"Dengue Fever an ‘Emergency’ on Hawaii’s Big Island"
"HILO, Hawaii – Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi has declared a state of emergency over a dengue fever outbreak on the island of Hawaii, commonly called the Big Island."
Source: ENS, 02/11/2016
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"Zika Virus Found In Fetal Brain"
"The Zika virus, thought to be responsible for a surge in birth defects in Brazil, has been found inside the abnormally small brain of an aborted fetus at roughly 29 weeks of gestation, a team of researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2016
"Snyder Ordered DEQ To Withhold Flint Lead Test Results, Emails Claim"
"Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials allegedly withheld lead testing results from county health officials while they worked to find ways to present the information to the public, according to emails obtained by The Flint Journal."
Source: Flint Journal, 02/11/2016
"House Passes Bill Requiring EPA Actions On Lead-Laced Water"
"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill requiring federal environmental regulators to act faster when lead contamination is found in drinking water."
Source: Reuters, 02/11/2016
Supreme Court’s Climate Stay May Imperil Paris Climate Accord
"The Supreme Court’s surprise decision Tuesday to halt the carrying out of President Obama’s climate change regulation could weaken or even imperil the international global warming accord reached with great ceremony in Paris less than two months ago, climate diplomats say."
Source: NY Times, 02/11/2016
CA Coastal Commissioners Vote 7-5 To Dismiss Executive Director
"In a 7-5 vote, the California Coastal Commission on Wednesday dismissed embattled executive director Charles Lester."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2016
"Occupiers At Oregon Refuge Say They'll Turn Themselves In"
"The last four armed occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon said they would turn themselves in Thursday morning after law officers surrounded them in a tense standoff."
Source: AP, 02/11/2016
"Liquid Assets"
"A maverick hedge fund manager thinks Wall Street is the answer to the water crisis in the West."
Source: ProPublica, 02/10/2016
"A Shot in the Dark"
"In hopes of saving one owl species, scientists are killing another."
Source: California Sunday, 02/10/2016
Big Turnout Seen At Showdown Over The Coastal Commission Chief's Future
"For more than four decades, the California Coastal Commission has policed land use and preserved public access along more than 1,100 miles of shoreline — some of the most valuable and scenic real estate in the nation. Now an internal battle over whether to fire its executive director has set off an intense public fight over the direction of the agency and its ability to control development and protect the state's vast coastal resources."
Source: LA Times, 02/10/2016
