"EPA Sets Wildlife Protections On 3 Pesticides"
"EPA has set new restrictions on the use of three commonly used pesticides, including the highly controversial chemical chlorpyrifos."
Source: E&E News, 07/05/2022
Search results
"The EPA Prepares For Its 'Counterpunch' After The Supreme Court Ruling"
"The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the Environment Protection Agency will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to the agency's administrator Michael Regan."
Source: NPR, 07/05/2022
"Kerry: Despite Setbacks At Home, US To Make Climate Goals"
"U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden’s climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuels, but he insisted the U.S. would still achieve its own ambitious climate goals in time."
Source: AP, 07/05/2022
"Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem"
"Finnish researchers have installed the world's first fully working "sand battery" which can store green power for months at a time."
Source: BBC News, 07/05/2022
Newsom Signs Nation’s Most Sweeping Law To Phase Out Single-Use Plastics
"Striking a blow against a pernicious form of pollution, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday the nation’s most far-reaching restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging."
Source: LA Times, 07/05/2022
"Environmental Justice Advocates Slam Supreme Court Ruling"
"The Supreme Court decision to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide emissions from power plants could make an already grave situation worse for those affected most by climate change and air pollution, advocates say."
Source: AP, 07/05/2022
"Youngkin Appoints Former Trump EPA Head To New Deregulation Office"
"Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Friday appointed former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Andrew Wheeler to a newly created Office of Regulatory Management, months after state lawmakers voted Wheeler down for another position."
Source: The Hill, 07/05/2022
Shredded Trees, Dead Dolphins And Wildfires — How War Hurts Nature
"When the fighter jet crashed into these northwestern Ukrainian woods, killing its 27-year-old pilot, splintering trees and spewing fuel, it tore a gash in the forest canopy. Then it exploded. The wildfire that followed charred trees and earth, threatening two nearby villages."
Source: NPR, 07/05/2022
Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Few Backers
"The five-year plan for America’s coastal waters, required by law, risks angering both the fossil fuel industry and environmentalists."
Source: NYTimes, 07/05/2022
DEADLINE: Mongabay's Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program
This Mongabay six-month, remote program is for aspiring journalists from low- to upper-middle-income tropical countries who have had little previous experience in or access to international training, education or publishing — six at their global English bureau and six at their Spanish-language bureau. $500 USD/month. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026.
