Florida Dealing With Dead Fish, Toxic Air, as Officials Grasp for Red Tide Solutions
From: UPI “Dead marine life, including fish and sea turtles, washing ashore represents one of many problems facing Floridians as a red tide worsens along the state’s southwest coast. Scientists say the phenomenon that began a few months ago is not going away anytime soon, leaving ...
EPA: Pruitt Didn’t Rely on Science When Making Comment About Climate Change
From: The Hill “Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt failed to back his reasoning with science when he made a claim last year that humans are not the central cause of climate change, according to internal documents. Pruitt, who appeared on CNBC’s “ ...
EPA Has No Records to Support Pruitt’s Warming Claims
From: E&E News “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has fought EPA in court for more than a year to produce scientific evidence for Pruitt’s claims, which he made on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Earlier this month, EPA appeared to acknowledge that it did ...
Interior Department OKs Use of GMOs on Wildlife Refuges; No Immediate Impact on Montana
From: Missoula Current “On Friday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Principal Deputy Director Gregory Sheehan sent an internal memo saying he was reversing a 2014 Obama administration memorandum that phased out wildlife refuges’ use of genetically modified crops and associated pesticides ...
Florida Gutted Water Quality Monitoring – as Killer Algae Increased
From: Tampa Bay Times “Over the last decade, as the state fought federal efforts to protect water, shrunk its own environmental and water-management agencies, and cut funding to an algae task force, monitoring for water quality has plummeted. While one crisis after another hit Florida, ...
Trump Administration Reverses Ban of Bee-Toxic Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges
From: Beyond Pesticides “At the same time that a new analysis by California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), current neonicotinoid uses in the state expose bees to residue levels known to cause harm, the Trump administration has reversed a 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) ...
