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Daily Environment Report
October 18, 2017 - Number 200
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Leading the News
Air Pollution
Millie
athing Dirty Air as California Wine Country Borns
The most destructive wildfires in California's history have exposed more than 7 million
people in the San Francisco region to unhealthy levels of air pollution with 1 million facing
air quality that the EPA would deem extremely unhealthy.
Drinking Water ' 1 > Jnds AL mi '/ hemical Contamination in Drinking Water
A top environmental official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the scientific community is just beginning to grasp the scope of how much drinking water could be contaminated with a potentially toxic class of industrial chemicals.
EPA
Scientists Getting EPA Grants Can't Ad'
lency, Pruitt Says
Scientists who have received EPA grants to the "tune of literally tens of millions of dollars"
won't be allowed to serve on the agency's advisory boards, Administrator Scott Pruitt
announced Oct. 17.
Pesticides Developing World Still Struggling With Obsolete Pesticides The cotton fields of sub-Saharan Africa hold a deadly secret--thousands of tons of obsolete pesticides are buried out of sight but slowly taking a toxic toll on the region's people and environment.
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Agriculture Conservation Program Would Get Boost Under Senate Bill The existing Regional Conservation Partnership Program would receive more funds and flexible resources to expand projects under a bipartisan bill introduced by members of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Agriculture Next Farm Bill May Include Revamp of Sodsaver Provisions A federal program designed to protect native grasslands may be added to the 2018 farm bill. It would expand to all 50 states and close what supporters characterize as a loophole in the existing statue giving farmers a crop insurance incentive to break native sod.
Biofuels
EPA Nomin<
littee Vote Postponed Amici Biofuel Dispute
Corn-state Republican senators who yield power over the EPA's nominees are raising
concerns about the White House's pick to lead the agency's air office amid a dispute with
Administrator Scott Pruitt over biofuels policy, prompting a delay in a scheduled committee
vote.
Chemical Safety Board Safety Board Makes Case for ExxonMobil Refinery Blast Records Should the U.S. Chemical Safety Board have access to ExxonMobil Corp, records related to a risky near-miss incident at the company's one-time Torrance, Calif., refinery?
Disclosure Most Companies' Financial Reports Don't Mention Climate Risks Almost three-quarters of companies worldwide don't include in annual financial reports the risks that climate change could pose to their business, according to new research from KPMG International.
Energy Australian Prime Minister's Clean Energy Plan Draws Criticism Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calls his new energy policy a "game changer," but his plan is drawing criticism from environmentalists and some industries and faces an uphill battle.
Energy Democrats Urge Energy Regulator to Reject Pro-Coal Proposal Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) is pressing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject an Energy Department proposal aimed at propping up coal and nuclear plants in certain competitive energy markets, saying it's ultimately bad for consumers.
Energy
Energy Regulator Wan
:er Review of Gas Pipelines
The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to speed up federal review
needed to build natural gas pipeline, but said he disagrees with another commissioner's
suggestion to rely less on existing pipeline contracts.
Energy
Sacramento Nudges People to U
Electricity at Peak Hours
Electric utilities have a problem with peak demand. They need to build enough power plants
to keep the lights on and the air conditioning running on the hottest days, even if many of
those plants operate only a few days a year. Sacramento Municipal Utility District in
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California calculated that it could build 44 percent fewer "peaking" plants if it could cut peak usage by charging more for power during periods of high demand. The problem for the utility was that most customers ...
Energy Scana Gets SEC Subpoena After Canceled Nuclear Project Scana Corp., already the target of federal and state investigations, said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with an abandoned nuclear power project.
Infrastructure
Senate Republicans Seek to Offer Input on Infrastruct
ckage
Senate Commerce Committee Republicans hope an Oct. 18 meeting with the White House
infrastructure team will provide clarity and allow senators to offer input on a funding
package, the committee chairman told Bloomberg Government Oct. 17.
Insurance
Flood Insurance Progr
authorized in Third Supplemental
The National Flood Insurance Program may be reauthorized in a third disaster aid
supplemental, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ldaho), Senate Banking Committee chairman, told
reporters Oct. 17.
Mergers and Acquisitions GE to Pay for Setback in Divesting Water Assets General Electric Co., as part of its deal to merge with Baker Hughes Inc., must pay the U.S. government up to $12,000 a day beginning Jan. 1 for the delay in offloading its water and process technologies business.
Motor Vehicles Bosch May Not Derail VW Dealers' $4 Billion Defeat Device Suit A federal judge was skeptical of Robert Bosch GmbH's arguments that it shouldn't have to face racketeering and corruption claims by more than 600 Volkswagen AG dealerships over its role in the emissions-cheating scandal.
Oil & Gas
Colorado Tightens Pipelir
ng Rules After Fatal Explosion
A fatal explosion caused by a severed Anadarko Petroleum Co. natural gas flow line is
driving tighter requirements to test oil and gas pipelines in Colorado.
Oil & Gas Indian Energy Policy Advocate Tapped for Interior Post An Inupiat Alaska native from Arctic oil country will be nominated to be assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian affairs.
Pesticides
With Brazil Ban Looming, Carbofuran Maker SI
amative Pesticides
The U.S. maker of the insecticide Furadan says it had been expecting its product would be
banned in Brazil even before that country announced a six-month phaseout.
Sustainability PODCAST: Will Corporations Sa^' 'A4 an [mate Change? It's pretty clear that, under the Trump administration, regulating greenhouse gas emissions is no longer a priority for the federal government.
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Water Infrastructure Flint Must Choose Long-Term Water Source, Court Orders A federal court in Michigan ordered the City of Flint to choose a long-term water source in the next seven days, likely meaning the city will remain on Detroit-area water.
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