"World Leaders Poised To Seal Landmark Emissions Deal In Vienna"
"An international agreement to reduce hydrofluorocarbons could prevent 0.5 degrees of warming by the end of the century, officials say."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/22/2016
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"Endangered: A Bird and a Tribe"
"The fate of a mysterious hummingbird — and that of the indigenous population that shares its territory — hangs by a thread."
Source: Undark, 07/21/2016
"Document Trove Details Links Between Tobacco, Oil Industries"
"Organizations worried about climate change have long drawn comparisons between the petroleum and tobacco industries, arguing that each has minimized public health damages of its products to operate unchecked."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/21/2016
"Navy Confirms Explosive Tests In Atlantic Off Daytona Beach"
"The U.S. Navy confirmed Tuesday that ship shock trials with 10,000 pounds of explosives were conducted on Saturday and earlier in June, on the same dates as earthquake reports in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast."
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, 07/21/2016
"Emotions Run High Over Monument Designation In Utah"
"Battle lines over a proposed Bears Ears monument are blurred, dividing tribes and towns."
Source: High Country News, 07/21/2016
"Greenland Lost A Staggering 1 Trillion Tons Of Ice In Just Four Years"
"It’s no news that Greenland is in serious trouble — but now, new research has helped quantify just how bad its problems are. A satellite study, published last week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the Greenland ice sheet lost a whopping 1 trillion tons of ice between the years 2011 and 2014 alone."
Source: Wash Post, 07/21/2016
U.S. Farmers Struggle To Feed The Country's Appetite For Organic Food
"Consumer appetite for organic foods reached $13.4bn in the US last year – so why is only 1% of the country’s cropland dedicated to organic farming?"
Source: Guardian, 07/21/2016
Legal Battle Over Exxon Investigation Subpoenas Escalating
"As state attorneys general of N.Y. and Mass. bristle at Rep. Lamar Smith's subpeonas, the legal stakes get higher as the process becomes even more political."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/21/2016
"Obama Makes New Push On Solar Power"
"The Obama administration is making a new large-scale effort to encourage deployment and use of rooftop solar power on homes."
Source: The Hill, 07/21/2016
"Trump Considering Fracking Mogul Harold Hamm As Energy Secretary"
"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is considering nominating Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm as energy secretary if elected to the White House on Nov. 8, according to four sources close to Trump's campaign."
Source: Reuters, 07/21/2016
