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‘Completely unacceptable’: dust from Newcrest Cadia goldmine 11 times the regulatory limit

The NSW Environment Protection Authority says it will ‘not shy away’ from suspending the mine’s licence if it does not comply

The Guardian - AU

Why are interest rates going up – and what does it mean for mortgages?

Markets are now anticipating a high of 6% by early next year

The Independent UK

Audit office finds NSW Forestry failed to monitor contractors amid calls to end native forest logging

Report also notes some EPA staff did not have advanced training in forestry and lacked basic equipment such as tape measures to gauge tree diameter

The Guardian - AU

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Forestry operator fails to monitor logging compliance

The state-owned body that manages logged forests in NSW is failing to prevent the felling of protected trees, despite copping multiple EPA reprimands.

The New Daily

A nuclear site is on tribes' ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks

Three Native American tribes have devoted decades to returning their ancestral land in Washington to the days before they became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex

The Independent UK

Huge Cadia gold mine ordered to reduce polluting dust. Is it safe to live near a mine like this?

For the past 15 months, I have been helping residents living near the massive Cadia gold and copper mine in NSW to verify their concerns about pollution from the mine. The findings of alarming levels of heavy metals in their water tanks, as well as in blood and hair samples,…

The Conversation

Newcrest’s Cadia goldmine fails to meet clean air standards, NSW EPA finds

Regulator’s call for action on dust pollution comes after local residents reported blood tests with high levels of selenium, nickel and copper

The Guardian - AU

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EPA boosts use of biofuels but holds steady for corn-based ethanol production

The Biden administration on Wednesday increased the amount of biofuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supplies over the next three years, but held production totals steady for corn-based ethanol, disappointing the biofuel industry and farm advocates

The Independent UK

Revealed: a toxic metal is in a US city’s air – and may be harming children’s brains

The Guardian finds children in Portland, Oregon, could have lower test scores due to lead emissions from nearby racetrack, one of dozens across the US to use toxic leaded gasoline

The Guardian - US

We have a chance to cut air pollution caused by big trucks

An estimated 72 million Americans, including people on the South and West sides of Chicago, are endangered by pollution from vehicle exhaust because they live in close proximity to trucking routes along interstates, the head of the Sierra Club writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gold mine faces licence ban over ongoing air pollution

NSW's environmental watchdog says it is ready to take strong action against a dirty gold mine operating near a major outback regional centre.

AAP

An aggressive Supreme Court reshapes the US as its standing erodes

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in the midst of a run of decisions that have stress-tested the core principles of U.S. democracy, has rarely been so aggressive in using its powers — or been viewed with more skepticism by Americans.

Tribune News Service

Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave

The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it.

The Conversation

HiPhi Announces European Pricing Ahead Of Deliveries

Chinese luxury EV manufacturer HiPhi is gearing up for European deliveries set to take place in Q3 2023. The firm will offer a luxury sedan and SUV.

InsideEVs

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Salon

A history of Republican climate denial

Republicans didn't always deny the reality of climate change. Then, George W. Bush took office

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Air quality disasters aren’t going away. Here’s how we should protect ourselves

As California residents, we are all too familiar with the orange skies that plagued the East Coast last week from Canadian wildfires and just hit the Midwest. And we have faced the plague of poor outdoor air quality many times while doing extensive public health work in cities, such as…

The Independent UK

Trump must be supervised by lawyer when reviewing evidence against him, judge says

Judge Bruce Reinhart granted a prosecution request for a protective order meant to shield the information that must be disclosed to Mr Trump

The Guardian - US

EPA sued over reapproval of toxic herbicides using Agent Orange chemical

Federal suit brought by public health groups alleges agency’s science shows human risks and harm to endangered species

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WEKU

A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods

A new satellite will take continuous measurements of dangerous air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of environmental injustice.

Reason

Congratulations to Randy Barnett and Sam Bray, on Their S. Ct. Cites

Randy Barnett's The Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause was cited on Thursday by Justice Thomas's dissent in Haaland v. Brackeen and on May 25 in Justice Thomas's concurrence in Sackett v. EPA, and Sam Bray's "Necessary and Proper" and "Cruel and Unusual": Hendiadys in the Constitution was cited on…

The Independent UK

Railroad industry sues to block new locomotive pollution rules in California

The railroad industry has sued to block new environmental rules in California

Tribune News Service

Auto review: The redesigned 2024 Chevrolet Trax is a truly great value

I once worked with a colleague who had spent time in the executive ranks of GM Korea, where some of the automaker’s least-expensive vehicles were manufactured for the U.S. market. A rising star at GM at the time, he had been on hand at GM Korea when the first Chevrolet…

The Independent UK

A body in a suitcase, Bonnie and Clyde fantasy and baby born in Bali prison: The chilling case of Heather Mack

As Chicago woman Heather Mack pleads guilty over the killing of her socialite mother Sheila von Weise-Mack at a 5-star Bali resort in 2014, America remains horrified by the case involving a Bonnie and Clyde fantasy, a body stuffed in a suitcase and a baby born behind bars. Rachel Sharp…

Fortune

Why we can’t let nuclear energy become the next supply chain crisis

Nuclear power is the lynchpin of the clean energy transition–but the supply chain for Uranium is particularly vulnerable to ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Ballotpedia

SCOTUS limits agencies’ regulatory, adjudicatory scope

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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