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"Zebra Mussel Invasion Threatens Irrigated Agriculture in the Northwest"

"After causing expensive problems for farmers across the country, invasive zebra and quagga mussels are inching closer to the Columbia River Basin, where they could create serious agricultural impacts."

"John Rylaarsdam’s farm, near the towns of Quincy and George in Eastern Washington, receives about seven inches of rainfall each year. But he says it takes 25 to 30 inches of water to produce the alfalfa and timothy he grows. To fill the gap in supply, Rylaarsdam and other farmers rely on artificial irrigation to water their crops.

Source: Civil Eats, 06/03/2022

"Judge Greenlights More NEPA Reviews On Western Oil Leases"

"The Biden administration has agreed to reconsider the cumulative climate effects of oil and gas leases on nearly 4 million acres in a settlement approved this week by a federal judge."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2022

"FDA Agrees To Reassess BPA Risks"

"After more than a decade of pressure from environmental health advocates, the Food and Drug Administration is set to reconsider the health effects of a common and controversial industrial chemical often used in plastics."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2022

"EPA Proposes Updating Gasoline Regs, Slashing Emissions"

"A series of overdue regulatory updates to a key part of the nation’s fuel distribution network would slash overall emissions of benzene and other pollutants from those sources by more than one-third, according to a newly released EPA proposal."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2022

"SEC Climate Rule Sparks Backlash From Business Groups"

"The Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to require publicly listed companies to disclose their climate-related risks has unleashed pushback from critics who say the agency is overstepping its bounds."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2022

"Biden Finds Limited Options For Lowering Gasoline Prices"

"The twin threats of inflation and high gasoline prices continued to drag on the Biden administration this week, and analysts were beginning to predict that it will take strong economic medicine to deal with the malaise."

Source: E&E News, 06/03/2022

"Why Won’t the EPA Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers?"

"The state asked for federal help to find oil-field emissions; the EPA found dozens of emissions and Clean Air Act violations—but in three years it has issued only two fines."

Source: Capital & Main, 06/03/2022

"A Summer Of Blackouts? Wheezing Power Grid Leaves States At Risk."

"The nation’s power grid is under stress like never before, with regulators warning that the kind of rolling outages that are now familiar to California and Texas could be far more widespread as hot summer weather arrives."

Source: Washington Post, 06/03/2022

"Undoing Trump, EPA To Empower States And Tribes To Oppose Pipelines"

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday it would seek to return authority to states to oppose gas pipelines, coal terminals and other projects that pose a threat to lakes, rivers and streams — reversing a major Trump administration rule."

Source: Washington Post, 06/03/2022

#SEJSpotlight: Ev Crunden, Reporter, E&E News / POLITICO

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