"Even Breathing Is A Risk In One Of Orlando’s Poorest Neighborhoods"
"People inhale soot and noxious fumes from the car-laden highways encircling their historically black community."
Source: HuffPost, 01/23/2018
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"Wisconsin Tribe Files Lawsuit Over Mine Permitting On Sacred Land"
"The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claiming the agencies have failed to take 'primary responsibility' for wetland permitting on a controversial proposed open pit mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula."
Source: EHN, 01/23/2018
U.S. Top Court Takes Up Property Rights Case Involving Endangered Frog
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed hear a bid by timber company Weyerhaeuser Co seeking to limit the federal government’s power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a case involving a warty amphibian called the dusky gopher frog."
Source: Reuters, 01/23/2018
"Eastern U.S. Cougar Declared Extinct 80 Years After Last Sighting"
"Eastern cougars that once prowled North America from Michigan to South Carolina were officially declared extinct and removed from the U.S. endangered species list on Monday, eight decades after the last confirmed sighting of the wild feline predator."
Source: Reuters, 01/23/2018
House Science Panel Calls For Probe Of Govt Scientist For Doing Science
"Republicans on the House Science Committee are accusing Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, of lobbying. In letters sent to the Inspector General and acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Reps. Lamar Smith and Andy Biggs wrote that they were “conducting oversight” of Birnbaum’s activity in response to a editorial she wrote in a scientific journal."
Source: The Intercept, 01/23/2018
DHS Waives More Than 30 Environmental Laws To Speed Trump's Border Wall
"The Trump administration is waiving more than 30 environmental rules to accelerate the construction of President Trump's proposed border wall in New Mexico, forcing environmental groups to consider another round of lawsuits."
Source: Washington Examiner, 01/23/2018
Clean Water Rule: Supreme Court Ruling Complicates Next Steps on WOTUS
In its 9-0 unanimous opinion today [Monday], the Supreme Court found that while it may not be the most efficient use of judicial resources, there was no question in the law about where challenges to the Clean Water Rule belong."
Source: E&E News PM, 01/23/2018
"Trump's 30% Tariff On Imported Solar Panels May Cost Jobs"
"The Trump administration slapped a 30% tax on imported solar panels Monday in a move that critics say could slow down a fast-growing industry and kill tens of thousands of domestic manufacturing jobs."
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 01/23/2018
SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting
This year's meeting will be held in Sacramento, California, and will explore the link between sustainable economic development and environmental stewardship, with particular focus on ecological and societal considerations.
"Trump Faces Pivotal Decision On Tariffs"
"President Trump is days away from deciding whether to impose trade tariffs or quotas on imported solar panels."
Source: The Hill, 01/22/2018
