New Report Says EPA Used Dubious Methodology to Justify Weakening the Clean Water Act Report co-authored by UMass Amherst economist David Keiser says EPA analysis assumes states will step in to protect waterways as wetlands and streams lose federal protection
December 17, 2020
David Keiser
AMHERST, Mass. – The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by environmental economists from leading research institutions across the U.S, including the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers repealed the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, which clarified which bodies of water fell under federal protection from pollution under the 1972 Clean Water Act. Earlier this year, the agencies replaced that r
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Dry ice is a hot commodity because of the vaccine
Massachusetts suppliers are helping to keep Pfizer-BioNTech shipments at minus-94 degrees Fahrenheit.
By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 10:36 a.m.
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doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech were administered across the United States on Monday, it marked the beginning of a mass distribution
effort that hinges on an unlikely product: dry ice.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needs to be kept at minus-94 degrees Fahrenheit, far beyond the capability of traditional freezers. But dry ice â which is frozen carbon dioxide â has a surface temperature of minus-109.3 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it a sought-after product for shipping and storing the vaccine.
Carlson said Jill Biden was borderline illiterate and not very bright
He cited Jill s 2006 Ph.D. dissertation, which he said was full of typos
That year, Jill Biden earned a doctorate in education from University of Delaware
Earlier this week, a Wall Street Journal op-ed said she should drop Dr. honorific
Joseph Epstein argued that Dr. should be used for someone who s a physician
Op-ed prompted backlash with Journal being accused of sexism and misogyny
Fox News host Tucker Carlson blasted Jill Biden as ‘borderline illiterate’ and ‘not very bright’ because of errors in her Ph.D. dissertation that earned her a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware.