"Plastic Mardi Gras Beads Could Soon Be A Thing Of The Past"
"The iconic New Orleans party favors are getting an eco-friendly makeover."
Source: HuffPost, 03/05/2019
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"New York's Canners: The People Who Survive Off A City's Discarded Cans"
"‘It’s honest dollars,’ says one canner, but it’s not easy work – canners plan meticulous routes and often work long hours". "“It’s good for the environment,” says Anthony Pemberton, arranging the recyclable empty bottles and cans in his shopping cart."
Source: Guardian, 03/05/2019
"Politics: A Look Into Big Oil's Fight Against Electric Cars"
"Last November, oil industry representatives huddled with conservative state lawmakers at a hotel a few blocks from the White House. The gathering was a covert affair. Reporters were barred from the room. Attendees cast votes in secret."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/05/2019
Watchdog Says Political Appointees Delayed EPA Toxic Chemical Assessments
"A top government watchdog reported that political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency delayed reviews of toxic chemicals like formaldehyde for months last year during a review to see if the agency’s work met the leadership’s priorities."
Source: ABC News, 03/05/2019
"Minnesota Seeks 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity By 2050"
"Gov. Tim Walz set an ambitious goal Monday for Minnesota to get 100 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050, though his plan was short on specifics of how to meet that target."
Source: AP, 03/05/2019
"Chemicals: Frustrated By EPA, States Blaze Ahead On PFAS"
"EPA's action plan on toxic chemicals found in drinking water did not satisfy several states that plan to push forward with their own policies."
Source: Greenwire, 03/05/2019
"Oil And Gas: Deadly Pipelines, No Rules"
"Delaney Tercero, 3, was sitting on her family's couch with her father and sister that summer day. Her mother was doing laundry. They didn't know a pipeline with a dime-sized hole a few yards from their front door was filling their mobile home with raw natural gas."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/05/2019
Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of US Coal Plants, Tests Show
"An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast. "
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/05/2019
"Pressed by Climate Activists, Senate Democrats Plan to ‘Go on Offense’"
"Facing a showdown vote as early as this month over the embattled “Green New Deal,” Senate Democrats are preparing a counteroffensive to make combating climate change a central issue of their 2020 campaigns — a striking shift on an issue they have shied away from for the past decade."
Source: NY Times, 03/05/2019
"Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life"
"When deadly heat waves hit on land, we hear about them. But the oceans can have heat waves, too. They are now happening far more frequently than they did last century and are harming marine life, according to a new study."
Source: NY Times, 03/05/2019
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