"Warren Buffet Wants To Build The Nation’s Largest Wind Farm"
"Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Company plans to invest $3.6 billion in what would become the nation’s largest wind energy facility."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/15/2016
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About-Face: Feds Deny Endangered Species Protections For Pacific Fisher
"The Pacific fisher, a small, weasel-like predator whose numbers in Oregon's forests have plummeted since European settlement of the West, will not join the federal endangered species list."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 04/15/2016
"Monsanto GM Cotton Banned by Top African Producer of Crop"
"Burkina Faso is phasing out the production of genetically modified cotton introduced by Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, because growers are unhappy with the short length of its fiber."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/15/2016
"U.N. Panel To Study Tough 1.5C Limit On Global Warming"
"The U.N.'s panel of climate scientists agreed on Thursday to study how to limit global warming to the toughest target suggested by world leaders, saying even small rises in temperatures could be harmful."
Source: Reuters, 04/15/2016
"New Hampshire Suspects Chemical Emissions Tainted Wells"
"New Hampshire says emissions of a chemical used to make Teflon coatings may be the source behind the contamination of more than 40 wells in several towns."
Source: AP, 04/15/2016
"Living With Less Snow In The West"
"Among firs and cedars high in the Sierra Nevada, scientists are using an array of instruments to monitor the health of the forest, measure the snowpack and track the water that melts and seeps into the soil. As they collect data, they’re taking snapshots of a landscape in the midst of major changes."
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 04/15/2016
Dangerous Lead Levels Detailed At Some Detroit Public Schools
"Detroit Public Schools water test results released Thursday show that 15 buildings have tested positive for high lead levels, including one where a drinking fountain recorded 100 times the allowable limit."
Source: Detroit News, 04/15/2016
"Exxon: Charges Of Lying About Climate Change Are 'Preposterous'"
"ExxonMobil Corp. is fighting a subpoena request by the US Virgin Islands, which is claiming that the oil company could have violated the territory's anti-racketeering law by knowingly misleading the government and the public about the likelihood that its fossil fuel business impacted climate change and thus defrauding them. But Exxon vehemently opposes the notion that it knew about climate change before the rest of the world did."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/15/2016
"Six Years After BP Spill, U.S. Sets New Offshore Oil Safety Rules"
"The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled new oil well control rules to prevent the kind of blowout that happened six years ago on a BP Plc rig in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Reuters, 04/15/2016
Beyond Lead: Tracking Lead's Toxic Threat
While Flint has become a byword for poisoned children and government neglect, the threat posed by lead poisoning is far broader. This webinar will provide essential context, resources and ideas for chronicling the threat posed by lead in communities nationwide.
