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17 Ways Trump Administration Assaulted the Environment Over the Holidays

"While visions of sugarplums danced in some of our heads, the Trump administration had a different vision—of a country unbound by rules that protect people, places, wildlife and the climate. Over the past two weeks, the administration has proposed or finalized changes to how the government and the industries it regulates respond to climate change, migratory birds, clean energy, pesticides and toxic chemicals."

Source: EcoWatch, 01/04/2018

Slow Progress at Defunct Arkansas Chem Plant; Pollutants In Flood Zone

"Some officials in Phillips County say they aren’t concerned about incomplete cleanup of a chemical site in Helena-West Helena that is located in a flood-risk zone."

Source: NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 01/02/2018

Trump Interior Rolls Back Key Federal Land Fracking Rule

"On the last business day of the year, the Interior Department rescinded a 2015 Obama administration rule that would have set new environmental limitations on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on public lands."

Source: Washington Post, 01/02/2018

Banned From Banking Industry for Life, Pruitt Pal Finds Home at EPA

"The Environmental Protection Agency has tasked a banker who was banned from the banking industry for life with oversight of the nation’s Superfund program."

Source: The Intercept, 12/29/2017

"AP Finds Climate Change Risk For 327 Toxic Superfund Sites"

"Anthony Stansbury propped his rusty bike against a live oak tree and cast his fishing line into the rushing waters of Florida’s Anclote River. When he bought a house down the street last year, Stansbury says he wasn’t told that his slice of paradise had a hidden problem."

Source: AP, 12/22/2017

"Plastic Found In Mussels From Arctic To China - Enters Human Food"

"Tiny bits of plastic are contaminating mussels from the European Arctic to China in a sign of the global spread of ocean pollution that can end up on people’s dinner plates."

Source: Reuters, 12/21/2017

Trump WH Rolls Back EPA Plan to Restrict Dangerous Household Chemicals

"The Trump administration has quietly delayed action on dangerous solvents that the Environmental Protection Agency had previously planned to ban."

Source: The Intercept, 12/20/2017

"Missouri Issues First Fines Over Misuse Of Farm Chemical In 2016"

"Missouri has issued its first fines over the misuse of a farm chemical in 2016 that went on to be linked in different formulations to widespread U.S. crop damage this year, the state said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 12/15/2017

"Trump’s E.P.A. Chemical Safety Nominee Withdraws"

"President Trump’s nominee to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety division on Wednesday withdrew his name from consideration for the post in the face of mounting opposition."

Source: NY Times, 12/14/2017

U.S. Steel Didn't Test For Toxic Metal After Spill Into L Michigan Trib

"U.S. Steel failed to test a Lake Michigan tributary for highly toxic hexavalent chromium after blue liquid "with visible solids" poured out of one of the company's northwest Indiana plants in late October, according to documents posted online Tuesday by state regulators."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 12/13/2017

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