"What Can Parents Do About Toxic Baby Food? Not Much"
"A House report finding that top baby food products contain heavy metals has sparked panic among parents — and a lawsuit. But experts want parents to keep calm."
Source: E&E News, 02/09/2021
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"Biden's Promise For Justice Tested In Tribal Coal Fields"
"When three 775-foot-tall smoke stacks at the Navajo Generating Station came tumbling down in December, sending plumes of dust into the sky and thundering reverberations off the mesas of the Arizona high desert, it marked the end of an era."
Source: E&E News, 02/09/2021Black Community Fights Project On Coast Land Fouled By Arsenic, Lead
"One last time, residents of North Gulfport have mustered to fight development of Mississippi State Port Authority property contaminated with lead and arsenic."
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald, 02/09/2021"JoAnn Chase To Head Indian Environmental Office"
"Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that JoAnn Chase, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Indian Nation, was appointed to be director of the American Indian Environmental Office, Office of International and Tribal Affairs."
Source: Indian Country Today, 02/09/2021"Achoo! Climate Change Lengthening Pollen Season in U.S., Study Shows"
"New research suggests that climate change is responsible for longer pollen seasons in the United States and more pollen in the air, as well."
Source: NYTimes, 02/09/2021"Learning To Live With 'El Lobo:' Mexican Wolves Make A Comeback"
"The Mexican wolf was hunted to the brink of extinction. But as it is reintroduced, conservationists hope to quell the old enmity between 'el lobo' and the farmer. "
Source: DW, 02/09/2021"Montana Senator Says He'll 'Block' Deb Haaland's Interior Nomination"
"It’s often said that elections have consequences. In this case the Georgia Senate race last month could make all the difference if Rep. Deb Haaland is confirmed as the first Native American to be Secretary of the Interior."
Source: Indian Country Today, 02/08/2021"House Democrats Reintroduce Green Energy Tax Package"
"Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday put forward a sweeping green energy bill that would extend several clean energy tax credits, expand electric vehicle tax credits and set the stage for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2021"This GOP Congressman Wants To Remove 4 Dams To Save Idaho’s Salmon"
"An Idaho Republican congressman wants to end the salmon wars by removing select hydroelectric dams, replacing the electricity lost, paying communities and businesses, and giving American Indian tribes more power."
Source: Idaho Statesman, 02/08/2021"Incinerator That Turns Waste To Energy Is Shutting Down"
"A company can no longer burn trash at a Detroit incinerator as part of an agreement with the state. Detroit Renewable Power has entered into an agreement to resolve violations of air quality and waste management rules, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy."
Source: AP, 02/08/2021"Pacific Islands’ Most Important Megaphone Falls Into Discord"
"The future of an 18-nation group is in doubt after Palau abandoned it over a leadership dispute. ..." "Other Micronesian countries may follow Palau out of the group, the Pacific Islands Forum, which could hinder momentum on addressing climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 02/08/2021Climate Scientist Mann Wants a Court to Affirm the Truth of His Science
"When Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann first threatened to sue two conservative bloggers and their publishers for defamation in 2012, they seemed to welcome the opportunity for a face-off in court."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/08/2021"Himalayan Glacier Breaks In India, Around 125 Missing In Floods"
"Around 125 people were missing in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2021"Court Order Delays Construction at ConocoPhillips' Alaska Project"
"A weekend court ruling has temporarily blocked winter construction at a huge ConocoPhillips oil project on Alaska’s North Slope."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2021Russian Court Orders Mining Giant To Pay $1.96 Billion For Arctic Spill
"A Russian court has ordered a mining company involved in a massive Arctic fuel spill last year to pay approximately $1.96 billion in compensation."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2021
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