"Coal Mining Saw 2017 Boost But Long-Term Outlook Still Shaky"
"Coal companies in the United States boosted production of the fuel in 2017 to reverse a two-year decline."
Source: AP, 01/05/2018
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"2017 Was Second Hottest Year On Record, After Sizzling 2016: Report"
"Last year was the second hottest worldwide on record, just behind a sweltering 2016, with signs of climate change ranging from wildfires to a thaw of Arctic ice, a European Union monitoring center said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 01/05/2018
Shellfish Industry Wrestles With Potentially Deadly Toxic Algae Bloom
"A new threat to New England's shellfish industry seems to be establishing itself more firmly, and regulators are trying to stay ahead of potentially deadly blooms of toxic algae that may be driven by climate change."
Source: NPR, 01/05/2018
"2018 Preview: What Not to Ignore About Water Infrastructure"
"Infrastructure was supposed to be an arena of bipartisan comity in Donald Trump’s first year as president. Instead, it became an afterthought as the administration tussled with Congress over health care, border security, and tax cuts while jettisoning waves of advisers and staff."
Source: Circle of Blue, 01/05/2018
"Low Oxygen Levels, Coral Bleaching Getting Worse In Ocean"
"Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show."
Source: AP, 01/05/2018
Without Fanfare, Oil Companies Received A Tax Break On New Year’s Day
"Congressional Republicans allowed a tax on oil companies that generated hundreds of millions of dollars annually for federal oil-spill response efforts to expire this week — a move that amounts to another corporate break in the wake of lawmakers’ sweeping tax overhaul late last month."
Source: Washington Post, 01/05/2018
Official Who Overlooked Environmental Regs Said To Be Next NPS Acting Head
"A former top National Park Service official implicated more than a decade ago for improperly paving the way for the owner of the Washington Redskins to cut down trees on a 2-acre scenic easement along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is expected to become the agency's next acting director, possibly as soon as next week, National Parks Traveler has learned."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/05/2018
"W.H.O. Approves a Safe, Inexpensive Typhoid Vaccine"
"A new, highly effective typhoid vaccine — the only one safe for infants — has been approved for global use by the World Health Organization. The approval was given in December but announced on Wednesday."
Source: NY Times, 01/05/2018
"Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling"
"The Trump administration said Thursday it would allow new offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all United States coastal waters, giving energy companies access to leases off California for the first time in decades and opening more than a billion acres in the Arctic and along the Eastern Seaboard."
Source: NY Times, 01/05/2018
17 Ways Trump Administration Assaulted the Environment Over the Holidays
"While visions of sugarplums danced in some of our heads, the Trump administration had a different vision—of a country unbound by rules that protect people, places, wildlife and the climate. Over the past two weeks, the administration has proposed or finalized changes to how the government and the industries it regulates respond to climate change, migratory birds, clean energy, pesticides and toxic chemicals."
Source: EcoWatch, 01/04/2018
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