"Wyoming Gives 22 Winners The Chance To Hunt Grizzlies — Or Not"
"Thursday morning, hopeful applicants for a historic grizzly bear hunting license found out whether they were successful or not."
Source: NPR, 07/27/2018
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"7 States Urge Pipeline Regulators to Pay Attention to Climate Change"
"New natural gas pipelines may not be needed and may not justify damage to the environment, the attorneys general of seven states and the District of Columbia argue in comments filed Wednesday with federal regulators in charge of pipeline approvals."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/27/2018
"Ontario Introduces Legislation To Kill Cap-And-Trade Program"
"Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government has tabled legislation to kill the province’s cap-and-trade program, which put a price on carbon emissions, but will pay virtually no compensation to the companies that purchased $2.9-billion in emission allowances under the plan."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 07/27/2018
"Mountaintop Mining Is Destroying More Land for Less Coal, Study Finds"
"Using satellite images, researchers tracked the scars spreading across Appalachia. They found 3 times more land being stripped per ton of coal than in the 1980s."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/27/2018
"Thousands Flee Wildfire Burning Near California Mountain Towns"
"A fast-moving Southern California wildfire believed set by a serial arsonist forced more than 3,000 residents of mountain resort communities to flee their homes on Thursday as crews fought to save homes in the path of the flames."
Source: Reuters, 07/27/2018
EPA Reverses Course, Will Enforce Stricter Limits For Glider Trucks
"The Environmental Protection Agency reversed course late Thursday and announced it would enforce stricter pollution controls on freight trucks known as “gliders,” which emit dozens of times more soot and contaminants compared to those with new diesel engines."
Source: Washington Post, 07/27/2018
"Top Trump Officials Clash Over Plan to Let Cars Pollute More"
"Senior administration officials are clashing over President Trump’s plan to roll back a major environmental rule and let cars emit more tailpipe pollution, according to 11 people familiar with the confrontation, in a dispute over whether the proposal can withstand legal challenge."
Source: NY Times, 07/27/2018
"EPA: Despite His Assurances, Wheeler Met With Former Clients"
"Since Andrew Wheeler was sworn as EPA's second in command on April 20, the lobbying veteran has had at least three meetings with former clients that may have violated the Trump administration's ethics pledge and other promises he made to steer clear of potential conflicts of interest."
Source: Greenwire, 07/27/2018
"No More Slurping Through Plastic Straws In San Francisco"
"Soon to be heard in San Francisco: the last slurp through a plastic straw. That’s because the city’s about to make them illegal."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 07/26/2018
"Thousands of Scientists Object To Trump’s Border Wall"
"Thousands of scientists expressed alarm this week at the expansion of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. A report in BioScience outlined the dangers of building a continuous and impermeable border wall, saying it would harm animals and plants in this sensitive region."
Source: Washington Post, 07/26/2018
