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6 articles on chemicals and our health
The Guardian: Monsanto owner and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban. Internal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019. Internal government emails reveal Monsanto owner Bayer AG and industry lobbyist CropLife […]
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Study: Beyond Bees, Neonics Damage Ecosystems—and a Push for Policy Change Is Coming
Civil Eats: Beyond Bees, Neonics Damage Ecosystems—and a Push for Policy Change Is Coming. Scientists point to the long-term negative impacts of neonicotinoids, and advocates hope a regulatory overhaul will help.
Last June, a national partnership that tracks honey bee population declines released the results of its annual survey. Between April 2019 […]
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Report: The dark side of ‘green energy’ and its threat to the nation’s environment
Deseret News: The dark side of ‘green energy’ and its threat to the nation’s environment. What happens to old solar panels, windmills and high tech batteries?
Wind farms and massive arrays of solar panels are cropping up across public and private landscapes both in the United States and abroad as users […]
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Report: The push for standing forest protections in US climate policy
Inside Climate News: The push for standing forest protections in US climate policy. Researchers say “proforestation” policies are the fastest and most effective way to draw excess CO2 out of the atmosphere.
Bob Leverett walked away from the trunk, looking up through the canopy, trying to get eyes on the […]
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Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback
New York Times: Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s plan to relax restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, paving the way for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to enact new and stronger restrictions on power […]
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Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
ABC News: Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback. A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that made one of the Trump administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks.
In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of […]
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Trump’s EPA launches surprise attack on Biden’s climate rules
Politico: Trump’s EPA launches surprise attack on Biden’s climate rules. The rule, finished just a week before the president-elect takes office, would block future limits on greenhouse gases from industrial sources aside from power plants.
In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will unveil a climate rule that […]
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NYT Climate FWD: January 6, 2021
NYT Climate Fwd includes: Georgia Senate vote impact; building codes; trump repeal of bird protections; CIA; satellites and climate change.
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Trump EPA Erects New Barriers To Crucial Science
NPR discusses Trump EPA Erects New Barriers To Crucial Science.
The Environmental Protection Agency adopted a new rule restricting the types of scientific studies its own regulators can use to rein in pollution, in the Trump administration’s latest effort to undercut the use of science in establishing public health standards.
The rule goes […]
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Texas’ move to control coal ash pollution could shield industry from tougher rules under Biden-led EPA
Texas Tribune discusses Texas’ move to control coal ash pollution could shield industry from tougher rules under Biden-led EPA. Texas is close to finalizing a years-long effort to wrangle control of coal ash pollution from the EPA, a move that could, for a time, keep coal companies insulated from tougher rules […]
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