Environmental, Health and Safety News | Volunteer EHS News Network Dedicated to Protecting People & Our Planet

March FoodShare Benefits will be Available March 1

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that funding for March FoodShare benefits is available. FoodShare members will see their benefits on their QUEST cards, and be able to use them, on March 1, 2019. Due to the recent federal government shutdown, February FoodShare benefits were issued early to members, on January...
Read More »

HELM Test Set now released

The HELM team is pleased to announce the publication of a set of HELM strings that can be used by external groups to test their HELM implementations. The set includes HELM1 and HELM2 plus in-line HELM and includes expected results for calculations and whether the HELM string should pass validation or not. There...
Read More »

Collaborating to mitigate drug law changes for the pharmaceutical industry

In 2016 the UK government amended the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act (MoDA) and added a section designed to control the newer synthetic cannabinoids in increasing supply on the black market. Unfortunately, the definition was drawn extremely broadly Pharmaceutical companies and other life science R&D organizations routinely work with controlled substances, narcotics and...
Read More »

New HHS-sponsored research provides new tool and updated guidance on mass chemical decontamination

More than a million first responders and emergency managers in the United States now have ascience-based chemical decontamination decision tool and updated guidance on how best to decontaminate a massive number of people after chemical exposure. The decision-support tool and guidance, as well as the scientific studies on which they are based, were completed under a contract between...
Read More »

EPA Releases First Major Update to Chemicals List in 40 Years

PAINT.ORG On Feb. 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an update of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory listing the chemicals that are actively being manufactured, processed and imported in the United States. A key result of the update is that less than half of the total number of chemicals on the current TSCA...
Read More »

The Department of Health Services Receives another Temporary Extension of the SeniorCare Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is granting the Department of Health Services (DHS) an additional temporary extension of Wisconsin’s SeniorCare waiver. This is the second extension DHS has received in 2019 for the SeniorCare waiver, which expired at the end of 2018. This 60-day temporary extension allows the program...
Read More »

Additional Government Benefits Call Centers Closed Due to Winter Storm

After Governor Tony Evers issued a state of emergency for Wisconsin because of severe weather, more counties continue to do the same. This means some Wisconsin Income Maintenance Call Centers and agencies may be closed throughout the week, impacting the flow of information about BadgerCare Plus, FoodShare, Medicaid, and Wisconsin Shares benefits. People will...
Read More »

Winter Storm Causing Some Government Benefits Call Center Closures

In response to the ongoing winter weather and dangerously cold temperatures, Governor Tony Evers has issued a state of emergency for Wisconsin, and several counties are doing the same. This means some Wisconsin Income Maintenance Call Centers and agencies may be closed throughout the week, impacting the flow of information about BadgerCare Plus, FoodShare,...
Read More »

Take Precautions Against Extreme Cold

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) wants everyone to take precautions as dangerously cold temperatures blanket the state . The National Weather Service is forecasting the coldest periods will begin late Thursday, January 24, and continue into Saturday morning, January 26. Wind chill readings of 25 to 40 below zero will be possible...
Read More »

Pistoia Alliance launches next phase of blockchain project

The Pistoia Alliance Launches Next Phase of Blockchain Project to Develop Life Science R&D Use Cases Industry workshop will unlock blockchain’s potential in data identity, data integrity and data sharing Boston, 6th February, 2019 – The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences...
Read More »

OSHA Signs Charter for Working Group to Improve Chemical Facility Security and Safety

The Department of Labor, Department of Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency recently created and signed the Chemical Facility Security and Safety Working Group Charter. The working group, which includes other federal agency representatives, was established by an Executive Order in response to several chemical facility catastrophes. The charter reaffirms the group’s commitment to work...
Read More »

New FAQs Available on Controlling Silica in General Industry

OSHA posted new frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the standard for respirable crystalline silica in general industry. OSHA developed the FAQs in consultation with industry and union stakeholders to provide guidance to employers and workers on the standard’s requirements, including exposure assessments, regulated areas, methods of compliance, and communicating silica hazards to workers. Visit OSHA’s silica standard...
Read More »

