"Tests Show Lead Levels A Problem In Many Montana Schools"
"Of the Montana schools that have met the state’s program deadline, most show high levels of lead in school drinking water."
Source: AP, 12/24/2021
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Study: Spending On Highway Expansion Could Increase Emissions
"The recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill could increase carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector, according to research from the nonpartisan Georgetown Climate Institute."
Source: The Hill, 12/24/2021Indigenous Munduruku Suffer Mercury Exposure From Illegal Gold Mining
"Illegal gold mining in the north Amazonian territory of Brazil's indigenous Munduruku people has led to more than half of several hundred people tested showing unsafe mercury levels in their bodies, including children, health researchers say."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 12/24/2021"Biden Administration Offers $1 Bln Loan Guarantee For Hydrogen Project"
"The Biden administration said on Thursday it has offered Monolith Nebraska LLC an up to $1.04 billion conditional loan guarantee for a project to make clean hydrogen, in its first use of an office that has tens of billions of dollars in financing."
Source: Reuters, 12/24/2021"New York Reduces Lead Level Allowed in School Drinking Water"
"New York State will strengthen its lead poisoning prevention law, reducing the amount allowed in drinking water at public schools and increasing testing frequency, under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D)."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/24/2021"Development And Conservation Clash At Komodo National Park"
"On a dirt path, forked yellow tongue darting from its mouth, a member of the world’s largest lizard species lazes on an island in eastern Indonesia’s Komodo National Park as tourists snap photos. And about 18 miles (30 kilometers) away on another park island that harbors Komodo dragons, trees have been removed and concrete poured for new tourist facilities that have aroused the ire of residents and environmental activists."
Source: AP, 12/24/2021"Schumer Promises January Vote On Climate Spending Bill"
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) isn’t giving up on congressional Democrats’ $1.7 trillion climate and social spending package."
Source: E&E News, 12/23/2021"375 Dead, 56 Missing After Typhoon Slams Philippines"
"The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year climbed to 375, with more than 50 others still missing and several central provinces struggling with downed communications and power outages and pleading for food and water, officials said Monday."
Source: AP, 12/23/2021"EPA Plans To Revisit State Request For Tribal Land Oversight"
"OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it plans to withdraw and reconsider a decision made under the Trump administration that allowed the state, not tribal nations, to regulate environmental issues in Indian Country."
Source: AP, 12/23/2021"Global Shipping In Crosshairs As Environmental Scrutiny Deepens"
"Ocean freight costs are likely to remain high in 2022 as investors and regulators scramble to accelerate decarbonisation of the shipping industry and companies grapple with green financing, sources say."
Source: Reuters, 12/23/2021"Operator Files For Approval Of Fukushima Plant Water Release"
"The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday it has applied for approval from safety authorities to construct an undersea tunnel and other facilities needed for the planned release of large amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea."
Source: AP, 12/23/2021"$475M Settlement Proposed In Longest-Running US Oil Spill"
"A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay an additional $43 million to settle a federal lawsuit over cleaning up abandoned wells leaking since 2004, federal prosecutors said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 12/23/2021"Biden Has No EPA Air Nominee As Climate Goals Teeter"
"As President Biden closes out his first year in office, he still has not nominated EPA’s top air official, a role that takes on even greater importance with climate legislation stalling on Capitol Hill."
Source: E&E News, 12/23/2021"How the Building Industry Blocked Better Tornado Safeguards"
"Engineers know how to protect people from tornadoes like the ones that recently devastated parts of Kentucky, but builders have headed off efforts to toughen standards."
Source: NYTimes, 12/23/2021"Halliburton Keeps ‘Losing’ Evidence Of Its Fossil Fuel Screwups"
"A Halliburton-owned company says evidence that is needed in the Aliso Canyon gas leak investigation was stolen."
Source: Earther, 12/23/2021
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