Green Notes

"Federal agencies are charged with interpreting and implementing laws passed by Congress. They can promulgate two types of regulations: rules, which are binding regulations with the full force of law, and guidance, which interpret rules and are not binding. Rules must go through a public notice-and-comment period; guidance does not. To revoke a rule, an agency must once again undertake the notice-and-comment process, allowing opponents to intervene, protest, or sue. (Congress can also overturn recently finalized rules.) To revoke guidance, an agency need only issue a memo declaring the guidance to be null."



Colony Collapse Disorder and the Endangered Species Act

• Nipping a legal problem in the bud
• 10 years after Colony Collapse Disorder scare, what have we learned about the plight of bees?
• Scientists challenge Center for Biological Diversity report claiming wild bees near extinction
• European Commission: Scientists find neonicotinoids don’t harm bees, restrictions hurt farmers—but support permanent ban
• Are neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments endangering wild bees?

Global Warming

• Dear Mr. President: Please Exit Paris
• Exiting the Mad Hatter’s climate tea party
• Exiting the Mad Hatter’s climate tea party
• Paris Treaty: Big Businesses Tell Trump to Stay in, Free-Market Groups Say Get Out
• There is No Such thing as “Greenhouse Gasses”

Pesticides and Good Health

• Environmental health: Study linking chemicals and pollution to increased cancers misses mark
• Researchers have ditched the autism-vaccine theory. Here’s what they think actually causes it.

Scientific Integrity

• Dear EWG, Why Are You Shaking Down Companies to Get on Your 'Verified' List?
• Dear EWG, Cinnamon Rolls Aren't Toxic
• Dear EWG, This is Why Real Scientists Think Poorly of You