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Daily Environment Report
August 10, 2017 - Number 153
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Leading the News
Climate Science
Climate Reports May Slow Trump's Push to Ur
ama-Era Rules
A pair of highly anticipated government studies, one of them due to be released this week,
could complicate President Donald Trump's effort to roll back federal climate regulations,
according to people on both sides of the debate over global warming.
Mining Samarco Executives' Homicide Charges Suspended in Brazil Spill A Brazilian judge suspended and could potentially dismiss homicide charges against 21 officials of Samarco mining company, Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd., in connection with the rupture of an iron-ore tailings dam two years ago that killed 19 people.
Regulatory Policy Wisconsin Enacts First-in-Nation Regulatory Revamp Law Wisconsin became the first state to enact a regulatory overhaul process touted by corporate interests frustrated with the cost and scope of environmental and workplace safety rules.
News
Biodiversity Pearl-Diving Licenses Introduced in Bahrain to Protect Heritage Bahrain introduced a new licensing system for pearl diving beginning Aug. 9 in the oyster rich waters of the Gulf archipelago.
Enforcement Poor Erosion Control Costs San Diego $3.2 Million
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San Diego will spend $3.2 million to restore waterways and fund other water pollution control programs under a settlement with regional regulators.
Motor Vehicles BMW, Nissan Dangle Electric Car Rebates for San Diego Sales Automakers are willing to foot a chunk of the bill to get more San Diego-area consumers interested in battery-powered vehicles.
Motor Vehicles
Tesla Talks Autonomo '
U to ting With California, Nevada
Tesla Inc. has met with California and Nevada agencies about testing an autonomous semi
truck ahead of Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's unveiling of the next addition to the
electric-car maker's lineup.
Motor Vehicles VW, Mercedes Diesel Trade-Ins May Lure 1.3 Million Germans Germany's effort to clean up diesel's dirty image by getting older, more polluting models off the road is likely to spur a rush for trade-in deals from the country's automakers.
Natural Gas In Eclipse, Natural Gas Sees Its Future as Solar's Backstop Natural gas is about to get a glimpse of its future role in the U.S. power mix as solar energy's backup.
Natural Gas Shale Drillers Spend Less, Produce More in Glut-Gorging Push Shale drillers are greeting the fourth year of a historic oil-market slump in a curious fashion, promising to generate even more price-killing production as 2017 progresses.
Oil & Gas
Gas Sellers Warn Hard-Bargaining Buyers: Market
ning
A worldwide glut of natural gas has buyers of the fuel driving hard bargains and pushing for
shorter supply contracts. The only problem with that, according to their sellers: The market's
about to turn against them.
Radioactive Materials Mallinckrodt, Cotter Can't Shake Widows' Radioactive Waste Claims Mallinckrodt Inc. and Cotter Corp, can't shake wrongful death claims filed by the spouses of men allegedly exposed to radioactive waste stored at St. Louis sites, the Eastern District of Missouri ruled (McClurg v. Ml Holdings, Inc., E.D. Mo., No. 12-cv-00361, 8/8/17).
Toxic Chemicals BNSF Sidetracked in Bid for Early Proof in Toxr .1 ,e BNSF Railway Co. isn't entitled to an extraordinary court order requiring pre-discovery proof that a worker's toxic exposure claims are credible, the District of Colorado ruled Aug. 8 (Marquez v. BNSF Ry., 2017 BL 275828, D. Colo., No. 17-cv-01153, 8/8/17).
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