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Coal Is on the Way Out at Electric Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says

"In Page, Ariz., the operators of the Navajo Generating Station, the largest coal-fired power plant in the West, have announced plans to close it by 2019. The electric utility Dayton Power & Light will shut two coal plants in southern Ohio by next year. Across the country, at least six other coal-fired power plants have shut since November, and nearly 40 more are to close in the next four years."

Source: NY Times, 04/06/2017

"Australia Could Be Set To Receive New Wave Of Climate Refugees"

"Australia could be on the frontline of a new wave of “climate refugees” displaced by extreme weather events, droughts and rising seas, a US expert on the national security impacts of climate change has warned."

Source: Guardian, 04/06/2017

Groups Decry 'Poison Pill' Riders On Funding Bill To Avert Shutdown

"Several special-interest groups are worried that Republican appropriators will attach "poison pill" policy riders affecting the environment and public lands to the 2017 funding bill in the scramble to avoid a government shutdown at the end of April."

Source: Greenwire, 04/06/2017

"Pesticides: Spurned by EPA, Groups Take Chlorpyrifos Fight To Court"

"Environmentalists asked a federal court today to compel U.S. EPA to take action on a common farm pesticide linked to children's health risks."

Source: Greenwire, 04/06/2017

"New York, Other States Challenge Trump Over Climate Change Regulation"

"A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to roll back climate change regulations, deepening a political rift over his emerging energy policies."

Source: Reuters, 04/06/2017

"Trump Boosts Coal As China Takes The Lead On Climate Change"

"For years, cutting carbon emissions to stave off the worst impacts of climate change was routinely near the top of the agenda at talks between the leaders of the United States and China. Not anymore."

Source: AP, 04/06/2017

Trump EPA Moves To Dismantle Programs That Protect Kids From Lead Paint

"Environmental Protection Agency officials are proposing to eliminate two programs focused on limiting children’s exposure to lead-based paint, which is known to cause damage to developing brains and nervous systems."

Source: Washington Post, 04/06/2017

"U.S. Coal Companies Ask Trump To Stick With Paris Climate Deal"

"Some big American coal companies have advised President Donald Trump's administration to break his promise to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement – arguing that the accord could provide their best forum for protecting their global interests."

Source: Reuters, 04/05/2017

"Bill Would Roll Back Tennessee's Factory Farm Regulations"

"Most of Tennessee’s factory farms would no longer need state permits that regulate animal waste disposal, under the terms of a bill before the state legislature."

Source: Nashville Tennessean, 04/05/2017

One in 10 Pregnant Women With Zika in US Have Babies With Birth Defects

"One in 10 pregnant women in the continental United States with a confirmed Zika infection had a baby with brain damage or other serious birth defects, according to the most comprehensive report to date on American pregnancies during the Zika crisis."

Source: NY Times, 04/05/2017

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