PFAS Levels In Ann Arbor Drinking Water Spiked And City Isn’t Sure Why
"ANN ARBOR, MI – PFAS levels in Ann Arbor’s drinking water spiked in October and city officials aren’t sure why."
Source: Ann Arbor News, 12/12/2018
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"US Accused Of Obstructing Talks At UN Climate Change Summit"
"The United States and other high carbon dioxide-emitting developed countries are deliberately frustrating the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, Vanuatu’s foreign minister has said. His warning came as Pacific and Indian ocean states warned they faced annihilation if a global climate “rule book” could not [be] brokered."
Source: Guardian, 12/12/2018
"Air Pollution: Key Advisers Blast EPA For Firing Review Panel"
"Two of acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler's appointees to a prominent advisory committee are pushing back against his recent decision to disband an auxiliary panel involved in a closely watched review of airborne particulate standards."
Source: Greenwire, 12/12/2018
"Warming in Arctic Raises Fears of a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the Region"
"Persistent warming in the Arctic is pushing the region into “uncharted territory” and increasingly affecting the continental United States, scientists said Tuesday."
Source: NY Times, 12/12/2018
Farm Bill Sails Through Senate. Now It’s Up To Wavering House GOPers
"Rural Republicans in the U.S. House now face a stark political choice: Either saying no to a bill farmers in their districts desperately need or saying yes and surrendering in their battle to crack down on the federal food stamp program."
Source: McClatchy, 12/12/2018
"Clean Water Act: EPA Falsely Claims 'No Data' On Waters In WOTUS Rule"
"The Trump administration says it doesn't know how many streams it is proposing to exclude from Clean Water Act jurisdiction today. But a 2017 slideshow prepared by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers staff shows that at least 18 percent of streams and 51 percent of wetlands nationwide would not be protected under the new definition of "waters of the United States," or WOTUS, announced today."
Source: Greenwire, 12/12/2018
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"Former Koch Adviser To Oversee Interior Department's FOIA Requests"
"A political appointee and former adviser to Charles and David Koch will oversee Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests sent to the Interior Department, a position typically held by career staff."
Source: The Hill, 12/11/2018
"Trump Plan To Reclassify Nuke Waste Alarms Environmentalists"
"The Trump administration wants to reclassify some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to lower its threat level and make disposal cheaper and easier."
Source: AP, 12/11/2018
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