"Leading Elephant Conservationist Shot Dead In Tanzania"
"The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania."
Source: Guardian, 08/18/2017
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"Missouri Regulators Reject Massive Midwest Wind Power Line"
"Missouri utility regulators on Wednesday rejected a proposed high-voltage power line to carry wind power across the Midwest to eastern states, delivering a significant setback to developers of one of the nation's longest transmission lines."
Source: AP, 08/18/2017
"Zika Has All But Disappeared In The Americas. Why?"
"One. That is the total number of locally transmitted Zika cases confirmed in the continental United States this year, as of mid-August. That single case, recorded on 26 July in Hidalgo County in Texas, which borders Mexico, contrasts with hundreds of cases of local transmission last year."
Source: Science, 08/18/2017
"Interior Climate Advisory Group Died Quietly"
"A climate change science advisory group assembled by the Obama-era Interior Department is dead for now. If it's revived by the Trump administration, it will likely have a new mission."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/18/2017
Hilcorp’s Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan Advances, Despite EIS Concerns
"A proposal for the first oil and gas drilling in federal offshore waters of the Arctic took a step forward Thursday as regulators released a draft environmental impact statement, which reflects concerns about the effects of the project on marine life and local communities."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/18/2017
"EPA: Pruitt Assigns Political Appointee To Vet Grant Requests"
"In a sharp break with tradition, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has inserted a senior political appointee into the role of vetting competitive grant solicitations collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year, according to a memo obtained by E&E News."
Source: Greenwire, 08/18/2017
"Military Bases' Contamination Will Affect Water For Generations"
"VICTORVILLE, CA - Once a fighter jet training base critical to the Cold War, little remains of the former George Air Force Base but rows of dilapidated houses, a dismantled military hospital and dangerous chemicals from pesticides, jet fuels and other hazardous wastes that have poisoned the water for decades."
Source: News21, 08/18/2017
"Undermanned EPA Delays Action on Lead in Drinking Water"
"Even after the Flint scandal reawakened the nation to the dangers posed by lead drinking water pipes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency appears to be in no rush to strengthen federal health standards."
Source: Circle of Blue, 08/18/2017
Records: EPA Coordinated Effort To Slow Herbicide Review With Monsanto
"Newly released government email communications show a persistent effort by multiple officials within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to slow a separate federal agency’s safety review of Monsanto’s top-selling herbicide. Notably, the records demonstrate that the EPA efforts came at the behest of Monsanto, and that EPA officials were helpful enough to keep the chemical giant updated on their progress."
Source: U.S. Right To Know, 08/18/2017
"Governor Urges Trump To Drop Virginia From Offshore Drilling Plan"
"Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe urged the Trump administration to exclude his state from a federal offshore oil and gas drilling plan, citing concerns about revenue sharing and environmental issues, in a letter that his office revealed on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 08/18/2017
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