Trump Administration Forced Joshua Tree To Stay Open During Last US Shutdown
"Emails show David Bernhardt of interior department overrode superintendent of California park, causing ‘chaos and destruction’"
Source: Guardian, 09/29/2023
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"Biden to Offer Smallest-Ever Offshore Oil Rights Sale Plan"
"The Biden administration is charting plans to sell offshore oil-drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years, while trimming the program to its smallest level ever.
The oil leasing plan being released by the Interior Department on Friday will contain only a low number of sales, according to people familiar with the deliberations who declined to be named because the blueprint isn’t yet public. That’s far from the 11 sales the agency proposed last year, and it would be the lowest in history.
Source: Bloomberg, 09/29/2023
"Barely Making It: A Conversation With ‘Eight Bears’ Author Gloria Dickie"
"Despite the conservation gains made by iconic bear species like the giant panda and the brown bear, most bear species remain at risk." "Gloria Dickie is an award-winning journalist who has documented the state of the world’s eight remaining bear species in a compelling new book, “Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future.”
Source: Mongabay, 09/28/2023
"PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harming Wildlife The World Over: Study"
"While the health impacts of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, or PFAS, are well known in humans, a new study reports how they affect a wide range of wildlife species."
Source: Mongabay, 09/28/2023
"Industrial Air Pollution Battle Set to Move Beyond Smokestacks"
"Advocates and communities pushing for increased air pollution monitoring at industrial facilities are stretching the limits of long-standing emission control requirements that have largely stopped at smokestacks."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/28/2023
"Houston OKs $5M To Relocate Residents Near Polluted Union Pacific Yard
"Houston officials on Wednesday approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases."
Source: AP, 09/28/2023
Biden Declares Emergency, Pipeline Planned As Salt Threatens Drinking Water
"The White House declared an emergency Wednesday for four Louisiana parishes threatened by salt intrusion in drinking water and officials warned that barges would be insufficient to deal with the problem on the east bank of New Orleans and Jefferson, prompting an urgent plan to build a pipeline."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 09/28/2023
Report Clears Alberta Officials After Oilsands Leak Went Unreported For 9 Months
"A review commissioned by the board of directors at the Alberta Energy Regulator says there are no concerns with the way the organization handled seepage and a subsequent spill at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta."
Source: The Narwhal, 09/28/2023
"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind"
"That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States".
Source: Sierra, 09/28/2023
Biden Vetoes GOP Bills Undo Endangered Species Protections For Bat, Chicken
"President Biden on Tuesday vetoed a Republican-led attempt to ax endangered species protections for the long-eared bat and the lesser prairie-chicken."
Source: The Hill, 09/28/2023
