"Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is In Danger"
"Greenland is melting — and has been for quite some time."
Source: Wash Post, 08/26/2016
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"Obama Expands Hawaii Marine Reserve In Final Push On Climate"
"U.S. President Barack Obama will dramatically expand the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii on Friday, the White House said, an action that will ban commercial fishing from more than 582,500 sq miles (1.5 million sq km) of the Pacific Ocean."
Source: Reuters, 08/26/2016
DEADLINE: EJN's Biodiversity Media Initiative Fellowship Program to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's COP13
Journalists (especially indigenous and those from developing countries) are invited to apply to Earth Journalism Network's Fellowship program during the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2016.
"Climate Change Complicates Predictions Of Damage From Big Surf"
"Tropical Storm Colin ripped across the Gulf of Mexico in June and hit the coast of southwest Florida with 60-mile-an-hour winds. Before it arrived, a team from the U.S. Geological Survey used a new computer model to predict how far inland the waves would invade."
Source: NPR, 08/25/2016
Texas Vowed 34 Years Ago to Track Oilfield Waste in Aquifers. It Didn't
"Have oil and gas companies injected toxic materials into Texas groundwater sources? State regulators don't know, even though they agreed in 1982 to track injections into zones that could hold underground sources of drinking water, according to records obtained by The Texas Tribune."
Source: Texas Tribune, 08/25/2016
"Italy Quake Death Toll Nears 250 As Rescuers Search Demolished Towns"
"The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy reached at least 241 people on Thursday and could rise further after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns."
Source: Reuters, 08/25/2016
"Judge To Rule On The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Oil Pipeline Request"
"A ruling in the request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to stop a four-state oil pipeline under construction near their reservation will come by Sept. 9, a federal judge said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 08/25/2016
"Low Interest In Offshore Drilling Rights At Auction"
"Oil companies facing an industrywide glut showed low interest Wednesday in bidding on offshore drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico."
Source: The Hill, 08/25/2016
"Man-Made Warming Dates Back Almost 200 Years: Study"
"Man-made greenhouse gases began to nudge up the Earth's temperatures almost 200 years ago as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, far earlier than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 08/25/2016
"California Legislature Passes Climate Change Bills"
"California lawmakers voted to extend the state's climate change fighting efforts out to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country."
Source: Reuters, 08/25/2016
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