"Interior Vacancies Vex Leaders And Lawmakers Alike"
"Key Interior Department vacancies have lingered for an unusually long time, leaving Secretary Ryan Zinke's management team problematically short-handed."
Source: Greenwire, 11/08/2017
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"California Commits To Timetable For Salton Sea Projects"
"California’s top water regulators adopted an agreement that commits the state to following through on plans of building wetlands and controlling dust around the shrinking Salton Sea over the next 10 years."
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 11/08/2017
Wisconsin Gov. Walker Promises To Sign Mining Bill
"Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign a Republican bill lifting Wisconsin’s nearly 20-year ban on gold and silver mining — a ban he himself helped put in place as a legislator."
Source: AP, 11/08/2017
"WHO To Farmers: Stop Giving Your Animals So Many Antibiotics"
"The World Health Organization, worried about an increasing epidemic of drug-resistant infections, has thrown its considerable weight behind the campaign to cut the use of antibiotics in pigs, chickens and cattle that are raised for their meat."
Source: NPR, 11/08/2017
"Lawmakers ‘Alarmed’ by EPA’s Science Board Changes"
"A group of mostly Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday slammed a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy designed to overhaul the agency’s scientific advisory panels."
Source: The Hill, 11/08/2017
"Syria Joins Paris Climate Accord, Leaving Only U.S. Opposed"
"Then there was one. Syria announced during United Nations climate talks on Tuesday that it would sign the Paris agreement on climate change. The move, which comes on the heels of Nicaragua signing the accord last month, will leave the United States as the only country that has rejected the global pact."
Source: Reuters, 11/08/2017
"The Death and Life of the Great Lakes"
A look at an acclaimed new work by journalist Dan Egan on the environmental state of the Great Lakes finds much to laud. But our BookShelf editor and long-time Great Lakes reporter Tom Henry sees important weaknesses as well, such as when the comprehensive compendium of environmental challenges tackles Lake Erie’s algae crisis.
"Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats”
A new book on "Big Chicken" dissects how common practices of the U.S. poultry industry are harming our air, water and health — and why Europe does it better.
State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News
An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.
"Smuggled, Beaten and Drugged: The Illicit Global Ape Trade"
"The New York Times tracked international ape smugglers from Congolese rain forests to the back streets of Bangkok. Here is what unfolded."
Source: NY Times, 11/07/2017
