"EPA Finalizes Its First National Recycling Strategy"
"Released on National Recycling Day, the plan emphasizes environmental justice and climate impacts. But some point to flaws."
Source: Washington Post, 11/16/2021
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"Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, Promoting Benefits For Americans"
"President Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday afternoon, a bipartisan victory that will pour billions into the nation’s roads, ports and power lines."
Source: NYTimes, 11/16/2021
Science Integrity Is About More Than Getting EPA Interviews
Freedom of access to government scientists is just one narrow facet in a worsening crisis in scientific integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new WatchDog Opinion argues that whether it’s about self-interested industry lobbying over climate change or the regulation of chemicals, there’s an assault on science itself — and the news media has a role to play.
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Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level
A new project on toxic risks has yielded a tool making it far easier to use data from the Toxics Release Inventory to report on hotspots. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a guide to ProPublica’s impressive “Sacrifice Zones” special report, which maps cancer-causing industrial air pollution. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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Hayhoe Makes Case for Healing Over Climate Change
A new volume by renowned climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe argues for a new way of talking about climate change that seeks common ground, greater respect and an effort to show how nearly everyone is affected. BookShelf editor Tom Henry reviews Hayhoe’s “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” and its hopeful message.
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"Days After Climate Summit, Biden To Hold ‘Carbon Bomb’ Gulf Oil Sale"
"Environmentalists are accusing the president of breaking a campaign promise to ban new federal fossil fuel leasing. The administration says its hands are tied."
Source: HuffPost, 11/15/2021
"U.S. Court Voids Emissions Rules For Heavy-Duty Truck Trailers"
"A U.S. appeals court on Friday tossed out greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy-duty truck trailers, ruling two government agencies had exceeded their authority."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2021
Messonnier, Birx Detail Political Interference In Coronavirus Response
"The Trump administration repeatedly interfered with efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year to issue warnings and guidance about the evolving coronavirus pandemic, six current and former health officials told congressional investigators in recent interviews."
Source: Washington Post, 11/15/2021
"Methane Plume Seen by Satellite Over Alabama Mystifies Experts"
"A large methane plume was spotted over northwestern Alabama near natural gas and coal sites three weeks ago -- though regulators have been unable to identify what spewed out the harmful greenhouse gas."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/12/2021
"EPA Plans ‘Even More Ambitious’ Methane Rule"
"A top EPA official said today that the agency early next year will strengthen its proposal for regulating emissions of methane from oil and gas infrastructure."
Source: E&E News, 11/12/2021
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