"Ad Campaign Targets Trump’s Mercury Rule Proposal"
"A new television advertising campaign frames the Trump administration’s plans to change a major mercury regulation as a threat to children and pregnant women."
Source: The Hill, 10/12/2018
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"Senate Confirms Climate Policy Foe as Top DOJ Environment Attorney
"Jeffrey Bossert Clark, who represented BP in lawsuits over the nation's largest oil spill and has repeatedly challenged the science of climate change, was confirmed Thursday by the Senate to serve as the nation's top environmental lawyer—a key position for the defense of President Donald Trump's regulatory rollback."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/12/2018
As Oil And Gas Exports Surge, West Texas Becomes “Extraction Colony”
"An unprecedented drilling boom in the Permian Basin is great for business. But it’s polluting the air, overwhelming communities and threatening the planet."
Source: Texas Tribune, 10/12/2018
Illinois Slaughterhouse Biggest Nitrogen Polluter Of Waterways In U.S.
"A central Illinois pork-processing plant last year discharged more nitrogen from animal waste into waterways than any other slaughterhouse in the country, according to a report published Thursday."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 10/12/2018
"In Poor, Rural Communities, Fleeing Hurricane Michael Was Tough"
"PANACEA, Fla. — The orders came down to mobile home residents as the menace of Hurricane Michael approached in the Gulf of Mexico: Get out. Get out now."
Source: NY Times, 10/12/2018
"E.P.A. to Disband a Key Scientific Review Panel on Air Pollution"
"An Environmental Protection Agency panel that advises the agency’s leadership on the latest scientific information about soot in the atmosphere is not listed as continuing its work next year, an E.P.A. official said."
Source: NY Times, 10/12/2018
"In Changing Climate, Endangered Right Whales Find New Feeding Grounds"
"Amy Knowlton pilots the 29-foot research vessel Nereid out of Lubec harbor and into the waters of the Bay of Fundy, off of easternmost Maine."
Source: NPR, 10/11/2018
Montana Group Sues DOI for Zinke Emails In Search Of Unethical Acts
"A Montana group has sued the Department of Interior for documents that may shed light on whether Ryan Zinke has acted illegally or unethically during his tenure as Interior secretary."
Source: Missoula Current, 10/11/2018
"Forests Emerge as a Major Overlooked Climate Factor"
"New work at the intersection of atmospheric science and ecology is finding that forests can influence rainfall and climate from across a continent."
Source: Quanta, 10/11/2018
We Add Fluoride To Drinking Water For Our Teeth — But Is It Hurting Us?
"Two studies — one from Canada and one Mexico — released today point to potential health problems from fluoride, which, in a majority of U.S. communities, is purposefully added to drinking water to protect people's teeth."
Source: EHN, 10/11/2018
