Trump EPA Reverses Decision To Use 'Cyanide Bombs' To Kill Wild Animals
"After sustained public outcry, the Trump administration has voided its decision to reauthorize controversial cyanide traps for killing wildlife."
Source: Guardian, 08/16/2019
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Oil And Gas: EPA May Roll Back Methane Rules. Will States Fill The Gap?
"A Trump administration plan to replace Obama-era methane standards for the oil and gas industry could leave behind a patchwork of state regulations and voluntary goals to rein in emissions from one of the most potent greenhouses gases."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/15/2019
"'Coal Is Over': The Miners Rooting For The Green New Deal"
"Appalachia’s main industry is dying and some workers are looking to a new economic promise after Trump’s proves empty".
Source: Guardian, 08/15/2019
Trump Defended Toxic Chlorpyrifos Pesticide. California Will Ban It.
"California regulators on Wednesday took formal legal steps to ban a widely used pesticide that had been rescued from elimination by the Trump administration."
Source: LA Times, 08/15/2019
"EPA: Enviros Sue Over ACE, Calling It An Assault On Public Health"
"Ten environmental groups today filed a long-anticipated lawsuit against the Trump administration for its rollout of the Affordable Clean Energy rule, a regulation they say skirts EPA's duty to address climate change under the Clean Air Act."
Source: Greenwire, 08/15/2019
"Politics: Sidelined CDC Climate Chief To File Whistleblower Complaint"
"The former head of the Climate and Health Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to file a whistleblower complaint, E&E News has learned."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/14/2019
"Judge Bars Trump From Taking Energy Panel’s Advice"
"A judge barred the Trump administration on Tuesday from acting on the recommendations of an energy advisory panel that was created to make it easier to extract fossil fuels from public lands and waters."
Source: AP, 08/14/2019
"Trump Claims Credit For Shell Plant Announced Under Obama"
"MONACA, Pa. — President Donald Trump sought to take credit Tuesday for a major manufacturing complex in western Pennsylvania in his latest effort to reinvigorate the Rust Belt support that sent him to the White House. He was cheered on by fluorescent-vest-clad workers who were paid to attend by Shell, their employer, which is building the facility."
Source: AP, 08/14/2019
States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Obama-Era Climate Rule
"A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants. The move could ultimately limit how much leverage future administrations would have to fight climate change by restricting a major source of Earth-warming pollution."
Source: NY Times, 08/14/2019
"A Giant Factory Rises to Make a Product Filling Up the World: Plastic"
The 386-acre property looks like a giant Lego set rising from the banks of the Ohio River. It is one of the largest active construction projects in the United States, employing more than 5,000 people. When completed, the facility will be fed by pipelines stretching hundreds of miles across Appalachia. It will have its own rail system with 3,300 freight cars. And it will produce more than a million tons each year of something that many people argue the world needs less of: plastic."
Source: NY Times, 08/13/2019
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