'It's Over For Us': How Extreme Weather Is Emptying Bangladesh Villages
"The frequency of natural disasters is making life in rural areas increasingly difficult, pushing inhabitants into city slums".
Source: Guardian, 12/17/2020
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US Finalizes Shower Head Rule After Trump Complaints About Hair Rinsing
"The U.S. Energy Department on Tuesday finalized two rules easing energy standards on consumer fixtures and appliances, including one on shower heads after President Donald Trump complained some showers don’t adequately rinse his hair."
Source: Reuters, 12/17/2020
$600 Million Flint Water Settlement Borrowing Plan Approved By Lawmakers
"Michigan legislators on Wednesday finalized a plan to borrow $600 million to finance the state’s proposed settlement with the residents of Flint, whose water was contaminated with elevated levels of the neurotoxin lead."
Source: AP, 12/17/2020
"Can Joe Biden Rebuild The Ravaged US Environmental Protection Agency?"
"Scientists reveal further details about the damage sustained under Trump — and the challenges for Biden in restoring science’s standing at the agency."
Source: Nature, 12/17/2020
"Meet the N.C. 'Star' Biden Could Tap To Lead EPA"
"Michael Regan, who has been secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality since 2017, is under consideration for EPA administrator by President-elect Joe Biden's team."
Source: E&E News, 12/17/2020
"'This Is Different': Dozens Of Trump Loyalists 'Burrowing'"
"Dozens of Trump political appointees are petitioning to become part of the permanent bureaucracy — a process known as "burrowing" that is common at the end of administrations."
Source: E&E News, 12/17/2020
Feds Fast-Track Plan To Lease Uinta Basin Lands For Tar Sands Mining
"With the sun setting on the industry-friendly Trump administration and its “energy dominance” agenda for public lands, the Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday proposed leasing 2,100 acres in Utah’s Uinta Basin to tar sands developers."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 12/17/2020
Era of Fossil Fuel Power Plants Rapidly Receding: Ending Life Expectancy
"What if President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to get to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035 turns out to involve not radical disruption but a smooth transition?" "New research shows that most fossil fuel plants will have reached the end of their expected lives by 2035, making it easier to envision Joe Biden’s climate plan."
Source: Reuters, 12/17/2020
"Biden to Pick Brenda Mallory to Run White House Environment Office"
"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has chosen Brenda Mallory, an environmental lawyer who spent more than 15 years working in the federal government under both Republican and Democratic presidents, to lead the Council on Environmental Quality, according to two people close to the Biden transition team."
Source: NYTimes, 12/17/2020
‘We Want Them Infected’: Trump Appointee Demanded ‘Herd Immunity’: Emails
"A top Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to adopt a 'herd immunity' approach to Covid-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus, according to internal emails obtained by a House watchdog and shared with POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 12/17/2020
