Fractured: Harmful Chemicals Haunt Pennsylvanians Surrounded By Fracking
"We tested families in fracking country for harmful chemicals and revealed unexplained exposures, sick children, and a family's "dream life" upended."
Source: EHN, 03/04/2021
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"Collins Pledges Haaland Her First GOP 'Yes' Vote"
"Rep. Deb Haaland will have at least one Republican supporter when the Senate votes to confirm her nomination to lead the Interior Department: moderate Sen. Susan Collins of Maine."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2021"Israel Accuses Iran Of Link To Oil Spill Off Its Shores"
"Israel accused Iran on Wednesday of being linked to a recent oil spill off its shores that caused major ecological damage, calling the incident environmental terrorism. The spill was caused by an oil tanker that was carrying pirated cargo from Iran to Syria last month, Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel said."
Source: Reuters, 03/04/2021Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Sign of Trouble for Plummeting Coal Industry
"A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest coal producer, to shed responsibility for thousands of strip-mined acres, setting up a potential crisis over clean-up and reclamation of the land."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2021Popular Flea Collar Linked To Almost 1,700 Pet Deaths. EPA Silent.
"Rhonda Bomwell had never used a flea and tick collar before. Pierre, her 9-year-old Papillon service dog, was mostly an indoor animal."
Source: Investigate Midwest, 03/04/2021"Carbon County, Wyoming, Knows Which Way the Wind Is Blowing"
"In the heart of coal country, the town of Rawlins will soon be home to one of the nation’s largest wind farms. But pride in the fossil fuel past remains a powerful force."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2021"Biden Admin Ditches Trump 'Open Science' Order"
"The Interior Department today scrapped its version of the Trump administration's controversial "open science" dictate that critics say unduly constrained research important for environmental policy decisions."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2021"Republicans Press Biden Environment Nominee On Obama-Era Policy"
"Republicans senators pressed one of President Biden’s nominees for a major environmental post on a power plant regulation she helped promulgate during the Obama administration."
Source: The Hill, 03/04/2021"Things To Watch In Democrats' Big Climate Bill"
"Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats yesterday rolled out an enhanced version of their climate bill, an ambitious effort to overhaul the power sector and decarbonize the economy."
Source: E&E News, 03/04/2021"I Know Why the Caged Songbird Goes Extinct"
"The straw-headed bulbul doesn’t look like much. ... But this Southeast Asian native stands out in one notable way: It sings like an angel."
Source: The Revelator, 03/04/2021"Reversing Trump, Interior Department Moves Swiftly on Climate Change"
"As the Interior Department awaits its new secretary, the agency is already moving to lock in key parts of President Biden’s environmental agenda, particularly on oil and gas restrictions, laying the groundwork to fulfill some of the administration’s most consequential climate change promises."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2021"Agriculture Secretary Sees ‘Early Wins’ on Climate From Farms"
"U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack predicted farms would provide “early wins” for the Biden administration’s efforts to counter climate change, and hinted he will draw on the department’s borrowing authority to fund initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/03/2021"Miami Says It Can Adapt to Rising Seas. Not Everyone Is Convinced."
"Officials in Miami-Dade County, where climate models predict two feet or more of sea-level rise by 2060, have released an upbeat strategy for living with more water, one that focused on elevating homes and roads, more dense construction farther inland and creating more open space for flooding in low-lying areas."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2021Weekslong Water Crisis in Mississippi Hitting Black Residents Hardest
"Infrastructure failures following bitterly cold temperatures caused dozens of water mains to burst and freeze, leaving thousands without running water for weeks."
Source: HuffPost, 03/03/2021Cancel All Planned Coal Projects To End ‘Deadly Addiction’ - UN Head
"All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to the most polluting fossil fuel, the UN secretary-general António Guterres said on Tuesday."
Source: Guardian, 03/03/2021
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