"Seattle Bans Plastic Straws, Utensils At Restaurants, Bars"
"Looking for a plastic straw to sip your soda? It’s no longer allowed in Seattle bars and restaurants."
Source: AP, 07/03/2018
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"China Has Refused To Recycle The West's Plastics. What Now?"
"For more than 25 years, many developed countries, including the U.S., have been sending massive amounts of plastic waste to China instead of recycling it on their own."
Source: NPR, 07/03/2018
"Mexico’s New President Promises More Nationalistic Energy Approach"
"Newly elected Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised to look hard at how the country has fared in opening its energy sector to international players, but outside observers believe foreign investment will remain."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/03/2018
"Pruitt Aides Reveal New Details Of His Spending And Management at EPA"
"Two of Scott Pruitt’s top aides provided fresh details to congressional investigators in recent days about some of his most controversial spending and management decisions, including his push to find a six-figure job for his wife at a politically connected group, enlist staffers in performing personal tasks and seek high-end travel despite aides’ objections."
Source: Washington Post, 07/03/2018
"Whistleblower: EPA's Pruitt Kept Secret Calendar To Hide Meetings"
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides have kept "secret" calendars and schedules to overtly hide controversial meetings or calls with industry representatives and others, according to a former EPA official who is expected to soon testify before Congress. A review of EPA documents by CNN found discrepancies between Pruitt's official calendar and other records.
Source: CNN, 07/03/2018
New Industry Strategy: California, of All Places, Has Banned Soda Taxes
"The bill to pre-empt taxes is part of a wider industry effort to skip cities and go straight to the states."
Source: NY Times, 07/02/2018
"This Mine Threatens America’s Largest Wild Salmon Run"
"July 4 marks the peak of the largest, most valuable wild salmon run left in America."
Source: Mother Jones, 07/02/2018
"U.S. Backs Off Trump Tweet on Saudis Helping Lower Oil Price"
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration backed off an assertion he made earlier indicating he persuaded Saudi Arabia to effectively boost oil production to its maximum capacity, which would have threatened to blow up a fragile truce agreed by OPEC and inflamed the Saudi-Iran rivalry."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/02/2018
"The Dirty Little Secret Behind 'Clean Energy' Wood Pellets"
"US communities near pellet mills complain of fumes while experts say burning wood is a ‘disaster’ for climate change",
Source: Guardian, 07/02/2018
"West Virginia Labor Battle Site Regains Historic Designation"
"The National Register of Historic Places has placed a protected designation on the site of a West Virginia battle that broke out in the 1920s when coal miners tried to unionize."
Source: AP, 07/02/2018
