"Drought-Hit Zimbabwe Sells Off Wild Animals"
"Zimbabwe put its wild animals up for sale on Tuesday, saying it needed buyers to step in and save the beasts from a devastating drought."
Source: Reuters, 05/04/2016
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"More Acidic Seawater Now Dissolving Bit Of Florida Keys Reef"
"Seawater — increasingly acidic due to global warming — is eating away the limestone framework for the coral reef of the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. It's something that scientists had expected, but not so soon."
Source: AP, 05/04/2016
"Colorado Court Strikes Down Local Bans on Fracking"
"Colorado’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down local government prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, handing oil and gas companies a victory in a lengthy battle over energy production in the environmentally conscious state."
Source: NY Times, 05/04/2016
Brazil Files $44 Billion Lawsuit Against Vale, BHP For Dam Spill
"Federal prosecutors in Brazil filed a 155 billion-real ($43.5 billion) civil lawsuit on Tuesday against iron miner Samarco and its owners, Vale SA and BHP Billiton, for a collapsed tailings dam in November that killed 19 people and polluted a major river."
Source: Reuters, 05/04/2016
"TTIP Trade Talks 'Likely To Stop', Warns French Minister"
"Talks between the US and EU over the wide-ranging TTIP trade deal are likely to grind to a halt, according to France's trade minister."
Source: BBC News, 05/04/2016
"Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’"
"ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. — Each morning at 3:30, when Joann Bourg leaves the mildewed and rusted house that her parents built on her grandfather’s property, she worries that the bridge connecting this spit of waterlogged land to Louisiana’s terra firma will again be flooded and she will miss another day’s work."
Source: NY Times, 05/04/2016
Obama To Visit Flint Today Amid Calls For Swifter Action
"President Barack Obama arrives in Flint Wednesday to witness first-hand a 2-year-old contaminated drinking water crisis amid growing calls for a stronger federal role in fixing the man-made catastrophe."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 05/04/2016
Ft. McMurray Residents Flee: Largest Fire Evacuation In Alberta History
"Fort McMurray fire officials are prepared for another challenging day Wednesday as firefighters try to save the oilsands city from a massive wildfire that has destroyed homes and businesses, and forced the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta’s history."
Source: Edmonton Journal, 05/04/2016
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