On Navajo Nation, Special Ed Students Await Water That Doesn't Stink
"On the Navajo Nation, kids with the most severe developmental disabilities attend a school called Saint Michael's Association for Special Education."
Source: NPR, 04/13/2017
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Science Group Lauds Climate Research Targeted for Elimination by Trump
"The federal program overseeing climate change research has won an important endorsement from the authoritative National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine just as it faces the threat of budget cuts under the Donald Trump administration."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/13/2017
"Alarm Raised As Mystery Pest Destroys Mississippi Delta Marsh"
"Eric Newman speeds through the maze of bayous at the Mississippi River's mouth with the confidence of someone who's done this for decades. He points to prime spots to catch redfish, where crabbers go for blues and the grassy channel where his grandfather had a fishing camp. Suddenly, he slows his boat."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/13/2017
U.S. Steel Chemical Spill Closes Beaches, EPA Measuring Toxic Damage
"A spill at the U.S. Steel plant in Portage this week leaked a toxic chemical into Burns Waterway, a Lake Michigan tributary, forcing the closure of beaches in and around the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and leaving officials scrambling to determine the extent of damage caused to the local environment."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 04/13/2017
"Trump Eyes Climate Skeptic For Key White House Environmental Post"
"President Donald Trump may tap a vocal critic of climate change science to serve as the highest-ranking environmental official in the White House."
Source: Politico, 04/13/2017
"National Parks: Yellowstone Crew Sexually Harassed Female Workers — IG"
"A Yellowstone National Park repair crew engaged in sexual harassment, drunkenness and crude comments on the job, an internal government watchdog said today."
Source: Greenwire, 04/13/2017
Clean Water Rule: EPA To Use 2 Rulemakings To Repeal And Replace WOTUS
"U.S. EPA plans to repeal and replace the Clean Water Rule with two separate rulemaking processes, an EPA official told the Association of State Wetland Managers yesterday."
Source: Greenwire, 04/13/2017
"U.S. Government Sued Over Plan To Kill Cougars And Bears In Colorado"
"Wildlife conservation groups sued the U.S. government on Wednesday seeking to halt a plan to trap and kill as many as 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a bid to stem declines in populations of mule deer favored by hunters."
Source: Reuters, 04/13/2017
"Trump’s Policies Are Already Making Workplaces More Toxic"
"The 'wellbeing of America and the American worker is my North Star,' President Donald Trump trumpeted at a recent White House event. But the Trump administration’s policies are already adversely affecting workers’ health by undermining occupational illness prevention — including for cancers, musculoskeletal disorders and respiratory diseases that afflict hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers."
Source: In These Times, 04/13/2017
"Pipelines: 'America First' May Put Coal Country Last"
"Canada is warning the Trump administration that a "Buy American" plan for U.S. oil and gas pipelines could have an unexpected casualty: coal country."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2017
