"Living in China’s Expanding Deserts"
"People on the edges of the country’s vast seas of sand are being displaced by climate change."
Source: NY Times, 10/26/2016
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"Resettling China’s ‘Ecological Migrants’"
"Ankle-deep sand blocked the door of their new home. Pushing bicycles through the yard was like wading in a bog. The “lake” part of Miaomiao Lake Village turned out to be nothing but a tiny oasis more than a mile from the cookie-cutter rows of small concrete-block houses."
Source: NY Times, 10/26/2016
"U.S. Judge Approves $14.7 Billion Deal in VW Diesel Scandal"
"A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved one of the biggest corporate settlements on record, Volkswagen AG's $14.7 billion deal arising from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, and the German automaker said it would begin buying back polluting cars in mid-November."
Source: Reuters, 10/26/2016
"White House Directs Accelerated Response To Solar Flare Grid Threats"
"One day, the sun might send a massive explosion of highly charged particles flying directly at North America. If a storm hits, some U.S. cities could be blacked out until the solar storm passes to protect electric grid transformers threatened by storm currents, grid officials explain."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/25/2016
Scientists Say Feds' New Plan To Manage Red Wolves Is ‘Backward’
"Scarcely two months have passed since the Obama administration announced a major breakthrough in its program to resurrect the population of the world’s most endangered wolf."
Source: Wash Post, 10/25/2016
"Detroit Incinerator Faces Lawsuit Over Emissions"
"The Detroit incinerator, long controversial for its burning of the city’s waste, is being targeted by a lawsuit that claims the facility repeatedly fails to meet safe air emission standards."
Source: Detroit News, 10/25/2016
"New Bacteria Groups, And Stunning Diversity, Discovered Underground"
"One of the most detailed genomic studies of any ecosystem to date has revealed an underground world of stunning microbial diversity, and added dozens of new branches to the tree of life."
Source: Space Daily, 10/25/2016
"Watchdog Group Uncovers A Coal Ash Spill After Hurricane Flooding"
"Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest utility, has been ordered to submit a post-flood plan for the storage ponds at one coal-fired power plant, after reports surfaced of coal ash residue contaminating a local waterway."
Source: Think Progress, 10/25/2016
"California Dairy Industry Faces Methane Regulation for the First Time"
"Despite heavy pushback from the state's livestock producers, California Gov. Jerry Brown last month signed a law aimed at cutting methane emissions from cattle operations, the largest source of heat-trapping methane in the country's biggest dairy-producing state."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/25/2016
"Shipping Industry Mulls Modest Steps to Slow Warming"
"The global shipping industry is poised to take steps this week to begin addressing its heavy role in warming the planet, signaling an important shift following years of recalcitrance on climate change."
Source: Climate Central, 10/25/2016
