"To Waste Management, the nation's largest handler of garbage, the liquid that winds up at the bottom of a landfill is called 'leachate,' and it can safely be disposed of in a well that's 4,200 feet deep. But to residents of mostly rural Jackson County, the stuff is just 'garbage juice,' and it carries a toxic taint that they don't want in their drinking water."
"Legislation to ease environmental hurdles for forest-thinning projects will likely pass the House in July before facing an uncertain future in the Senate, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) said yesterday."
"An environmental group argues the agency significantly underestimates methane emissions from the oil and gas industries. The inspector general is now investigating."
"A single live Asian carp, a species of invasive fish that has infested the Mississippi River and is seen as a threat to the Great Lakes, has been caught in a waterway beyond a barrier designed to keep them out, state officials said on Friday."
"It started so innocently. A kid ordered a soda in a restaurant."
"With the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris climate accords, national policy on climate change will emerge from U.S. cities working to reduce emissions and become more resilient to rising sea levels, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at the annual U.S. Conferences of Mayors meeting in Miami Beach."
"Arkansas's pesticide regulators have stepped into the middle of an epic battle between weeds and chemicals, which has now morphed into a battle between farmers. Hundreds of farmers say their crops have been damaged by a weedkiller that was sprayed on neighboring fields. Today, the Arkansas Plant Board voted to impose an unprecedented ban on that chemical."
"In a major property rights decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a decisive victory to state and local governments and environmental groups."
"'Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver knew he was inviting a legal battle when he used his show Sunday to lambaste one of the country’s largest coal mining companies and mock its chief executive. But it had to be done, he said."
"Four people, including a homeless person and two hikers, have died from the record-breaking heat in the U.S. Southwest, media reports said, where triple-digit temperatures have driven residents indoors and canceled airline flights."
