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Mo. Health Dept Found Mask Mandates Work, But Didn’t Make Findings Public

"Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the delta variant wave, an analysis by the state Department of Health and Senior Services shows. But the analysis, conducted at the request of Gov. Mike Parson’s office in early November, was never made public and was only obtained by The Missouri Independent and the Documenting COVID-19 project after a Sunshine Law request to the department."

Source: Missouri Independent, 12/03/2021

"Trump Rule Meant To Save Coal Is Forcing Plants To Close"

"A wastewater rule the Trump administration pushed through as a Hail Mary for struggling coal plants is now being cited as a reason some of those same units are opting to close."

Source: E&E News, 12/03/2021

"So You Want to Donate to a Climate Group…"

"An analysis by Carbon Switch released on Giving Tuesday shows that donations to environmental groups is concentrated mostly at just a couple of big nonprofits, most of which work in land conservation."

Source: Earther, 12/03/2021

‘They Can’t Silence Us’: Female Lawyers Defending Colombia’s Environment

"Legal team faces daily threats as it works to protect displaced families from landowners, ecosystems from mining and indigenous groups from oil companies".

Source: Guardian, 12/03/2021

"Shell Pulls Out Of Cambo Oilfield Project"

Source: Guardian, 12/03/2021

Coal Provinces ‘Co-Ordinated’ Fight Against Federal Water Pollution Rules

"Internal government documents show Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia worked in opposition to proposed regulations to crack down on contaminated wastewater from coal mines".

Source: The Narwhal, 12/03/2021

"EPA Outlines $7.4B For Water Infrastructure Headed To States"

"States, Native American tribes and U.S. territories will receive $7.4 billion in 2022 to improve water quality and access, the first installment from the infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last month, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday."

Source: AP, 12/03/2021

"Retiring DeFazio Leaves Climate, Infrastructure Legacies"

"While Oregon Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio stunned many in Washington with his retirement announcement yesterday, he’ll leave behind a career of more than three decades fighting for big infrastructure and climate change spending."

Source: E&E News, 12/02/2021

"Climate Change Makes It Harder for Iowa to Provide Clean Drinking Water"

"Janis Elliott started testing the private well water that comes out of the faucets in her home for nitrates after she attended an environmental meeting more than five years ago. Elliott lives in the small unincorporated town of Avon, Iowa not too far south of Des Moines."

Source: NPR, 12/02/2021

"EPA Union Announces Agreements With Agency Expanding Work From Home"

"A union representing 7,500 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees said that it has reached new agreements with the agency on working from home, closing out what they described as a major point in ongoing negotiations.

Union members with AFGE Council 238 told The Hill on Thursday night that employees could request to telework up to eight days in a 10-day pay period, while before they could ask for two days of telework per week, essentially doubling how much time they could potentially work from home.

Source: The Hill, 12/02/2021

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