"House Passes Delay for EPA's Obama-era Ozone Standards"
"The House on Tuesday passed, 229-199, a bill to delay the compliance date for Obama-era ground level ozone standards."
Source: Roll Call, 07/19/2017
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"Chemicals: Appropriators Target EPA Bid To Ban 3 Industrial Solvents"
"House appropriators are quietly urging the Trump administration to abandon proposed U.S. EPA regulations that would ban certain uses of three dangerous chemicals and restrict the number of hazardous waste reviews done by the Department of Health and Human Services."
Source: Greenwire, 07/19/2017
"A Toxic Legacy: North Dakota Looks To Clean Up Old Oilfield Waste"
"Way up in northern North Dakota lies an old oilfield with a problem 60 years in the making."
Source: Prairie Public News, 07/19/2017
Lead In 55% Of Water Fountains And Taps In Bergen School Districts
"Lead has been detected in more than half of the water fountains and sinks in 47 school districts tested in Bergen County, according to a new report by an environmental advocacy group."
Source: Bergen Record, 07/19/2017
Perry Praises ‘Clean Coal,’ but Trump Admin Policies Don’t Promote It
"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On his first official visit to this coal-seam state that voted overwhelmingly for Donald J. Trump, Energy Secretary Rick Perry praised the work of the scientists at a federal laboratory devoted to figuring out how to burn more coal with less pollution."
Source: NY Times, 07/19/2017
"California Lawmakers Approve Landmark Extension To Climate Policy"
"California's legislature passed a package of bills that extends the state's signature plan to address climate change by a decade, sending Governor Jerry Brown a cap-and-trade plan that uses market forces to cuts greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Reuters, 07/19/2017
"Michael Dourson Tapped To Lead U.S. EPA Chemical Program"
"Michael Dourson, President Donald J. Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s office that oversees commercial chemicals and pesticides, is a board-certified toxicologist with decades of experience in risk assessment. Dourson’s close ties to the chemical industry, however, have some environmental groups raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest."
Source: C&EN, 07/19/2017
‘Cut Through Fog’ to Cover Trump’s Fast-Moving Environmental Policy Changes
Policy experts and reporters at an SEJ forum in Seattle July 6 cautioned that environmental journalists must go into overdrive to keep up with fast and furious changes coming during the Trump Administration. Get more in our SEJ News coverage. Photo: Former EPA official Dennis McLerran, left, fields a query from moderator Jeff Burnside. Read McLerran's full remarks here.
“Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River”
Writer David Owen's “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” tells the story of the Colorado, while exploring water issues ranging from drought and climate degradation to cross-state and cross-border legal complexities.
“Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet”
The new book “Climate of Hope” by ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Sierra Club chief Carl Pope concludes that, despite partisan obstacles, we have made progress in fighting the planet’s warming.
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