"Coal Plants Might Be Even More Toxic Than We Thought"
"An environmental disaster in North Carolina reveals that a rare, potentially dangerous compound is abundant in burned coal."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/09/2017
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High Manganese Levels Lead EPA To Crack Down On Southeast Side Polluter
CHICAGO - "Federal environmental regulators are cracking down on a Southeast Side company after finding high levels of brain-damaging manganese in a low-income, predominantly Latino neighborhood."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/09/2017
CA Water Districts Sue Feds for $1.4 Billion To Clean Drinking Supply
"In a sweeping legal fight that could affect drinking water supplies for thousands of Sacramento-area residents, two water districts near the old McClellan Air Force Base are suing the federal government for $1.4 billion to clean up the cancer-causing chemical hexavalent chromium from the area’s groundwater supplies."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/09/2017
Enviros Urge USDA To Reject Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Tree
"A genetically engineered, freeze-tolerant eucalyptus tree is moving closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, amid concerns about the tree’s possible negative effects on the environment."
Source: Washington Post, 08/09/2017
Groups To Sue DuPont and Chemours for Contaminating NC Drinking Water
"In the past two weeks, two citizens groups in North Carolina announced plans to sue Chemours, the DuPont spin-off company that now makes GenX, over its release of the chemical from its plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority issued a letter of intent to sue both Chemours and DuPont last week over violations of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by releasing GenX into the Cape Fear River, which is a source of drinking water for more than 250,000 people in the Wilmington area."
Source: The Intercept, 08/09/2017
"Trump Might Start an Ethanol Trade War With Brazil"
"President Donald Trump’s America First rhetoric is doing no favors for U.S. ethanol producers, who are hoping to avoid a trade fight with fuel buyers in Brazil."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/09/2017
"Nuclear Agency Begins Work To Consider Yucca Mountain Site"
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is taking steps to review the planned revival of the long-dormant nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain."
Source: AP, 08/09/2017
"US Scientists Contradict Trump’s Climate Claims"
"As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods."
Source: AP, 08/09/2017
"Climate: In Hit To Obama Legacy, Court Rejects HFC Phaseout Effort"
"A federal court [Tuesday] ruled that U.S. EPA cannot require companies to replace potent heat-trapping chemicals with other substances, dealing a blow to part of the Obama administration's climate change legacy."
Source: Greenwire, 08/09/2017
Ag Department Is Censoring Use Of Term 'Climate Change', Emails Reveal
"Staff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference 'weather extremes' instead."
Source: Guardian, 08/08/2017
