"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn"
"As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’"
Source: High Country News, 04/25/2024
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"California To Wrap Up Exxon Plastics Probe 'In Weeks', AG Says"
"California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel industry's role in causing global plastic pollution by summer and decide if it will file a lawsuit against oil giant, its attorney general told Reuters on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 04/25/2024
EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Spread of Superfund Site Contamination
"The Environmental Protection Agency may have wasted or risked millions of dollars by failing to prevent the spread of contamination hazardous to human health at a Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida, an agency watchdog report found."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/25/2024
EPA Could Allow 10x as Much of Toxic Pesticide on Your Tomatoes and Celery
"Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said."
Source: ProPublica, 04/25/2024
Tough New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions
"Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: AP, 04/25/2024
"Air Quality In Some Parts Of US Worst In 25 Years, Report Says"
"About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S., in part because of wildfires, a report released on Wednesday found."
Source: Reuters, 04/25/2024
"New Government Heat Risk Tool Sets Magenta As Most Dangerous Level"
"The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that’s simplified and color-coded for a warming world of worsening heat waves."
Source: AP, 04/24/2024
Prehistoric Lake Sturgeon Is Not Endangered, US Says Despite Petition
"Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished."
Source: AP, 04/24/2024
"Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem"
"New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity."
Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2024
Jury: BNSF Contributed To 2 Deaths In Montana Town Sickened By Asbestos
"A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened."
Source: AP, 04/24/2024
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