"Call To Close Ivory Markets Agreed At CITES Conference"
"Delegates at a UN wildlife conference have endorsed calls for the closure of all domestic ivory markets."
Source: bbc, 10/03/2016
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"Bees Added To US Endangered Species List For The First Time"
"Seven types of bees once found in abundance in Hawaii have become the first bees to be added to the US federal list of endangered and threatened species."
Source: Guardian, 10/03/2016
Protection Of Illinois River From Coal Ash In Regulatory Gray Area
"As a persistent rain pelts the clear, swift Middle Fork of the Vermilion River on a mid-September day, the water swells and rises. Clumps of tree roots hang precariously over the river, exposed by the crumbly, receding banks. Where the bank is firmer, the water has carved out tiny caves."
Source: Midwest Energy News, 10/03/2016
Canada-Wide Asbestos Inventory 'A Positive Step,' Say Health Advocates
"CBC's map detailing the federal buildings across the country containing asbestos has been updated with hundreds of new entries to reflect the newly released National Asbestos Inventory from Public Services and Procurement Canada."
Source: CBC News, 10/03/2016
"North Sea Oil Platform Closed Down While Leak Investigated"
"An oil platform in the North Sea has been shut down following a leak."
Source: Scotsman, 10/03/2016
VW Reaches $1.2 Billion Settlement With U.S. Dealers Over Emissions
"Volkswagen has agreed to pay its U.S. dealers up to $1.2 billion to compensate them for losses suffered as a result of the company's emissions cheating scandal, according to a settlement agreement filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco."
Source: LA Times, 10/03/2016
"Timber Company Tells California Town, Go Find Your Own Water"
"WEED, Calif. — The water that gurgles from a spring on the edge of this Northern California logging town is so pristine that for more than a century it has been piped directly to the wooden homes spread across hills and gullies."
Source: NY Times, 10/03/2016
"Heightened Earthquake Alert Issued For Southern California"
"Southern California residents should remain on heightened alert until Tuesday for the increased possibility of a major earthquake, officials said."
Source: AP, 10/03/2016
"India Ratifies Paris Climate Change Deal"
"India, the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, formally joined the Paris agreement on tackling climate change on Sunday, the United Nations said, taking the global pact a step closer to its enactment."
Source: Reuters, 10/03/2016
"Evacuations In Guantanamo, Haiti As Fierce Hurricane Matthew Looms"
"The United States prepared to airlift hundreds of people from its Guantanamo Bay naval base as the most powerful cyclone to form over the Atlantic since Hurricane Felix in 2007 ground slowly toward Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba."
Source: Reuters, 10/03/2016
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