"Over and over, residents and clean water advocates implored the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday evening to set enforceable drinking water standards for the toxic chemicals contaminating their water — and at tighter levels than the agency currently deems acceptable."
"The U.S. government does not have to turn over documents to an environmental law firm about the legal arguments for President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments, a judge ruled."
"The Army Corps of Engineers moved today to let states and tribes administer Clean Water Act permitting for dredge-and-fill projects in waterways and wetlands."
"EPA has not produced any scientific evidence to support the claims of former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt that humans are not primary contributors to climate change."
"A trial in which a school groundskeeper alleged that his use of Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer caused his terminal cancer will go to a California jury after lawyers for both sides delivered their closing arguments on Tuesday."
"An EPA plan to limit the types of studies that can be used in drafting new environmental regulations would spawn "chaos and confusion detrimental to the protection of public health," dozens of Harvard University researchers and physicians warned in comments filed today."
"California went on the offensive Tuesday against the Trump administration’s plan to weaken fuel-efficiency rules for cars, laying out a scathing rebuttal that the state’s clean-air regulator said would shape the battle with Washington in the coming months and years."
Metcalf Institute's biennial symposium brings together people who work to shift science and science communication toward a just, equitable, and inclusive future. In-person at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, October 19-21, 2023; virtual sessions on 9/29/23, 10/6/23, 10/13/23, and 11/3/23.
The Society of Environmental Journalists has tapped former long-time associate board member Meaghan Parker as its new executive director, following a nearly six-month-long search. Parker, praised by SEJ President Bobby Magill for her experience, vision and commitment to environmental journalism, will take on the post on Sept. 17.
"Each year, Dylan Jennings harvests wild rice from the lakes and rivers near his home in northern Wisconsin. He and a partner use a canoe, nosing carefully through rice beds and knocking rice kernels into the boat's hull using special sticks."
