"Movement to Take Down Thousands of Dams Goes Mainstream"
"A dam in Delaware comes tumbling down; last year 71 others did too."
Source: National Geographic, 01/29/2015
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"The GOP’s Plan To Stop Environmental Protections: Attack Science"
Congressional Republicans plan to re-launch some bills they fielded last year -- bills attacking the science on which environmental and health regulations are based. But this time, with GOP control of the Senate, the bills may clear Congress."
Source: Wash Post, 01/29/2015
"National Park Service on Its Way To Creating a 2nd Marine Wilderness"
"POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. — The once-bustling oyster farm and sales shack at the end of the dirt road had the look of sudden abandonment."
Source: McClatchy, 01/29/2015
"Forest Service To Designate Routes for Snowmobiles on Public Lands"
"The U.S. Forest Service adopted a rule on Wednesday that requires managers of the nation’s nearly 200 forests and grasslands to formally designate where snowmobiles can be operated on the 193 million acres of public land the agency oversees."
Source: Reuters, 01/29/2015
"Court Backs EPA, Greens In CAFO Privacy Lawsuit"
"A federal judge ruled for U.S. EPA yesterday in a lawsuit filed by agribusinesses angry about the agency providing information on large livestock farms to environmentalists."
Source: Greenwire, 01/29/2015
"Senate Set for Thursday Keystone Vote"
"The Senate is set to greenlight its Keystone XL bill on Thursday, just 48 hours after Democrats forced Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to postpone victory on the oil pipeline he has made the GOP’s first priority for 2015."
Source: Politico, 01/29/2015
"Feds Opening Waters to Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm"
The federal government today will be auctioning off leases to develop wind energy in offshore waters.
Source: Climate Central, 01/29/2015
Groups Sue EPA Over Emissions From Industrial Livestock Production
"Two new lawsuits are part of an effort to push EPA to regulate methane from agriculture, the country's biggest source of methane."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/29/2015
Latest EPA Release of Toxics Data Offers Leads to Environmental Stories
The U.S. EPA has unveiled analysis of its most recent Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data (for 2013). The TRI provides a useful starting point for finding not only local and regional hotspots, but also significant trends.
Canadian Public Not Allowed To Know Kinder Morgan Pipeline Emergency Plan
The expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Canada by the multibillion-dollar Houston firm Kinder Morgan is, to say the least, controversial. So it did not help instill public confidence when Canada's National Energy Board on Jan 16, 2015, ruled that Kinder Morgan did not have to make public its emergency response plans for spills and fires.
