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Copper Mining Devastated Montana. Now Industry Comeback Is On Horizon.

"The Treasure State looks poised to permit its first new copper mine in decades. Sandfire says it will raise the environmental bar — a promise Montanans have heard before."

"WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Montana ― In the late 1800s, a homesteader named Johnny Lee settled in a remote gulch along Sheep Creek, a tributary of the Smith River that zigzags west through the rolling Little Belt Mountains of central Montana. For two decades, Lee toiled on a nearby hillside where a small amount of copper had been found, hoping to uncover a large underground deposit of the valuable ore.

Source: HuffPost, 07/05/2019

"Federal Judge Upholds Protections for California Gnatcatcher"

"A federal court in the District of Columbia upheld federal protections Wednesday for the California gnatcatcher bird by dismissing a lawsuit by a developer group who said the coastal bird was not qualified to receive protections."

Source: Courthouse News Service, 07/05/2019

Trump To Claim US Is Environmental Leader Despite Ripping Up Protections

"On Monday president will likely tout America’s clean air and water, even though he’s rescinded rules to cut pollution"

Source: Guardian, 07/05/2019

EPA Move to Phase Out Animal Tests Could Thwart Toxics Regulation

"The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with a plan to sharply reduce and ultimately phase out experimental testing on lab animals. In an undated internal memo sent in late June to assistant administrators, EPA chief Andrew Wheeler explained that the agency will cut its funding for experiments on mammals in half by 2025."

Source: The Intercept, 07/05/2019

As Plant Faces Closure, New Mexico City Weighs Bet on Clean Coal Tech

"With the state committed to decarbonizing its electricity supply by 2045, Farmington’s coal-fired power plant and mine are set to shut down. Faced with the loss of their largest employer, city leaders are considering whether to get behind an uncertain carbon-capture technology, or turn to renewables and the tourist economy."

Source: & The West, 07/05/2019

"House Panel May Investigate Park Service Funds for July 4 Event"

"The head of a House appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Interior Department threatened to investigate the use of National Park Service entrance fee funds to pay for a July 4 celebration on the National Mall.

House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) questioned Interior’s spending $2.5 million in park entrance fees on President Donald Trump’s July 4 “Salute to America” event on the National Mall, which will display heavy military tanks and have a ticketed viewing area for White House guests.

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/05/2019

US Produces Far More Waste And Recycles Far Less Than Other Countries

"The US produces far more garbage and recycles far less of it than other developed countries, according to a new analysis by the global risk consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft."

Source: Guardian, 07/05/2019

"Best Way To Fight Climate Change? Plant A Trillion Trees"

"The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more."

Source: AP, 07/05/2019

"Big Insurer Ditches Coal Coverage In Win For Climate Action Groups"

Chubb Ltd., the nation’s largest commercial insurance company, announced it will move away from insuring and investing in coal. It becomes the first major U.S. insurance company to take such action, joining more than a dozen European and Australian insurers that have already adopted similar policies."

Source: HuffPost, 07/05/2019

"Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Destroys 45,000 Barrels"

"A fire in Kentucky destroyed a warehouse containing about 45,000 barrels of Jim Beam bourbon after officials let the blaze run its course to avoid ethanol contamination in a nearby creek that runs into the Kentucky River."

Source: NY Times, 07/04/2019

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