"PennEast Pipeline Evaluation Delayed"
"Federal regulators will take more time to review the proposed PennEast Pipeline than the $1.2 billion project's developers had requested."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 04/04/2016
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"Coalition Seeks $750 Million For Climate Change Fund"
"A group of religious, environmental, civil rights and other interest groups is pushing Congress to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars for a United Nations climate change fund."
Source: The Hill, 04/04/2016
Did Park Service Overlook Court Rulings on Wildlife at Grand Teton?
"A National Park Service decision that gave Wyoming officials control over wildlife management on private and state lands within Grand Teton National Park seems to have sidestepped historic negotiations that led to today's Grand Teton National Park, as well as longstanding court rulings that have upheld the Park Service's authority to manage all wildlife within a park, even on non-federal lands."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 04/04/2016
Lead Paint in NY City: "Poison Profits"
"Lead paint is making New York City’s children sick — and some landlords see it as the cost of doing business."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/04/2016
"Can Coal Companies Afford To Clean Up Coal Country?"
"A worsening financial crisis for the nation’s biggest coal companies is sparking concerns that U.S. taxpayers could be stuck with hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in cleanup costs across a landscape of shuttered mines stretching from Appalachia to the northern Plains."
Source: Wash Post, 04/04/2016
Property Rights Outcry Stops Billion-Dollar Pipeline Project in Georgia
"Kinder Morgan, the largest energy infrastructure company in North America, announced this week that it has suspended construction of a $1 billion pipeline project that would pump gasoline and diesel fuel across the Southeastern United States. The decision is being hailed as a victory by an unlikely coalition of Republican legislators, private property owners and environmental organizations."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/04/2016
"FDA Issues Warning on Arsenic in Infant Rice Cereal"
"After several years of study, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised parents to stop feeding their infants so much rice cereal, warning that the latest research now suggests that arsenic concentrations in the grain can interfere with cognitive development."
Source: Undark, 04/04/2016
"A Warming Threat to Maine’s Lobsters"
"The water in the Gulf of Maine is warming rapidly, a change that could bring a once-rare lobster disease further north."
Source: Hakai, 04/01/2016
"Peabody, Arch Lay Off Workers From Northeast Wyoming Mines"
"About 465 coal mine workers are being laid off from the two largest mines in northeast Wyoming as declining prices and demand for coal force mining companies to scale back their operations."
Source: AP, 04/01/2016
Court Deals Setback to Port of L.A. Rail Yard Near Poor Neighborhoods
"A California judge ruled Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles and a national railroad company failed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of a $500-million freight yard they want to build next to low-income, mostly minority neighborhoods."
Source: LA Times, 04/01/2016
