Musk's Company Plans To Dump Wastewater In The Colorado. Locals Concerned
"Residents of a small Texas town view the controversial billionaire's Boring Company with suspicion."
Source: HuffPost, 03/23/2023
Environmental Politics
"Trump Appointees Interfered To Weaken EPA Assessment Of Toxic Chemical"
"Trump administration appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meddled in agency science to weaken the toxicity assessment of a dangerous chemical, a new report by the US body’s internal watchdog has found."
Source: Guardian, 03/23/2023
"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals"
"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 03/22/2023
Older Americans Blockade Banks to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing
"Climate activists are taking to the streets Tuesday in one of the biggest coordinated demonstrations over global warming since millions of the world’s youth walked out of their classrooms in 2019 to urge their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis. Except this time, it’s not young people leading the charge but Baby Boomers."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/22/2023
"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again"
"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."
Source: Guardian, 03/21/2023
"Biden Issues First Veto, Rejecting Bill To Reverse ESG Rule"
"President Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing."
Source: The Hill, 03/21/2023
"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho"
"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/21/2023
WHO Accuses China of Hiding Data That May Link Covid’s Origins to Animals
"The World Health Organization rebuked Chinese officials on Friday for withholding research that may link Covid’s origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing."
Source: NYTimes, 03/20/2023
Why the 2023 Farm Bill Will Actually Be an Environmental Story — and a Huge One
A massive farm bill soon to emerge for debate in Congress will have enormous implications for the environment beat, affecting natural resources, environmental health and climate, not to mention food production and public health. Backgrounder lays out some of the key issues expected to be taken up in the twice-a-decade measure and provides resources for ongoing coverage.
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"States Cannot Block Hazardous Waste From Ohio Derailment, EPA Says"
"U.S. states cannot block shipments of hazardous waste from a Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment to licensed disposal sites, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Friday."
Source: Reuters, 03/20/2023
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