OSHA Issues Final Rule to Protect Privacy of Workers

OSHA has issued a final rule that eliminates the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to submit information electronically from OSHA forms 300 and 301 to OSHA each year. These establishments are still required to submit information electronically from OSHA Form 300A. The final rule helps avoid the risk of publicly disclosing sensitive employee...
Read More »

House Passes 2-year Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Reauthorization Bill, Senate to take up Bill

(paint.org) On Jan. 8, a bill to reauthorize for two years the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 414-3 vote. H.R. 251. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act, will now be taken up by the Senate, where...
Read More »

OSHA Proposes Revised Beryllium Standard for General Industry

OSHA issued a proposed rule on Dec. 10 to revise the beryllium standard for general industry. The proposed changes are designed to clarify the safety standard and improve compliance. The proposed rule would amend selected paragraphs of the standard, and also replace Appendix A, Operations for Establishing Beryllium Work Areas. Comments on the proposed rule must be submitted...
Read More »

751 viewsDec 20, 2018, 01:54pm ‘Groundhog Day’ Work Fatalities: How They Died In 2017 Tells Us How To Survive In 2019

(Forbes)The “employee experience,” as we’re currently branding it, covers a lot of ground. Individualization, compensation, work/life balance, company mission, leadership transparency, recognition, teamwork, accomplishment – all these are essential components of the unwritten social contract employers have with their workers. But there’s one aspect that outranks them all: safety. When life or limb are...
Read More »

Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure

The Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure (Action Plan) is a blueprint for reducing lead exposure and associated harms through collaboration among federal agencies and with a range of stakeholders, including states, tribes and local communities, along with businesses, property owners and parents. The Action Plan will help federal agencies work strategically...
Read More »

The Pistoia Alliance Announces Major Milestone in Unified Data Model Project to Promote Life Sciences Collaboration

Collaborative, member-driven project funded by Biovia, Elsevier, GSK, Novartis and Roche will enable data sharing to accelerate innovation Boston, 27… The post The Pistoia Alliance Announces Major Milestone in Unified Data Model Project to Promote Life Sciences Collaboration appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

US Conference 2018 – Lab of the Future Breakout

At our lab of the future breakout session, we explored two cases: Enhancing the laboratory for scientists through real time … The post US Conference 2018 – Lab of the Future Breakout appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

Blockchain Bootcamp – Boston 2018

To further progress the Alliance’s commitment to deliver more “education” on blockchain technology, a theme that came out so strongly … The post Blockchain Bootcamp – Boston 2018 appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

Pistoia Alliance US Conference Report 2018

The Pistoia Alliance Annual USA Conference 2018 was our largest and most ambitious conference yet. Attendance of over … The post Pistoia Alliance US Conference Report 2018 appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

AbVance Update – Q4 2018

Pistoia Alliance AbVance: focus on improving antibody modelling for drug discovery. Seeking additional partners for EU funding proposal. Our initial … The post AbVance Update – Q4 2018 appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

AI Centre of Excellence Workshop – Boston Oct 2018

This month at Pistoia Alliance’s Centre of Excellence for AI/ML in Life … The post AI Centre of Excellence Workshop – Boston Oct 2018 appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

Podcasts: Carbon Monoxide: Odorless, Colourless, and Deadly

This month’s Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safet podcasts include Carbon Monoxide: Odorless, Colourless, and Deadly and an enore presentation of Slips, Trips, and Falls: Preventing Workplace Injuries. Feature Podcast: Carbon Monoxide: Odorless, Colourless, and Deadly Every year in Canada, hundreds of workers experience carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Many survive, but others are not...
Read More »

