"EPA cranks out toxics rules during Obama’s last days in office"
"Chemical regulation: EPA cranks out toxics rules during Obama’s last days in office"
Source: C&EN, 01/18/2017
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"The twilight of Tokyo's legendary fish market"
As tuna stocks continue to decline, a key Japanese fish market works to stay current.
Source: BBC News, 01/18/2017
"Will Better Science Help Protect Us from Chemical Exposures?"
"A new National Academy of Sciences' risk assessment could accelerate public health protection from pesticides."
Source: Civil Eats, 01/18/2017
"Dakota Access company files motion to halt environmental study"
"Energy Transfer Partners has filed a motion to bar the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from initiating an environmental study for its controversial Dakota Access pipeline crossing at Lake Oahe in North Dakota."
Source: Reuters, 01/18/2017
"Thirty pronghorn die trying to cross frozen Idaho river"
"Thirty pronghorns, close cousins to antelope, died while crossing a frozen river in south central Idaho, in a very rare event for the sure-footed mammals, state wildlife managers said Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/18/2017
"Obama directs $500 million to Green Climate Fund just before Trump takes office"
"The Obama administration wrote a second check for $500 million on Tuesday to the Green Climate Fund, an international organization designed to help the developing world adapt to global warming and deploy more clean energy technologies."
Source: Mashable, 01/18/2017
"U.S. scientists officially declare 2016 the hottest year on record"
"In a powerful testament to the warming of the planet, two leading U.S. science agencies Wednesday jointly declared 2016 the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record set just last year — which, itself, had topped a record set in 2014.
Average surface temperatures in 2016, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were 0.07 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than 2015, and featured eight successive months (January through August) that were individually the warmest since the agency’s record began in 1880.
Source: Washington Post, 01/18/2017
In Pruitt Hearing for EPA Chief, His Fossil Fuel Ties Take Center Stage
"Among Donald Trump's cabinet nominees awaiting Senate confirmation, few are expected to face tougher scrutiny than Scott Pruitt, the president-elect's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency. The Oklahoma attorney general is a relentless adversary of that agency and its regulations, and he has deep ties to the fossil fuel industry he would be charged with overseeing."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/18/2017
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Tracking Committee Leaders for 115th Congress
To help keep tabs on the newly seated 115th Congress and its gate-keepers of energy and environment law, the latest TipSheet offers a checklist of committee leadership. Plus, a closer look at three key Senate panels, likely agendas and new leadership, such as Senate Energy Committee Chair John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (shown in photo).
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