Energy & Fuel

"South Sudan Ignores Reports On Oil Pollution, Birth Defects"

"The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese, and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press."

Source: AP, 02/14/2020

"Trump’s Path to Weaker Fuel Efficiency Rules May Lead to a Dead End"

"Last April, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, proclaimed at an auto show ... that he would soon roll back President Barack Obama’s stringent fuel efficiency standards. ... Nearly a year later, the rollback is nowhere near complete and may not be ready until this summer — if ever."

Source: NY Times, 02/14/2020

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