CDC Warns of Exotic Tick Spreading Across the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control announced Thursday that the Asian longhorned tick—a species that mysteriously traveled thousands of miles across the globe before it was discovered in the fur of a New Jersey sheep in 2017—has now spread to nine states on the eastern half of the country. As The Daily Beast previously reported,...
Read More »

Make sure your home is fire safe for the holidays — safety tips from ReadyWisconsin

ReadyWisconsin — As families decorate their homes for the holiday season, keep fire safety in mind. “Decorations can help to brighten up the holidays for many people, but it’s important to make sure they are installed correctly so they don’t become a hazard to your safety or your home,” urged Wisconsin Emergency Management Administrator Brian...
Read More »

Adult Smoking Hits a New Low in Wisconsin

Work still needed to reduce tobacco use among some groups New data show that statewide efforts to reduce smoking rates are paying off, with the state’s smoking rate falling to 16% in 2017 after several years at 17%, according to the Department of Health Services’ Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey (BRFSS). One of...
Read More »

New Map Shows Why Some People Flee Their Native Countries

A new map by the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach the United States. UC geography professor Tomasz Stepinski created the new world map showing dramatic changes in land use over the last quarter century. Stepinski, a professor in UC’s McMicken College of Arts and...
Read More »

Effects of suspected radiation exposure seen in Fukushima wild monkeys: researchers

Findings of abnormalities in these monkeys have been continuously reported in British scientific journals. Researchers assume that the monkeys ingested items like tree bark contaminated with radioactive cesium emanating from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Tohoku University’s Department of Pathology professor emeritus Manabu Fukumoto and his research team performed hematological analysis of adult...
Read More »

Severe working conditions in Bolivian mines, Including Children

The severe working conditions, especially for children who labor underground. The mines extract gold, silver, tin and zinc. These working conditions, especially for children, must be changed. ….about 250,000 to document the daily lives of miners. They’re part of a centuries-old enterprise to extract silver, tin, zinc and gold from the mountains. He was...
Read More »

EPA Watchdog Questions Safety of Sewage Used as Fertilizer

(Bloomberg) — The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t know if the treated sewage sludge that farmers use as fertilizer is safe, according to a report from its internal watchdog. The treated sewage known as biosolids is chock full of nutrients, which is what makes it so good at enriching soil. But it also can be...
Read More »

Changing World of Work at Forum 2019

The world of work is experiencing rapid, constant change, bringing with it new and emerging health and safety challenges. Join us for two days of inspiration, innovations and discussion featuring an exciting roster of world-class speakers at CCOHS’ Forum on The Changing World of Work on March 5-6, 2019, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Don’t miss out...
Read More »

Podcasts: Scent Sensitivities in the Workplace by CCOHS

Feature Podcast: Scent Sensitivities in the Workplace Help your co-workers to breathe easy by maintaining a fragrance-free workplace. This podcast discusses the issues of scents sensitivities in the workplace and provides information on how fragrances can impact the health of your co-workers. The podcast runs 4:13 minutes. Listen to the podcast now. Encore Podcast: Recognizing...
Read More »

As you turn back the clocks check your carbon monoxide detectors.

ReadyWisconsin— As you turn back the clocks around your home this weekend, take advantage of the time change to replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. “Those devices can be essential to alerting you to a fire or carbon monoxide leak in your home, so it’s important to regularly check them...
Read More »

Free Webinar – The Top NFPA 70E 2018 Changes Worth Discussing

November 08, 20182:00pm EST Electrical equipment and electrical safety devices are constantly being changed and improved, hence why your electrical safety program must address those changes. The NFPA 70E Committee addresses these changes and updates the standard every three years as part of keeping up with current technology and safety concerns. This is a...
Read More »

WWF report reveals a 60% decline in wildlife populations since 1970

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released its latest Living Planet Report, an assessment of the health of our planet, and paints a rather grim picture of the damage caused by humanity’s growing footprint on Earth. .. Continue Reading WWF report reveals a 60% decline in wildlife populations since 1970
Read More »

Fact sheet outlines questions for employers to consider before making naloxone available at work

