Yellowstone: This Judge Packs Bear Spray, Protects Bison, Quotes Zappa
"Judge Mark Carman says wildlife pose a greater threat to his safety than any angry defendants."
Source: Greenwire, 09/05/2018
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Toxic Hair Care Products for African-American Women Are Changing
"When Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line racked up a reported $100 million in sales in its first forty days on the market, it brought attention to a major trend in the beauty industry: the focus on women of color."
Source: Allegheny Front, 09/05/2018
"Outsourced Pollution? It’s Real, and Tough to Tally Up"
"Over the past decade, both the United States and Europe have made major strides in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions at home. That trend is often held up as a sign of progress in the fight against climate change. But those efforts look a lot less impressive once you take trade into account."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2018
A Year After Harvey, Poorest Houston Neighborhoods Slowest to Recover
"Texas has made progress recuperating from Hurricane Harvey, but low-income and minority residents have had a much harder time."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2018
"Interior Dept Gives Rules Drafted by Oil Industry Force of Law"
"As the Trump Administration seeks to loosen rules governing offshore drilling, it has proposed adopting safety standards written by the American Petroleum Institute (API), an advocacy group for the oil and gas industry."
Source: POGO, 09/05/2018
Sunoco 12-Inch Pipeline Leaked 33,000 Gallons Of Gasoline Into Creek
"An 81-year-old pipeline that Sunoco plans to convert for natural gas liquids leaked more than 33,000 gallons of gasoline into a creek near Philadelphia in June because of an unspecified pipe failure, according to new data from a federal agency."
Source: StateImpact PA, 09/05/2018
How Brett Kavanaugh Could Reshape Environmental Law From Supreme Court
"Long before President Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court on Monday, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh had already made a name for himself as an influential conservative critic of sweeping environmental regulations."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2018
"Dire Climate Change Warnings Cut From Trump Power-Plant Proposal"
"Warnings about potentially severe consequences of climate change were deleted from a Trump administration plan to weaken curbs on power plant emissions during a White House review."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/05/2018
Pruitt Spending on Security More Than Doubled in 11 Months: IG Report
"The cost of the security services to protect Scott Pruitt, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, more than doubled in Mr. Pruitt’s first 11 months on the job and the agency failed to justify his requests for protection, according to a report released Tuesday by the E.P.A.’s inspector general."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2018
