"Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not"
"Plastics and papers from dozens of American cities and towns are being dumped in landfills after China stopped recycling most “foreign garbage.”"
Source: NY Times, 05/31/2018
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"ANWR Coastal Plain Lease Plan Draws Heated Opposition In Fairbanks
"About 250 people turned out Tuesday at a meeting in Fairbanks to offer comments on a federal plan to launch an oil and gas leasing program in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Most of those who showed up for the meeting at the Carlson Center oppose the plan ...."
Source: KUAC, 05/31/2018
Air Pollution: Tribe 'Dumbfounded' As Court OKs 'Black Dust' Settlement
"EPA and the Justice Department have won court approval for changes to a 2015 consent decree that will give a manufacturer of a key tire product years longer to install pollution controls, brushing aside objections raised by members of an Oklahoma Indian tribe living near one of the company's plants."
Source: Greenwire, 05/31/2018
Radium Widely Spread On Pennsylvania Roadways Without Regulation: Study
"Wastewater from the oil and gas industry that's being spread on roadways to control dust and ice in at least 13 states, including Pennsylvania, poses a threat to the environment and to human health, according to a study released this week."
Source: EHN, 05/31/2018
Pruitt Defense Fund Draws Ethics Complaint: Critics Call It ‘Tip Jar’
"A group representing government environmental employees filed a federal ethics complaint on Wednesday contending that Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is violating conflict of interest laws by seeking private contributions to a legal defense fund set up to defend him against ethics complaints."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/31/2018
"Japan Slaughters More Than 120 Pregnant Whales For 'Research'"
"More than 120 pregnant whales were slaughtered in the latest Japanese whale hunt in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, new documents show, reigniting calls for Australia to step up efforts to stop the annual killing spree."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 05/30/2018
Industries Try to Strip Power from Ohio River Water Quality Commission
"More than two dozen coal-fired power plants that line the Ohio River stand to get a break from regional oversight that has helped to dramatically improve water quality in the river, the drinking water source for 5 million people. Electric utilities and other industries are pressing a regional commission to end its role in restricting the dumping of toxic wastewater into the river, arguing there's too much bureaucracy already."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/30/2018
"Think the Big Banks Have Abandoned Coal? Think Again"
"An environmental group’s analysis shows the five largest United States banks have started lending to coal companies again now that they’re out of bankruptcy."
Source: NY Times, 05/30/2018
EPA Deal Marks Dramatic Shift Away From Dirty Coal Power In Chicago Area
"Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring back the days when coal power dominated the nation, his administration quietly settled a lawsuit this month that highlights how the lung-damaging, climate-changing source of electricity has largely disappeared from the Chicago area."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/30/2018
Ethanol, Farm Groups Sue EPA Over Refineries' Biofuels Exemptions"
"A coalition of ethanol and farm groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, challenging its decision to free three refineries, including one owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, from annual biofuels requirements."
Source: Reuters, 05/30/2018
