Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Enbridge Dealt New Setback After Judge Pushes Back Decision on Line 3 Pipeline (Lorraine CHOW, EcoWatch ; December 28, 2017) https://www.ecowatch.com/enbridge-line-3-minnesota-2520471632.html Featured Documentation: Enbridge Energy Sandpiper Pipeline and Line 3 Replacement Projects [Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Environmental Impact Report (EIR); May 2014] http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/eia/documents/enbridge/spp_l3_eir.pdf Website: Honor the Earth http://www.honorearth.org/

Just a small news article that caught my eye this morning.  Written by Alan SCHER ZAGIER of the Associated Press , this particular article draws attention to an Oil sands pipeline that is quietly on the "fast-track" to being approved in the American Midwest. Swift approval sought for Midwest oil pipeline - CapitalGazette.com: Nation ( N. B.:    Original Blog Posting Date  - July 17, 2013 ) Active Article hyperlink : http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/swift-approval-sought-for-midwest-oil-pipeline/article_adf45a72-b26f-58c1-9932-aad691724647.html Previously... Enbridge Inc. plans installation of new oil pipelines in Brandon, Rose, Springfield and Groverland townships (Monica DRAKE, News-Herald ; July 29, 2012) http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/enbridge-inc-plans-installation-of-new-oil-pipelines-in-brandon/article_ac6ebc1f-e202-513d-bd36-d4b485465fe8.html Enbridge Line 6B Oil Pipeline Replacement EIR Report: Stockbridge...

Flint Accused of Violating Agreement to Replace Lead Service Lines (Merritt KENNEDY, NPR News ; December 28, 2017) https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/28/574112798/flint-accused-of-violating-agreement-to-replace-lead-service-lines E. P. A. Wanted Years to Study Lead Paint Rule.  Its Got 90 Days (Lisa FRIEDMAN, New York Times ; December 27, 2017) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/us/epa-lead-paint.html Why Lead Standards Matter (Hannah CHANG,  EarthJustice ; December 27, 2017) https://earthjustice.org/blog/2016-october/why-lead-standards-matter Featured Appeals Court Documentation:  United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit  ( Case No. 16-72816 .  Lead Opinion ; December 27, 2017) https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/lead_opinion_2017-12-27.pdf Selected Research Publications: Case studies and evidence based approaches to addressing urban soil lead contamination (LAIDLAW et al. , 2017) https://sch...

Update: Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability (EPA Notice, Federal Register ; February 27, 2018) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/27/2018-03986/registration-review-draft-human-health-andor-ecological-risk-assessments-for-several-pesticides     Federal Register Notice for  EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0720; FRL-9973-07               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-27/pdf/2018-03986.pdf N. B.:   Please note that Glyphosate Case 0178 , D ocket ID number   EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361, is located on the aforementioned new Federal Register Notice docket number as the fourth listed pesticide on page 8478 under the following title:  " TABLE - DRAFT ASSESSMENTS BEING MADE AVAILABLE FOR  PUBLIC COMMENT - Continued"   Selected Glyphosate Documentation: Registration Review - Preliminary Ecologica...

How oil spills increase infant deaths in Nigeria (Chukwuma MUANYA, The Guardian Nigeria ; 12 October 2017) https://guardian.ng/news/how-oil-spills-increase-infant-deaths-in-niger-delta/ Featured Research Article: The Effect of Oil Spills on Infant Mortality:  Evidence from Nigeria (BRUEDERLE and HODLER, 2017) https://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/cesifo1_wp6653.pdf Also...  Anger seethes on margins of historic clean up in Nigeria's delta (Libby GEORGE, Reuters ; November 8, 2017) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-delta-environment/anger-seethes-on-margins-of-historic-clean-up-in-nigerias-delta-idUSKBN1D81WF 400 indigenous workers deployed as Bodo clean up begins (Ann GODWIN, The Guardian Nigeria ; 02 October 2017) https://guardian.ng/news/400-indigenous-workers-deployed-as-bodo-cleanup-begins/ United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)  Documentation: Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland, Nigeria -  Executive Summa...

UPDATE: EPA Delays Lead and Copper Rule Again, Promises 'War on Lead' (Brett WALTON,  Circle of Blue Water News ; December 15, 2017) http://www.circleofblue.org/2017/world/epa-delays-lead-copper-rule-promises-war-lead/ EPA Seeks Input from State Partners and Lead and Copper Rule [Press Release, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (U. S. EPA) ; December 14, 2017] https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-seeks-input-state-partners-lead-and-copper-rule Documentation: Lead and Copper Rule Federalism Consultation Invitation Letter  [Peter GREVATT, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (U S. EPA) ; December 14, 2017] https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-12/documents/lcr_federalism_consultation_letter.signed.12_14_17.pdf Final Report of the Lead and Copper Rule Working Group To the National Drinking Water Advisory Council  (August 24, 2015 ) https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-01/document...

Appeals Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban : Center for Biological Diversity (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; December 12, 2017)