"Greens Slam Senate’s Energy Policy Bill"
"Environmental and progressive organizations are uniting to oppose the Senate’s broad energy legislation as it heads for a potential vote."
Source: The Hill, 07/11/2017
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To Report on Drinking Water, Know Its Source
Safe drinking water is a long-standing challenge left unmet all across the United States. As our latest Issue Backgrounder explains, telling the story of drinkable water requires digging beneath complex relationships, understanding the sources of drinking water and much more. Here's help to do it.
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Maintenance Backlog a Pothole on Road to Parks Consensus
The maintenance backlog at the National Park System is nearly $12 billion, and a hot button issue for various constituencies. But don't look for spending to clear it up any time soon, with major budget cuts proposed. This week's TipSheet outlines the issues, and provides resources and perspectives to cover the story.
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"Towns Sell Their Public Water Systems — And Come To Regret It"
"LAKE STATION, Ind. — This hard-luck town just south of Chicago is weighing a decision confronting many small and midsize cities with shrinking populations and chronic budget deficits: whether to sell the public water system to a for-profit corporation."
Source: Washington Post, 07/10/2017
Hazardous Waste: Court Rejects Obama EPA's Bid To Stop 'Sham-Recycling'
"A federal court today vacated part of an Obama-era U.S. EPA rule for halting 'sham-recycling' of hazardous materials."
Source: Greenwire, 07/10/2017
"Clean Water Rule: Trump Analysis Slashes WOTUS's Economic Benefits"
"U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are disputing their own economic analysis of the 2015 Clean Water Rule, now saying most benefits they previously ascribed to the Obama-era regulation can no longer be quantified."
Source: Greenwire, 07/10/2017
Can Chronic Wasting Disease Jump From Deer To Humans? Concerns Rising
"Amid renewed concern about whether chronic wasting disease can jump from deer to people, a fatal human brain condition in the same family is showing up more often in Wisconsin and nationally."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07/10/2017
"Thousands Flee Wildfires In California; Canada Blazes Grow"
"Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee."
Source: AP, 07/10/2017
"Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists"
"Over the past six years, rooftop solar panel installations have seen explosive growth — as much as 900 percent by one estimate."
Source: NY Times, 07/10/2017
"Regulations: Court Tests Loom For Trump Rule Delays"
"The Trump administration's strategy of delaying compliance deadlines for Obama-era environmental rules is facing tests in federal courts."
Source: Greenwire, 07/07/2017
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