"Pipelines: 'America First' May Put Coal Country Last"
"Canada is warning the Trump administration that a "Buy American" plan for U.S. oil and gas pipelines could have an unexpected casualty: coal country."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2017
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Court Restores Lumber Companies’ Challenge To Spotted Owl Habitat
"A top federal appeals court has added fuel to a long-running fight over federal protections for the northern spotted owl in California, Oregon and Washington state."
Source: McClatchy, 04/12/2017
Great Barrier Reef 'Terminal': Scientists Despair At Latest Bleaching Data
"Back-to-back severe bleaching events have affected two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, new aerial surveys have found."
Source: Guardian, 04/12/2017
"After Outcry, USDA Stops Using 'Cyanide Bombs' In Idaho — For Now"
"About a month after an anti-predator device spit sodium cyanide in the face of an unsuspecting boy and killed his dog, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it is ending its use of the M-44 mechanisms in Idaho indefinitely."
Source: NPR, 04/12/2017
Scientists Uncover Troubling News About Greenland’s Biggest Glacier
"The largest glacier in Greenland is even more vulnerable to sustained ice losses than previously thought, scientists have reported."
Source: Washington Post, 04/12/2017
"Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers in the U.S."
"These rivers face a number of threats, from dams to pollution and a possible reduction in conservation funding."
Source: National Geographic, 04/12/2017
"Rising Salt Levels Threaten Twin Cities Lakes by 2050"
"Twin Cities is a hot spot in a national study of lakes and road-salt runoff. It showed that salt concentrations in the Mississippi, mostly from road salt, have increased 81 percent since 1985."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 04/12/2017
"Regulations: White House Moves To Kill Lawsuit Over 2-For-1 Order"
"The Trump administration yesterday asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit challenging the president's requirement that agencies scrap two regulations for every new one created."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2017
"Agriculture: Court Rejects Bush Rule Exempting CAFOs From Reporting"
"In a win for environmentalists, a federal court [Tuesday] tossed a George W. Bush-era rule exempting animal feeding operations from certain pollution reporting requirements."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2017
"D.C. Circuit Grants EPA’s Request To Delay Smog Rule Case"
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s request Tuesday to delay oral argument in a case over its 2015 smog standard, allowing the agency time to reconsider the Obama-era rule."
Source: Washington Post, 04/12/2017
