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EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico
This article discusses EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico. Unbelievable!!
Environmentalists are warning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its draft plan to continue allowing oil and gas companies to dump unlimited amounts of fracking chemicals and wastewater directly into […]
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Report: Climate Apathy Is Worse Than Climate Denial
This article discusses how Climate Apathy Is Worse Than Climate Denial. A new report makes the dangers of a warming planet more apparent than ever. Too bad the people running the US don’t seem to care.
Imagine you heard a meteor was careening toward Earth. Though scientists were unsure how […]
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Three articles – Trump is ‘waging a war on children’ through EPA regulatory rollbacks
These three articles discuss how Donald Trump is ‘waging a war on children’ through EPA regulatory rollbacks.
The first discusses how the administration has introduced plans to rollback back key pollution rules, removed the head of the EPA’s children’s health office, and was shown to have scrubbed any mention of the impact of climate […]
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Study: Drilling into Critical Windows of Exposure: Trimester-Specific Associations between Gas Development and Preterm Birth
This article describes how fracking affects premature births. Several studies suggest that living near unconventional gas development during pregnancy may contribute to poor birth outcomes, including low birth weight,1,2 prematurity, 3,4 and some birth defects.5 The emissions and […]
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Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules
This article discusses how the Trump Administration is setting out to poison our air.
The Trump administration has completed a detailed legal proposal to dramatically weaken a major environmental regulation covering mercury, a toxic chemical emitted from coal-burning power plants, according to a person who has seen the document but […]
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EPA to abandon restrictions against chemical linked to climate change
This article discusses how EPA is about to abandon restrictions against chemical linked to climate change.
The Trump administration is planning to do away with an Obama-era regulation that restricted a known greenhouse gas from being used as a refrigerant in household appliances.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late Wednesday announced it’s […]
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Methane rule rollback burns the natural gas “bridge” theory
This article discusses how Trump’s rollback of Methane emissions regulations makes the ‘clean’ fossil fuel as dirty as coal.
This summer’s statistics on electricity use and generation included a significant gem: Over the last 12 months, power generation from coal has dropped to a three-decade low. That was party-worthy news for […]
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The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare
This article discusses the two problems fracking is having with water – turning it into a toxic waste, and using too much of it.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has clearly documented the multiple risks — despite repeated dismissals from the oil and gas industry — that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses to drinking water […]
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Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier to Release Methane Into Air
This article discusses how the Trump administration is making it easier for O&G companies to pollute our air, by releasing more and more methane into the atmosphere.
Methane, which is among the most powerful greenhouse gases, routinely leaks from oil and gas wells, and energy companies have long said that the rules […]
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Dire Climate Change Warnings Cut From Trump Power-Plant Proposal
This article discusses how the Trump administration is removing science-based information from proposals they are making because they don’t like it.
Warnings about potentially severe consequences of climate change were deleted from a Trump administration plan to weaken curbs on power plant emissions during a White House review.
Drafts had devoted […]
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