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"Pacific Northwest Weighs Response to Risks Posed by Oil Trains"

"The Chinook salmon that Randy Settler and other Yakama tribal fishermen are pulling from the Columbia River are large and plentiful this summer, part of one of the biggest spawning runs since the 1960s. It is a sign, they say, of the river’s revitalization, through pollution regulations and ambitious fish hatchery programs. But barely four miles upstream from the fishermen’s nets, state workers are still cleaning up after a major oil train derailment in June."

Source: NY Times, 08/01/2016

"Climate Change Divide Bursts to Forefront in Presidential Campaign"

"During the 2012 race for president, the issue of climate change was nearly invisible. ... But this year, as Hillary Clinton thrusts climate change to the heart of her campaign, the issue is taking on a prominence it has never before had in a presidential general election."

Source: NY Times, 08/01/2016

"California Adds Atrazine to List of Toxic Chemicals, But No Ban"

"Atrazine has been a dirty word among environmentalists for decades. Now state and federal agencies are coming down on the weed killer, amid troubling evidence that it disrupts hormones and contributes to birth defects."

Source: KQED, 08/01/2016

Toxicologist: Claim NC Well Water Was Safe Was 'Scientifically Untrue'

"Emails obtained through public-records requests by a conservation group show that State Toxicologist Ken Rudo forcefully resisted the McCrory administration last year as it moved to alter the do-not-drink letters sent to hundreds of well owners near coal-ash pits owned by Duke Energy."

Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 08/01/2016

Latest: Obama Administration To Continue Navajo Nation Uranium Cleanup

"The EPA has already spent $100 million to remediate decades of mining."

Source: High Country News, 08/01/2016

"GMO Wheat Found In Washington State Could Affect US Trade"

"Genetically modified wheat not approved for sale or commercial production in the United States has been found growing in a field in Washington state, agriculture officials said Friday, posing a possible risk to trade with countries concerned about engineered food."

Source: AP, 08/01/2016

"Zika Cases in Puerto Rico Are Skyrocketing"

"The Zika epidemic that has spread from Brazil to the rest of Latin America is now raging in Puerto Rico — and the island’s response is in chaos."

Source: NY Times, 08/01/2016

"Who Is Polluting Rio’s Bay?"

"A major part of Rio’s winning Olympic bid was a plan to capture and treat 80 percent of the sewage that flows into Guanabara Bay, something organizers now admit will not happen — certainly not by August, if ever."

Source: NY Times, 07/29/2016

Brazil, Where a Food Revolution Is Changing the Way People Eat

"How the country challenged the junk-food industry and became a global leader in the battle against obesity."

Source: The Nation, 07/29/2016

"Environmentalists Take Aim At TransCanada Pipeline Project"

"Environmentalists are again taking aim at the company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline — this time for another of its projects they fear would send hundreds of supertankers laden with crude oil down the Atlantic coast to refineries in Texas and Louisiana."

Source: AP, 07/29/2016

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