WASHINGTON – Opioid misuse and overdose deaths are a public health crisis affecting the nation, including workplaces. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces a new resource for employers and workers dealing with the opioid crisis. The new factsheet, Using Naloxone to...
Read More »

CSB Releases “Call to Action” on Combustible Dust Hazards

From: DCHAS Membership Chair Washington, D.C., October 24, 2018 – the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, as part of its investigation into the May 2017 Didion Mill explosion, issued “Call to Action: Combustible Dust” to gather comments on the management and control of combustible dust from companies, regulators, inspectors, safety training providers, researchers, unions, and the...
Read More »

EPA Webcast: Building Resilience in Partnership with Vulnerable Communities

A Watershed Academy Webcast The ability of a community to respond, recover, and bounce back from increased risk to local waters from extreme weather and natural disasters is not equally distributed. Environmental justice recognizes that some communities experience higher exposure to local water pollution and degraded local waterways on top of other social factors...
Read More »

#HopeActLiveWI: Wisconsin Awarded Nearly $3 Million to Combat Opioid Epidemic

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today it has received $2.8 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue the fight against the state’s opioid epidemic . The funds will be used to enhance and strengthen opioid public health prevention efforts in Wisconsin. One million dollars of the...
Read More »

Another Wisconsin County Added to the List with Confirmed Cases of Severe Bleeding Linked to Synthetic Cannabinoids

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that Racine County now has a confirmed case of severe bleeding linked to synthetic cannabinoids tainted with rat poison. There are now 67 confirmed cases in Wisconsin and 16 probable cases. Other counties with confirmed cases are Dane, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Outagamie, and Rock....
Read More »

#HopeActLiveWI: Wisconsin Awarded Nearly $24 Million to Fight Opioid Epidemic

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced this week the state has been awarded a two-year federal grant totaling nearly $24 million to support a comprehensive response to Wisconsin’s opioid crisis . The funding is part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) State Opioid Response grant program. “We will...
Read More »

DHS Wants Wisconsin to Avoid a Serious, Deadly Flu Season This Year

With a new flu season fast approaching , health officials are reminding people of the toll last year’s season took on Wisconsin residents, and encouraging everyone to get a flu shot to protect their families, communities, and themselves. “The dangers of the flu are real, especially for the very young, for older adults, and...
Read More »

The Pistoia Alliance Calls for Greater Collaboration to Realise Benefits of Innovation and Announces Winners of the 2018 President’s Startup Challenge

Solutions in data management and breast cancer diagnosis are awarded for innovation while attendees discuss ways to help translate startup … The post The Pistoia Alliance Calls for Greater Collaboration to Realise Benefits of Innovation and Announces Winners of the 2018 President’s Startup Challenge appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

More Than Half of Life Science Organisations Already Using or Experimenting with Blockchain, up from Less Than a Quarter in 2017

While adoption of blockchain is on the rise, lack of skilled staff is hampering its development in the life science … The post More Than Half of Life Science Organisations Already Using or Experimenting with Blockchain, up from Less Than a Quarter in 2017 appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

President’s Challenge 2018 – Finalists Announced

We are delighted to announce the 5 finalists for the Pistoia Alliance President’s Startup Challenge 2018. This year we … The post President’s Challenge 2018 – Finalists Announced appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
Read More »

Farewell to the GREAT Gary Greenberg…he will be missed.

I am sad to announce that Gary Greenberg, has passed away. Gary has been a part of Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics since the early 90’s. I can not speak highly enough of Mr. Greenberg as a person. He gave his all to help others…what more could this world ask. Gary Greenberg, MD. was...
Read More »

Canada is “High”….giving employers impossible enforcement task with impaired workforce

On Tuesday morning, WorkSafeBC sent out a news release reminding employers that they must not allow anyone who is impaired to do work that could endanger a co-worker or anyone else. Great advice. But how does an employer do that when there is no good test for impairment and “Health Canada says that in...
Read More »

EPA ” found dozen common organic pollutants to be 2 to 5 times higher inside than outside

EPA’s Office of Research and Development’s “Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) Study” found levels of about a dozen common organic pollutants to be 2 to 5 times higher inside homes than outside, regardless of whether the homes were located in rural or highly industrial areas. TEAM studies indicated that while people are using products...
Read More »

U.S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes.

