For Agency Awards, Grants
"The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former Trump campaign aide with little environmental policy experience."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2017
"Hurricane Irma: Category 5 Storm Makes Landfall in the Caribbean"
"Hurricane Irma, packing winds of 185 m.p.h., made landfall in Barbuda, an island of about 2,000 people, around 2 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said."
Source: NY Times, 09/06/2017
Opinion: "Goodbye, Yosemite. Hello, What?"
The renaming of facilities at Yosemite National Park, because of a contract-related trademark dispute, "is an opportunity for the National Park Service to dump dozens of place names that are the linguistic equivalents of Confederate statues."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2017
"After Its Dams Came Down, A River Is Reborn"
"The Elwha River starts at Dodwell-Rixon Pass, a high crack in Washington’s Olympic Mountains. There, a hiker who crossed would find the Elwha Snowfinger, formed by heavy winter storms and the avalanches that pour off the surrounding mountainsides."
Source: High Country News, 09/05/2017
"Air Pollution: Court Rebuffs EPA Bid To Shelve Texas Haze Plan"
"U.S. EPA cannot sidestep a court-approved deal to address air pollution from coal-fired power plants in Texas, a federal court has ruled."
Source: Greenwire, 09/05/2017
"Dems Prep For Major Fight Over Trump USDA Science Pick"
"President Trump’s pick to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) chief scientist is on track to face one of the rougher confirmation battles of the administration."
Source: The Hill, 09/05/2017
In Georgia Peach Orchards, Warm Winters Raise Specter of Climate Change
"MUSELLA, Georgia — Three generations of Robert Lee Dickeys share the two chairs in the cozy office of Dickey Farms, the younger always deferring to the elder. For 120 years, the Dickeys have been producing peaches so juicy they demand to be eaten over the kitchen sink."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/05/2017
"Texas Moves Toward Post-Harvey Recovery; Gas Prices Slip"
"Texas on Monday edged toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey as shipping channels, oil pipelines and refineries restarted some operations and authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area around a once-burning chemical plant."
Source: Reuters, 09/05/2017
