"Homeless In Seattle Get Help From City Waste Pumper"
"Chris Wilkerson used to get phone calls in the middle of the night about poop."
Source: NPR, 01/05/2021
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"Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Driftnet Fishing Bill"
"President Trump on Friday vetoed a bill that would gradually eliminate the use of large-scale driftnet fishing in federal waters off the coast of California."
Source: The Hill, 01/04/2021How Trump Tried, but Largely Failed, to Derail Top U.S.Climate Report
"The White House repeatedly attempted to thwart the country’s premier climate science document, one meant to steer policy for years. Scientists got in the way."
Source: NYTimes, 01/04/2021"US Diet Guidelines Sidestep Scientific Advice to Cut Sugar and Alcohol"
"Rejecting the advice of its scientific advisers, the federal government has released new dietary recommendations that sound a familiar nutritional refrain, advising Americans to “make every bite count” but dismissing experts’ specific recommendations to set new low targets for consumption of sugar and alcoholic beverages."
Source: NYTimes, 01/04/2021"Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water"
"Investor interest in the river could redefine century-old rules for who controls one of the most valuable economic resources in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 01/04/2021"DuPont Loses Bid for Mistrial After $50 Million PFAS Verdict"
"The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Thursday denied DuPont’s request to declare a mistrial after a jury in March sided with cancer survivor Travis Abbott and his wife, Julie, awarding them damages for exposure to a type of PFAS the company produced at a facility along the Ohio River."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/04/2021Dems Push Regulator To Scrap Rule Forcing Banks To Serve Oil, Gun Firms
"The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee and nearly two dozen House Democrats urged a federal bank regulator Wednesday to scrap a potential rule forcing banks to serve oil, gas and firearm companies."
Source: The Hill, 01/04/2021"Mexico Farm Lobby Blasts Ban on GMO Corn; Organic Growers Welcome It"
"Mexico’s main agricultural lobby on Saturday criticized the government’s decision to ban genetically modified corn, while organic growers hailed the move that should protect smaller farmers."
Source: Reuters, 01/04/2021Sea Level Rise Reduces Some Norfolk Stormwater System Capacity By 50%
"In Hampton Roads, rising tides have started to turn some of the region’s stormwater systems — which are meant to usher rainwater into ponds, lakes and rivers via underground pipes — against this coastal community."
Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 01/04/2021"Oil, Fuel Leaks Increase As Shipwreck Cutting Progresses"
"Oil blobs and fuel sheens are appearing on waters surrounding the shipwrecked Golden Ray, an adverse byproduct as work progresses on cutting off the vessel’s stern."
Source: Brunswick News, 01/04/2021"Trees As A Civil Right: 'All We Have Is Cement And Pavement'"
"When Carmen Storms, 69, looks down at the trees of Melnea Cass Boulevard from her eighth-floor apartment, she thinks of her father, Alvin — twice driven from his home during Boston's urban renewal boom of the 1950s and '60s, when the city used eminent domain to raze the homes and businesses of Black families."
Source: E&E News, 01/04/2021
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