"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks"
"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."
Source: E&E News, 03/29/2023
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Baltimore Blocks Treatment Of Contaminated Water From Ohio Train Derailment
"An environmental company abandoned a plan Tuesday to treat contaminated runoff water from East Palestine, Ohio, in Baltimore after city officials blocked it from using the sewer system, the latest challenge to cleaning the train derailment site amid opposition from communities unwilling to accept waste."
Source: Washington Post, 03/29/2023
Plastics Cause Health Issues From Cancer To Birth Defects: Study
"Plastics are responsible for wide-ranging health impacts including cancers, lung disease and birth defects, according to the first analysis of the health hazards of plastics across their entire life cycle – from extraction for manufacturing, through to dumping into landfill and oceans."
Source: Guardian, 03/29/2023
Judge Rules BNSF Intentionally Violated Agreement With Swinomish Tribe
"BNSF intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community when the railway company ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation, a federal judge ruled Monday."
Source: Seattle Times, 03/29/2023
"Congressional Democrats Call on EPA To Tighten Proposed Soot Standards"
"More than 80 congressional Democrats, led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), urged the Biden administration to strengthen proposed rules on soot pollution in a letter Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 03/29/2023
"He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’"
"Researchers like Carlos Moreno, the professor behind a popular urban planning concept, are struggling with conspiracy theories and death threats."
Source: NYTimes, 03/29/2023
New Flu Spilling Over From Cows To People In U.S. Should We Worry?
"In 2011, a farmer in Oklahoma had a bunch of sick pigs. The animals had what looked like the flu."
Source: NPR, 03/29/2023
Opinion: "I Am Haunted by What I Have Seen at Great Salt Lake"
"From a distance, it is hard to tell whether the three figures walking the salt playa are human, bird or some other animal. Through binoculars, I see they are pelicans, juveniles, gaunt and emaciated without water or food. In feathered robes, they walk with the focus of fasting monks toward enlightenment or death."
Source: NYTimes, 03/28/2023
"California Lawmakers OK Potential Fines For High Gas Prices"
"California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation’s first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation’s most populous state last summer."
Source: AP, 03/28/2023
Thousands of Pounds of PFAS Chemicals” Have Been Injected Into Texas Wells
"A new report from a public health watchdog found that more than 40,000 pounds of PFAS has been injected into more than 1,000 wells across Texas — and warned that the chemicals could pose a risk to public health".
Source: Floodlight, 03/28/2023
