"New York Approves Renewable Energy Standard"
"New York officials approved a clean energy standard on Monday that requires half of the state’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030."
Source: The Hill, 08/02/2016
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Japan, South Korea Block U.S. Wheat Varieties Over GMO Concerns: USDA
"Japan and South Korea have both taken steps to block certain imports of U.S. wheat after unapproved genetically-modified (GMO) plants from Monsanto Co seeds were found growing in Washington state, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 08/02/2016
Oyster Population In Protected Areas Of Chesapeake Shows Renewal Signs
"Maryland’s ravaged Chesapeake Bay oyster population shows signs of revival inside the state-created sanctuaries that have been off-limits to harvesting for the past decade, according to a report from the Department of Natural Resources."
Source: Wash Post, 08/02/2016
"Wildfires Burn In 7 Western States, Prompt Evacuations"
"Wildfires are burning in seven Western U.S. states, from California's famed Big Sur region to tribal towns and hamlets near Reno, Nevada. More than a dozen homes were destroyed in Montana, and evacuations were ordered in Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. Firefighters were trying to stop a Washington blaze from reaching a thickly forested security zone at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation." The Associated Press had an overview of some of the fires August 2, 2016.
Source: AP, 08/02/2016
"How Monsanto And Scofflaw Farmers Hurt Soybeans In Arkansas"
"When Tom Barber, a scientist at the University of Arkansas who studies weeds, drives the country roads of eastern Arkansas this summer, his trained eye can spot the damage: soybean leaves contorted into cup-like shapes."
Source: NPR, 08/02/2016
"Zika Fear Prompts Travel Warning For Miami, CDC’s First In U.S."
"Federal health authorities on Monday urged pregnant women not to visit a South Florida neighborhood where new cases of the Zika virus have emerged, the first time officials have warned against travel to part of the continental United States due to the outbreak of an infectious disease."
Source: Wash Post, 08/02/2016
Scientists Critique Media Reports on Climate
Yale Climate Connections' Bud Ward reports on the Climate Feedback project, which scores articles and columns for accuracy, logic and reasoning, fairness, objectivity and precision.
MIT Researchers Send Robots Into Sewers To Monitor City Dwellers’ Waste
"Beneath the streets of Boston, two robots named Mario and Luigi inspect the flow of human waste, collecting data on city residents."
Source: Quartz, 08/01/2016
MA Senators Confront FERC on Alleged Pipeline Conflict of Interest
"In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey demand new answers about an alleged conflict of interest in the environmental review of a proposed Spectra Energy natural gas pipeline project."
Source: DeSmog, 08/01/2016
"Bayer Says Will Halt Future U.S. Sales Of Insecticide"
"The agricultural unit of German chemicals company Bayer AG will halt future U.S. sales of an insecticide that can be used on more than 200 crops after losing a fight with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the company said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 08/01/2016
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