Phys.Org: A research arm of the U.S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes. Some experts say the work may be seen as a potential biological weapon. In an opinion paper published Thursday in the journal Science, the authors say the U.S. needs to...
Read More »

CSB Releases Factual Investigative Update

About the April 26, 2018, Explosion and Fire at the Husky Superior Refinery
Read More »

Most Washington Salmon Returns Predicted To Be Worse Than Last Year

“A lean year for orcas and fishermen alike is expected, with poor salmon returns forecast for many species all over state.” Fish & Fisheries Northwest (OR WA) Public...
Read More »

“Ohio City Votes To Give Lake Erie Personhood Status Over Algae Blooms”

“New law will allow people of Toledo to act as legal guardians for Lake Erie, and polluters could be sued to pay for cleanup costs” Agriculture Environmental Politics Laws...
Read More »

Very High CO2 Could Suppress Cooling Clouds, Climate Model Warns

“Stratocumulus clouds, which hover low in the sky and create vast decks of cloud cover, have a supreme value in our warming world: Their white tops reflect lots of...
Read More »

“Chemical Law’s Worker Safeguards Ditched by EPA, Advocates Say”

“The EPA allowed a new ingredient for wood panel glues to be sold in December despite the potential that the compound might cause cancer.” Chemicals Environmental Health Laws &...
Read More »

“Wildfires Rage Across Britain After Hottest Winter Day On Record”

“Firefighters battled a series of wildfires in Britain on Wednesday, including a large moorland blaze outside the northern English city of Manchester, as the country experienced its warmest winter...
Read More »

Coastal Flooding Erasing Billions in Property Value as Sea Level Rises

“High-tide flooding is eating away at the coastal property tax base just when communities need it most to adapt to climate change and repair the damage. “ Climate Change...
Read More »

US Keeps SO2 Air Pollution Standard Established Under Obama

“U.S. environmental regulators on Tuesday announced they are leaving intact an air quality standard for power plant pollution that can worsen asthma in children, despite calls by health advocates...
Read More »

“Nominations: Trump Names Top Interior Lawyer”

“President Trump has tapped Daniel Jorjani to serve as the Interior Department’s top lawyer, a slot that’s been vacant for more than two years.” Environmental Politics Journalism & Media...
Read More »

“A Growing Divide on Climate Science: Trump vs. the Rest of the World”

“New efforts by President Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one...
Read More »

Dem 2020 Hopefuls Get High Scores From Environmentalists Voters Group

“Democratic voters will have to decide among a slate of White House hopefuls tripping over themselves to commit to tackling climate change and other environmental issues.” Environmental Politics National...
Read More »

Sri Lanka scientist blames industry as award for herbicide research is axed

A leading science advocacy group has suspended its decision to award two Sri Lankan scientists for their efforts to link a controversial weed killer to kidney disease, following a...
Read More »

For the famed chimps of Gombe, human encroachment takes a toll

GOMBE, Tanzania — On the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the town of Kigoma in Tanzania, lies the green, dense forest of Gombe...
Read More »

Abandoned plantations in forested areas may not recover fully: Study

Eucalyptus plantations in southern India that were abandoned and left to recover for nearly 40 years are still far from resembling the primary forest surrounding them, a new study...
Read More »

We know why zebras got their stripes, but how do they work?

