Laws & Regulations

"Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past"

"NEWARK — In the year after receiving test results showing alarming levels of lead in this city’s drinking water, Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark made a number of unexpected decisions."

Source: NY Times, 08/26/2019

Dead Salmon: "What Trump’s Hidden Report On Water Means To California"

"Federal scientists pulled no punches in their report: The Trump administration’s plan to send more water to San Joaquin Valley farmers would force critically endangered California salmon even closer to extinction, and starve a struggling population of West Coast killer whales. But the scientists’ findings weren’t adopted, nor were they released to the public."

Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/26/2019

"G7 Leaders Vow To Help Brazil Fight Fires, Repair Damage"

"Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm."

Source: AP, 08/26/2019

"Bernie Sanders’ ‘Green New Deal’: A $16 Trillion Climate Plan"

"Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday released a $16.3 trillion blueprint to fight climate change, the latest and most expensive proposal from the field of Democratic presidential candidates aimed at reining in planet-warming greenhouse gases."

Source: NY Times, 08/23/2019

"New York Sues EPA Over GE's Hudson River PCB Cleanup"

"New York sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, accusing the agency of prematurely allowing General Electric Co to stop clearing the Hudson River of PCB contamination before the cleanup was finished."

Source: Reuters, 08/22/2019

"Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Dealt A Blow By Appeals Court"

"A coal company has been dealt another legal blow in its attempt to build an export terminal on the lower Columbia River. The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday that was being challenged by Millennium Bulk Terminals and Northwest Alloys Inc."

Source: OPB, 08/22/2019

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