"Researchers Who Exposed VW Gain Little Reward From Success"
"The scientific detective work that forced Volkswagen into a $15 billion settlement began with a handful of researchers armed with just $70,000."
Source: NY Times, 07/25/2016
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"Utah Militia Leader Vows To 'Strike Back' In Video"
"A Utah militia group leader accused of trying to blow up a federally owned cabin in Arizona talked about his plans to go on the offensive and strike back by damaging government buildings and vehicles in a secretly recorded video played in court Thursday."
Source: AP, 07/22/2016
Green Group Calls on EPA To Assess These 20 Chemicals First
"Asbestos, bisphenol A, phthalates and various flame retardants should be among the first 10 chemicals evaluated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act, an Environmental Working Group report urges."
Source: BNA, 07/22/2016
"Emotions Run High Over Monument Designation In Utah"
"Battle lines over a proposed Bears Ears monument are blurred, dividing tribes and towns."
Source: High Country News, 07/21/2016
Legal Battle Over Exxon Investigation Subpoenas Escalating
"As state attorneys general of N.Y. and Mass. bristle at Rep. Lamar Smith's subpeonas, the legal stakes get higher as the process becomes even more political."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/21/2016
"Enbridge Hit With A $177M Bill For Michigan, Illinois Oil Spills"
"Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge has reached a $177-million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency over 2010 oil spills in Marshall and Romeoville, Ill."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 07/21/2016
Court Docs in Bankruptcy Disclose Peabody Funding of Climate Denial
Peabody, the documents show, funded at least two dozen groups that sowed doubt about whether climate change is caused by human emissions and that opposed regulating climate emissions. Most of that funding had been kept secret until now.
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"Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to Comply"
"Matt Mead, the governor of Wyoming, the nation’s leading coal-producing state, fiercely opposes President Obama’s climate change regulations, which could shutter hundreds of coal plants and deeply wound his state, one of 27 that are suing to block the plan. Nevertheless, Mr. Mead, a Republican, has ordered his top environmental officials to prepare to comply with the president’s effort... ."
Source: NY Times, 07/20/2016
"Coal: Appeals Court Upholds EPA's Retroactive Mountaintop Veto"
"A federal appeals court [Tuesday] upheld U.S. EPA's retroactive veto of a water permit for a West Virginia mining project in a big win for the Obama administration."
Source: Greenwire, 07/20/2016
Undercover Federal Agents Spied on Anti-Fracking Movement, Emails Show
"When more than 300 protesters assembled in May at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colorado — the venue chosen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for an auction of oil and gas leases on public lands — several of the demonstrators were in fact undercover agents sent by law enforcement to keep tabs on the demonstration, according to emails obtained by The Intercept."
Source: The Intercept, 07/20/2016
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