Scientists have long wondered why zebras wear striped coats — none other than Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin are known to have debated the question well over a...
Read More »

Bicyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Outpace Traffic Fatalities, Report Says

“A recent report from the League of American Bicyclists says more pedestrians and bicyclists died in 2016 than at any time in the past 25 years. Energy & Fuel...
Read More »

Iceberg Twice Size Of New York City Set To Break Away From Antarctica

“An iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City is set to break away from an Antarctic ice shelf as a result of a rapidly spreading rift that...
Read More »

Evidence For Man-Made Global Warming Hits ‘Gold Standard’: Scientists

“Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of certainty, adding pressure for cuts in greenhouse gases to limit rising temperatures, scientists said on Monday.” Climate...
Read More »

“EPA Video Shows Security Guard Shove Reporter Out Of Building”

“Security footage shows an EPA security guard push an Associated Press reporter out of the agency’s headquarters last year.” Environmental Health Environmental Politics Journalism & Media Laws & Regulations...
Read More »

Senate Dems To Offer Unanimous Climate Resolution: Not Green New Deal

“All 47 members of the Senate Democratic caucus plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday urging Congress to act immediately on climate change, a Democratic leadership aide tells POLITICO.” Climate...
Read More »

House Votes to Block Trump National Emergency Declaration About Border

“The House voted on Tuesday to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the Mexican border, with just 13 Republicans joining Democrats to try to block his...
Read More »

“House Democrats Demand Interior Docs On Offshore Drilling Waivers”

“House Democrats are demanding an explanation from the Trump administration for the hundreds of times the Interior Department has allowed energy companies to deviate from a key offshore drilling...
Read More »

USDA Issuing Far Fewer Citations For Animal Welfare Violations

“USDA inspectors documented 60 percent fewer violations at animal facilities in 2018 from the previous year, in what animal protection groups say is the latest sign of weakened enforcement...
Read More »

“EPA Enforcement Chief On Claims Of ‘Abysmal’ Record: ‘Not True'”

“EPA enforcement chief Susan Bodine doggedly defended her office’s record this morning against a drumbeat of questions from Democrats over data showing a decline in fines and staffing.” Environmental...
Read More »

“House Passes Public Lands Bill Seen As A Win For Conservation”

“The House of Representatives Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at safeguarding nearly 2 million acres of public lands and permanently continuing a federal fund that supports conservation projects around...
Read More »

Nepal, in a bid to create a new rhino population, pauses to take stock

THAKURDWARA, Nepal — Staff at Bardia National Park in mid-western Nepal have been looking after a “special guest” for the last eight years. The inmate, an Indian or greater...
Read More »

New study finds young forests have a huge climate impact

Forests store vast quantities of carbon and play a huge role in the world’s carbon cycle – as well as in human hopes of mitigating global warming. Tropical rainforests,...
Read More »

“Power Lines: The Next ‘Green New Deal’ Battlefront?”

“If the goals of the ‘Green New Deal’ are a political minefield, so, too, are the most likely strategies for reaching its target of very high national levels of...
Read More »

“Hundreds of Young Protesters Confront McConnell Over Green New Deal”

“Hundreds of youth climate activists marched on Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell’s Washington office and 42 of them were arrested by police, according to organizers.” Activism Climate Change Environmental...
Read More »

Financiers to discuss hydropower as climate-change mitigation, but dams are not ‘clean energy’ (commentary)

On February 20, Nature published a comment on hydropower claiming that dams are good for the climate and should be subsidized through the Climate Bonds initiative, a proposal that...
Read More »

“U.S. Lawmakers To Grill Trump’s EPA On Enforcement Drop-Off”

“U.S. lawmakers will grill the Environmental Protection Agency’s top pollution enforcement official on Tuesday after the agency’s recent annual report showed a big decline in civil penalties and site...
Read More »

“EPA Regulator Skirts The Line Between Former Clients And Current Job”

“Less than a month into his tenure as the top air-policy official at the Environmental Protection Agency, Bill Wehrum hopped into the EPA’s electric Chevy Volt and rode to...
Read More »

