"Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters"
"The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across the country."
Source: NYTimes, 03/07/2025
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"Butterflies In The U.S. Are Disappearing At A ‘Catastrophic’ Rate"
"The number of butterflies in the contiguous United States declined by 22 percent this century, a collapse with potentially dire implications."
"Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from coast to coast, according to a new assessment published Thursday, at a rate that scientists worry could upend ecosystems and undercut pollination that sustains America’s crops.
Source: Washington Post, 03/07/2025Industry Bills Would Bar Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
"Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement."
Source: ProPublica, 03/07/2025"Supreme Court Takes Up Nuclear Waste in Texas"
"The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the objections of state leaders."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/07/2025"He Fought Claims of Harm From Infant Formula. Now He Regulates It."
"The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies."
Source: NYTimes, 03/07/2025"Fires Are Burning Throughout U.S. Here’s Where There’s Greater Risk."
"As wildfires burn across Texas and the Carolinas, large swaths of the U.S. — including much of the Southeast and Southwest — will have an above-normal risk of wildfire in the coming months."
Source: Washington Post, 03/07/2025National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Admin Appear to Want It Kept Quiet.
"America’s national parks saw more than 331 million visits last year, a record. But the Trump administration does not want to call attention to those numbers, according to a National Park Service memo, amid mass firings of rangers and other employees at the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Arches and other popular destinations."
Source: NYTimes, 03/07/2025"EPA Nominee Says US Should Adapt To, Not Mitigate, Climate Change"
"President Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office in charge of climate change and air pollution said Wednesday that the U.S. should “adapt to” rather than try to minimize climate change."
Source: The Hill, 03/07/2025"Life-Saving Avalanche Forecasts Could Be Hindered By Trump Budget Cuts"
"Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. They say they’re worried that the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other environmental scientists could hinder life-saving forecasts that skiers and mountain drivers rely on."
Source: AP, 03/07/2025Contamination Fears Drive Push To Remake California Cannabis Agency
"After a year of product tests that show pesticides in California cannabis products, regulators have yet to update standards. Santa Cruz County commissioners say the delay warrants a “public health emergency” and shifting responsibility to other state agencies."
Source: LA Times, 03/07/2025"Half Of World’s CO2 Emissions Come From 36 Fossil Fuel Firms, Study Shows"
"Half of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed."
Source: Guardian, 03/06/2025"State Department Halts Global Air Pollution Monitoring Program"
"The State Department will no longer share data about foreign air pollution under a program that it says is designed to help U.S. personnel and travelers abroad."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2025US Withdrawing From Plan To Help Major Polluters Move From Coal, Sources Say
"The United States is withdrawing from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a collaboration between richer nations to help developing countries transition from coal to cleaner energy, several sources in key participating countries said."
Source: Reuters, 03/06/2025"Cuts Could Close Campsites and Trails in Calif., Forest Service Memo Says"
"A government spreadsheet lists thousands of campsites and trails that could shutter for the summer because of federal government staff reductions and budget freezes."
Source: NYTimes, 03/06/2025"Trump Fires NOAA Scientists Helping Whales And Offshore Wind Coexist"
"Scores of employees working to ensure offshore wind has a low impact on whales, birds, and other wildlife were cut in a major round of layoffs at the agency."
Source: Canary Media, 03/06/2025
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