EPA Watchdog To Study Ethanol’s Environmental Impact
""The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog is launching a project to analyze the environmental impact of the federal ethanol mandate."
Source: The Hill, 10/19/2015
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"China Fights Desert’s Spread and Puts Mongols’ Way of Life at Risk"
"Dust storms and desertification are two of China’s biggest environmental challenges, and they can’t be addressed without dealing with the stressed northern region of Inner Mongolia. Years of intensive agriculture, the ravages of open-pit coal mining, and climate change have depleted the scarce water resources of the already arid territory."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/19/2015
Philippine Storm Weakens After Killing at Least Nine, Stranding Many
"A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time."
Source: Reuters, 10/19/2015
"Conservationists Push For A National Undersea Monument"
"Conservationists want a large swath of ocean off of Cape Cod to be declared a national monument. Fishing groups oppose the plan, which would make Cashes Ledge and other fishing areas off limits."
Source: NPR, 10/19/2015
"U.S. Winter Weather To See El Nino's Influence: Report"
"Much of the U.S. South can expect a cooler and wetter winter, while warmer than usual temperatures are likely across many northern and western states, as a strong El Niño weather pattern shaped a government weather outlook issued on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/19/2015
"Federal Coal Ash Regulations Take Effect"
"The gooey, grayish-black sludge that spread across Roane County in East Tennessee on a bitterly cold December morning is gone, but the fallout from the nation's worst coal-ash spill enters a new phase on Monday when the federal government begins regulating the storage and disposal of ash from coal-fired power plants."
Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal, 10/19/2015
House Bill Could Shield Oil Train Spill Response Plans From Disclosure
"A House of Representatives bill unveiled Friday could make it more difficult for the public to know how prepared railroads are for responding to oil spills from trains, their worst-case scenarios and how much oil is being transported by rail through communities."
Source: McClatchy, 10/19/2015
"Obama Administration Closes Off Two Avenues for New Arctic Drilling"
"The Obama administration moved on several fronts Friday to block new oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, weeks after Shell said it would be walking away from the area 'for the foreseeable future.'"
Source: FuelFix, 10/19/2015
Overview of the New Waters of the United States Rule
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