Blue whales remember best times and places to find prey

Blue whales in the northern Pacific Ocean use their memories to guide them to the best feeding spots, instead of seeking out the locations of shorter-term surges in prey,...
Read More »

It pays, but does it stay? Hunting in Namibia’s community conservation system

TSUMKWE, Namibia — Just south of Tsumkwe, an isolated San settlement in northeastern Namibia, a sun-shredded sign indicated the Nyae Nyae cultural activity center was 10 kilometers (6 miles)...
Read More »

Is there another Javan Rhino habitat as ideal as Ujung Kulon? (Commentary)

Ujung Kulon National Park is the last habitat of the Javan rhinoceros. There are only an estimated 67 of the one-horned animals left, according to the park management. A...
Read More »

New map shows every forest matters in helping save the Javan leopard

The big cats of Java haven’t had it easy. First to vanish was the Sunda clouded leopard, a small species that today survives only on Borneo and Sumatra. Next...
Read More »

The odor side of otters: Tech reveals species’ adaptations to human activity

Human-dominated mangroves are far from what is considered an ideal environment for otters. And yet an estuarine island on India’s western coast is home to a thriving population of...
Read More »

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader? (commentary)

A silver lining of global warming is that it is forcing every nation to rethink its future, to open its mind to new possibilities. The latest IPCC report gives...
Read More »

Fears of a dire precedent as Brazil seeks results-based REDD+ payment

Almost a decade after it was founded, the Green Climate Fund is ready to start paying tropical countries for emission reductions from REDD+. A proposal from Brazil has been...
Read More »

Allegation of forged signature casts shadow over China-backed dam in Sumatra

JAKARTA — An Indonesian scientist says his signature was forged to obtain a key permit underlying a $1.6 billion hydropower project in an orangutan habitat on the island of...
Read More »

World’s largest bee filmed alive for the first time in Indonesia

The last time scientists officially reported seeing a living Wallace’s giant bee (Megachile pluto), the world’s largest known bee, was in 1981. Now, in Indonesia’s North Maluku archipelago, the giant bee...
Read More »

AI and public data identifies fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

In a classic poem, an ancient mariner finds himself haunted by the albatross he killed. Two hundred years after Samuel Coleridge penned that poem, albatrosses still follow fishing ships....
Read More »

Latam Eco Review: Icon status for jaguars and fears over lithium mining

The environmental impact of the global demand for lithium and more jaguar protection in South America, plus profiles of five pioneering women in conservation science, and a newly discovered...
Read More »

Forest soils take longer to recover from fires and logging than previously thought

According to Elle Bowd, a researcher with Australian National University’s Fenner School of Environment and Society, there have been very few studies about the long-term impacts of disturbances like...
Read More »

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, February 22, 2019

Tropical forests A doctoral student in India discovered a new frog species in a puddle (The Independent). Authorities in Brazil have arrested eight employees of the mining company Vale...
Read More »

3D Model of Heat Exchanger Used at the Enterprise Plant

The CSB released an interactive 3D model of the heat exchanger used at the Enterprise Plant to enhance understanding of how this type of heat exchanger operates and its...
Read More »

CSB Releases Final Report into 2016 Pascagoula Gas Plant Explosion

Report Issues Formal Safety Recommendations to Industry and First Responders
Read More »

“Supreme Court Environmental Cases: The Watch List”

“The Supreme Court is halfway through its current term, but the bulk of its environmental issues are still awaiting resolution.” Laws & Regulations National (U.S.) Public Source: ,
Read More »

Putting The Sun In Sunshine State? Florida’s About-Face On Solar Power

“Solar power has long been a pet issue for progressives and environmentalists. But in Florida, utilities are starting to embrace the technology for economic reasons.” Energy & Fuel SE...
Read More »

“Lawsuit Takes Aim At Interstate Air Pollution”

“In a case with ramifications for the Chesapeake Bay, environmental groups have joined with several Northeastern states to challenge the lack of federal action to reduce interstate air pollution.”...
Read More »