Greenwire https://www.eenews.net/gw The Leader in Energy and Environment News en-us Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:05 -0400 Ariel Wittenberg Firefighters want the option to wear protective gear that doesn't contain toxic chemicals. The only problem? The very garment manufacturers whose gear contains PFAS sit on the standard-setting committee they must convince. SPOTLIGHT Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:05 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737029/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737029 Kelsey Brugger The White House science office announced today that Allison Crimmins will lead the next mammoth report on climate change. Top Stories Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:06 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737023/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737023 Sean Reilly The troubled Limetree Bay refinery has filed for bankruptcy, two months after EPA regulators invoked rarely used emergency powers to halt operations at the plant in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Top Stories Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:06 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737027/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737027 Michael Doyle The Biden administration's take on the Endangered Species Act could be shaped by a new leadership roster and a new package of outside-the-box policy recommendations. Top Stories Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:07 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737019/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737019 Kevin Bogardus EPA continues to build out its political staff, bringing on several new appointees in recent months. Politics Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:07 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737025/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737025 Call it the seafood circle of life: Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned and dumped into waterways around the country and the world, where they form the basis of new oyster colonies. Natural Resources Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:08 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063736999/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063736999 Pamela King The Supreme Court will spring back to action this fall with a novel battle over groundwater withdrawals from an aquifer that straddles the Mississippi-Tennessee border. Law Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:08 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737021/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737021 Jeremy P. Jacobs Environmental groups pressed a court yesterday to deny the Biden administration's request to remand the Trump EPA's rule defining what waterways qualify for federal protection, arguing it should be thrown out entirely. Law Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:09 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737017/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737017 Lawsuits filed yesterday in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children. Law Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:09 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737003/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737003 Several Los Angeles-area beaches were closed yesterday to swimmers and surfers after 17 million gallons of sewage spilled into Santa Monica Bay from a treatment plant. Air and Water Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:10 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737011/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737011 Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey today were facing another round of rain one day after they were swamped by a series of storms that the National Weather Service said caused a rare flash flood emergency. Natural Disasters Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:11 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737015/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737015 Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states today, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened California's power supply. Natural Disasters Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:11 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737001/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737001 The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona's borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures in the sun-scorched desert and rugged mountains. Natural Disasters Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:12 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737005/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737005 Gov. Doug Ducey (R) ordered flags on all state buildings lowered to half-staff today to honor two wildland firefighting crew members killed in a plane crash in northwestern Arizona. States Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:12 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737013/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737013 Record heat is persisting across Nevada — from Las Vegas to Lake Tahoe and Elko — along with record rainfall in southern Nevada, where more thunderstorms were in the forecast. States Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:13 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737007/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737007 The state Department of Natural Resources has canceled Wisconsin's sharp-tailed grouse season for the third year in a row to protect the population. States Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:50:13 -0400 https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063737009/feed tag:www.eenews.net,2014:Story/1063737009