"U.S. Solar Workforce Could Be Halved By Virus, Group Says"
"The leading U.S. solar-trade group is warning the fallout from the coronavirus could slash the industry’s workforce in half."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/25/2020
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"Shuttered Toxic Gas-Emitting Plant May Reopen to Fight Virus"
"A commercial sterilizing plant in Georgia that was shut down last year for storing and using a volatile carcinogenic gas on medical equipment may be closer to reopening to help meet the growing demand for clean masks, gowns, and gloves to fight the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/25/2020"Waste Industry Asks EPA to Stay Enforcement During Pandemic"
"The waste and recycling industry is seeking flexibility from the EPA on waste permit enforcement as it anticipates the effects of the new coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/25/2020"Trump Agencies Steadily Push Rollbacks As Pandemic Rages"
"The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus, pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks closer to enactment in recent days despite the pandemic."
Source: AP, 03/25/2020"Iconic Plant’s End Spells Doom For Struggling Coal Industry"
"President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too. Despite their best efforts to make good on Trump’s campaign promise to save the beleaguered coal industry, including an eleventh-hour pressure campaign, the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant at Paradise burned its last load of coal last month."
Source: AP, 03/25/2020"Oil Industry Cites Virus In Seeking Broad Pollution Waivers"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it’s reviewing a request from the oil and gas industry to ease enforcement of hazardous air and water pollution and other regulatory issues during the coronavirus pandemic. The proposal is drawing objections from public health and environmental advocates."
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Source: AP, 03/25/2020Virus: Trump Opening Country Would Be Disastrous, Experts Say
"With President Trump saying he wants “the country opened” by Easter to salvage the U.S. economy, a fierce debate is now raging among policymakers over the necessity of shutting down vast swaths of American society to combat the novel coronavirus. Health experts point to overwhelming evidence from around the world that closing businesses and schools and minimizing social contact are crucial to avoid exponentially mounting infections."
Source: Washington Post, 03/25/2020"How the Coronavirus Crisis May Hinder Efforts to Fight Wildfires"
"In San Jose, Calif., just under 10 percent of the city’s firefighters, some of whom also help battle the state’s wildfires, this week found themselves either infected with the coronavirus or in quarantine."
Source: NY Times, 03/25/2020"Thunberg Says She Has Recovered From Mild Coronavirus Symptoms"
"Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday she has recovered from what she believes were mild coronavirus symptoms."
Source: The Hill, 03/25/2020"Pandemic: House Democrats Push Greener Stimulus As Senate Talks Lag"
"Against a backdrop of a worsening public health crisis, cranky senators continued negotiations over a third phase of COVID-19 stimulus, as House Democrats injected climate change into the pandemic debate with their own relief package."
Source: E&E Daily, 03/24/2020"Testing Blunders Crippled US Response As Coronavirus Spread"
"A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country like wildfire, an Associated Press review found."
Source: AP, 03/24/2020Scientists Discover Massive New Vulnerability In Antarctic Ice Sheet
"Scientists have found a new point of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet, in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term."
Source: Washington Post, 03/24/2020Florida Plant Emits Vast Quantities of a Potent Greenhouse Gas N2O
"Ten miles north of Pensacola, Florida, on the west bank of the Escambia River, an aging chemical plant, its tanks, smokestacks and stainless steel pipes sprawling across hundreds of acres, is a climate killer hiding in plain sight."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/24/2020"EPA: Policy To Limit Telework Emerges During Pandemic"
"EPA has moved forward on a new policy that would restrict telework even as agency leadership has encouraged staff to work from home during the coronavirus outbreak."
Source: Greenwire, 03/24/2020"Minnesota Court of Appeals Sends PolyMet Permit Back to MPCA"
"The Minnesota Court of Appeals sent an air-emissions permit for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine back to state regulators for further review on Monday, giving another victory to environmental groups who oppose the project."
Source: AP, 03/24/2020
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