"South Sudan’s Broken Oil Industry Increasingly Becoming a Hazard"
"The environment has long been a factor in violent conflict in South Sudan, especially with respect to control over oil."
Source: New Security Beat, 05/03/2016
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"World Press Freedom Day Comes Amid Tough Times For Journalists"
"Verbal attacks by presidential candidates in the U.S., new security laws in Europe and increased surveillance of information are some of the new challenges journalists face today, media freedom advocates said on the eve of World Press Freedom Day."
Source: USA TODAY, 05/03/2016
"Hillary Clinton Hears Wrath of Coal Supporters in West Virginia"
"WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Hillary Clinton came to campaign in coal country — and she had her feet held to the fire."
Source: NY Times, 05/03/2016
"Diplomats: Norway's Solheim to Be New UN Environment Chief"
"U.N. diplomats say Norway's former environment and development minister Erik Solheim has been chosen by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to head the U.N. environment agency."
Source: AP, 05/03/2016
"4 Arrested In Murder Of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres"
"On Monday authorities in Honduras arrested four people in connection with the murder of influential environmental activist Berta Cáceres two months ago."
Source: NPR, 05/03/2016
"EPA Takes Offline Report That Says Glyphosate Not Likely Carcinogenic"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not finished its review of the chemical, which is the key ingredient in Monsanto's herbicides."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2016
"Fight In Congress Over Zika Funds With First US Death"
"The first officially reported death in the United States from Zika-related complications, a 70-year-old man in Puerto Rico, intensifies a partisan battle on Capitol Hill over $1.9 billion in emergency funds blocked for two months by Republicans."
Source: McClatchy, 05/03/2016
"Ringling Elephants Perform Last Show, End 145-Year Run"
"Ringling's final 11 performing elephants marched into arenas for the last time Sunday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Providence, R.I., ending a 145-year-old tradition of the giant pachyderms taking part in the big top."
Source: USA TODAY, 05/02/2016
"Greenpeace Leaks U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal Documents"
"The Dutch chapter of the environmental activist group Greenpeace leaked on Monday what it called a trove of documents from the talks over a proposed trade deal between the European Union and the United States."
Source: NY Times, 05/02/2016
"Dredging of Miami Port Badly Damaged Coral Reef, Study Finds"
"The large-scale dredging of Miami’s port to accommodate the newest generation of freighters, an undertaking that prompted a long-running battle with environmentalists, caused widespread damage to a portion of the area’s fragile and already distressed coral reef, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: NY Times, 05/02/2016
