[BLOOMBERG] The EPA’s rollback of methane emissions standards for the oil and gas industry is temporarily suspended while a federal court weighs a longer-term freeze.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday issued an administrative stay that blocks the ...
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A ‘Crossroads’ for Humanity: Earth’s Biodiversity Is Still Collapsing
[NY TIMES] The world is failing to address a catastrophic biodiversity collapse that not only threatens to wipe out beloved species and invaluable genetic diversity, but endangers humanity’s food supply, health and security, according to a sweeping United Nations report issued on Tuesday.
When ...
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How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
[from NPR] Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its landfill watching an avalanche of plastic trash pour out of a semitrailer: containers, bags, packaging, strawberry containers, yogurt cups.
None of this plastic will be turned into ...
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Lake Pollution a Concern in Lake Charles After Hurricane Laura
FROM KPEL: (LAKE CHARLES) Residents who live near the lake in Lake Charles are smelling something fishy. At least, we hope that what so many of you have been asking about is simply fish. As you might imagine after a destructive storm like Hurricane Laura and the close proximity of so many chemical ...
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Americans Back Tough Limits on Building in Fire and Flood Zones
From the New York Times (WASHINGTON) — Americans support far more aggressive government regulation to fight the effects of climate change than elected officials have been willing to pursue so far, new research shows, including outright bans on building in flood- or fire-prone areas — a level of ...
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Majority Of Hurricane Laura Deaths Linked To Improper Use Of Portable Generators
FROM NPR:
More deaths associated with Hurricane Laura were caused by the improper use of portable generators than the storm itself.
And officials warn that the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning persists, as thousands of households in Louisiana remain without power.
Eight of the 15 ...
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A rushed vaccine could do more harm than good
Everyone wants a vaccine for this devastating pandemic developed as swiftly and as safely as possible. But it's important to remember that, in rushing this medical advancement, mistakes can be made. CNN has information about the risks associated with a rushed vaccine.
"Their concern that the FDA ...
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More abdication of responsibility at the EPA
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday relaxed strict Obama-era standards for how coal-fired power plants dispose of wastewater laced with dangerous pollutants like lead, selenium and arsenic, a move environmental groups said would leave rivers and streams vulnerable to toxic ...
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EPA to stop monitoring chloroprene around St. John Parish plant
The most recent in a series of moves where the Environmental Protection Agency has more resembled a Corporate Protection Agency.
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to stop monitoring the levels of a chemical that is believed to cause cancer around a controversial St. John the Baptist ...
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Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise bypass rules intended to protect health and the environment because of the coronavirus outbreak, The Associated Press has found.
The result: approval ...
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