"Senators Vote To Block EPA’s Use of ‘Secret Science’"
"A Senate committee voted Tuesday to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using ‘secret science’ to back its regulations."
Source: The Hill, 04/29/2015
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CA Cement Quarry To Pay $7.5M To Settle Water Pollution Violations
"CUPERTINO -- The Lehigh Hanson cement plant, a longtime producer of Silicon Valley building materials but also a significant polluter, will pay $7.5 million as part of an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to settle charges it dumped millions of gallons of toxic wastewater into a nearby creek."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 04/29/2015
"Duke Energy To Hand Out Bottled Water in NC After Wells Polluted
"Duke Energy, the largest electric utility in the US, has agreed to provide dozens of families in North Carolina with bottled water after state testing found private wells near sites where the company stores coal waste contaminated with potentially toxic chemicals."
Source: Guardian, 04/29/2015
Diabetes Drug Common in Wastewater Feminizes Fish
"Male minnows exposed to a widely used diabetes drug ubiquitous in wastewater effluent had feminized reproductive parts and were smaller and less fertile, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 04/29/2015
"White House Issues Veto Threats for First Two GOP Spending Bills"
The White House Tuesday issued veto threats for two GOP-sponsored 2016 appropriations bills likely to be taken up by the House this week. One is the Energy and Water appropriation, which the White House says underfunds clean energy jobs programs and contains "ideological riders" such as one that would thwart efforts to protect clean water.
Source: The Hill, 04/29/2015
"Senate Panel Approves Toxic Chemical Safety Bill"
"A Senate committee passed a bill Tuesday that would reform the federal government’s regulation of toxic chemicals for the first time in decades."
Source: The Hill, 04/29/2015
Market Woes Raise Questions on Coal Companies' Ability To Fund Cleanups
"Environmental advocates and states are scrutinizing coal mining company financial reports to determine whether they have enough money to cover the cost of returning sites to pre-mining conditions."
Source: Greenwire, 04/29/2015
"Elon Musk Bulks Up Tesla Batteries in Leap Beyond Cars to Grid"
"Billionaire Elon Musk thinks he can pave the way to a better energy future by turning the mattress-shaped batteries in Tesla’s electric car into upright pillars so they can be used to power homes, businesses and even utilities."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/29/2015
"Forest Fire Threatens Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Zone"
"KIEV -- Emergency services were battling on Tuesday to prevent Ukraine's largest forest fire since 1992 from spreading towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said."
Source: Reuters, 04/29/2015
Pope Francis Steps Up Campaign on Climate, to Conservatives’ Alarm
"Since his first homily in 2013, Pope Francis has preached about the need to protect the earth and all of creation as part of a broad message on the environment. It has caused little controversy so far."
Source: NY Times, 04/28/2015
