"Pregnant Women Warned to Avoid Brownsville, Tex., Because of Zika"
"Federal health officials warned pregnant women on Wednesday to avoid visiting Brownsville, Tex., because of the threat of infection with the Zika virus."
Source: , 12/15/2016
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"Carbon Wars: ‘Get Someone Up Here. We’re All Dying.’"
"Oil refineries don’t just pollute. They also kill and maim workers and threaten the public."
"ANACORTES, Wash. — From 500 yards away, John Moore felt the concussion before he heard it.
Moore was midway through a 6 p.m.-to-6 a.m. shift as an operator at the Tesoro Corporation’s oil refinery in Anacortes, an island town 80 miles north of Seattle. It was 35 minutes after midnight on April 2, 2010.
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 12/15/2016
Trump Team Disavows Demand For Names Of Climate Scientists
"The Trump transition team appeared to back away from a controversial questionnaire sent to the Energy Department last week that had asked for the names of department staffers who had worked on several climate-change initiatives under President Obama."
Source: Wash Post, 12/15/2016
"Interior: Potential Trump Pick A 'Roosevelt Guy,' But Enviros Wary"
"Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) sees himself as 'a Teddy Roosevelt guy,' a supporter of public lands who makes his own decisions, whether they follow the party line or not. But environmentalists continue to be wary of President-elect Donald Trump's potential pick for Interior secretary."
Source: Greenwire, 12/15/2016
Tillerson, Trump’s Secretary of State Nominee, Is a Flexible Pragmatist
"Three years ago, Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil and now President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, was probably the man least expected to show up at a town council meeting in North Texas to oppose a local construction project."
Source: NY Times, 12/15/2016
"Will Rick Perry Promote Science at the Department of Energy?"
"The former Texas governor has questioned the scientific consensus on climate change and once forgot the name of the agency when listing those he wanted to eliminate."
Source: Atlantic, 12/15/2016
Secretary Jewell Urges Scientists To ‘Fight Disinformation’ Under Trump
"Researchers must 'fight disinformation' about science during the Trump administration, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in an address before hundreds of scientists on Wednesday."
Source: Wash Post, 12/15/2016
How Open Source Seed Producers Are Changing Global Food Production
"Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds available for other breeders to use."
Source: Ensia, 12/14/2016
"California's Small Water Utilities Struggle With Safety"
"Californians relying on small water utilities to bring drinking water into their homes, or who work or go to school in places providing their own water, are far more likely to be exposed to lead, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data by The Desert Sun and USA TODAY."
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 12/14/2016
Scientists Copy U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
"Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of government data onto independent servers in hopes of safeguarding it from any political interference."
Source: Wash Post, 12/14/2016
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