"Oil Kingdom And A 'High Priest' Stall Action For 30 Years"
"In November 1995, a scientist and a diplomat quarreled in Madrid."
Source: ClimateWire, 10/30/2018
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"WHO Says Air Pollution Kills 600,000 Children Every Year"
"Air pollution kills an estimated 600,000 children every year and causing symptoms ranging from loss of intelligence to obesity and ear infections but there is a limited amount parents can do, a World Health Organization report said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 10/30/2018
"Alaska Salmon Initiative Draws A Powerful Foe: Oil, Mining Money"
"Alaska is in the midst of a divisive civil war over a ballot initiative that pits the state's revered wild salmon fisheries against its powerful oil and mining industries."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/29/2018
Shock, Outrage Follow Investigation Of Grand Canyon Natl. Park Chief
"The arrival of four federal investigators at Grand Canyon National Park this week reopened old wounds and threatened to topple a woman regarded by many as one of the top stars in the National Park Service."
Source: Greenwire, 10/29/2018
"Half-Life"
"Chad Walde believed in his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then he got a rare brain cancer linked to radiation, and the government denied it had any responsibility."
Source: ProPublica, 10/29/2018
Trump Declares His 1st Natl. Monument, Honoring African American Troops
"In the first such use of his executive powers, President Trump on Friday designated a national monument, establishing a 380-acre site in Kentucky to honor African Americans’ role as soldiers during the Civil War."
Source: Washington Post, 10/29/2018
"U.N. Shipping Agency Pushes Ahead With Tougher Marine Fuel Rules"
"The United Nations shipping agency pushed back this week on any phased entry for tougher marine fuel rules and further tightened regulations that will come into force in 2020."
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2018
20 U.S. States, Major Cities Urge Trump To Drop Fuel Efficiency Freeze
"A group of 20 U.S. states and several major cities on Friday urged the Trump administration to abandon a proposal to freeze fuel efficiency standards after 2020 and strip California of the ability to impose its own vehicle emissions rules."
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2018
Judge Reinstates California Gillnet Protections For Whales, Turtles
"The Trump administration unlawfully withdrew a plan to limit the number of whales, turtles and other marine creatures permitted to be inadvertently killed or harmed by drift gillnets used to catch swordfish off California, a federal judge has ruled."
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2018
"Will One State Go It Alone to Make Polluters Pay?"
"The last coal mine in Washington State closed down about a decade ago in Centralia, about 65 miles south of Seattle, leaving scars on the land and the local economy. Now, a solar electricity project — perhaps the largest in the state — is planned for the same location, by the same company that once ran the mine."
Source: NY Times, 10/29/2018
