"Study Flags Concerns CO2 Underground Stores Could Leak"
"Carbon dioxide pumped into old oil wells could react with salt water and erode ‘host rocks’ and cement, researchers find".
Source: Climate Home, 02/17/2016
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"Contaminated Flint Water Among Most Expensive In The U.S.: Report"
"Residents of Flint, Michigan, one of the poorest cities in the United States, paid some of the nation's highest water bills even as the city failed to treat drinking water properly, leading to lead contamination, according to a report released on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 02/17/2016
"Possible Obama Picks Lean Left On Environment"
"With speculation over the next Supreme Court nominee running rampant, potential nominees' records on environmental issues and other hot-button topics are drawing scrutiny."
Source: Greenwire, 02/17/2016
"E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard"
"Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit. With each new delivery to his doorstep — sometimes several in a day — he faces the source of his guilt and frustration: another cardboard box."
Source: NY Times, 02/16/2016
"Cownose Rays Not To Blame For Shellfish Declines, Study Says"
"Researchers led by Florida State scientist counter widely quoted 2007 study linking shark declines to an explosion in rays, which then devoured oysters, clams and scallops."
Source: Bay Journal, 02/16/2016
Maryland To Fight Dominion Plan To Release Coal-Ash Water Into VA Creek
"Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh’s office said Monday that it plans to fight a plan by the Dominion Virginia Power company to release about 215 million gallons of treated coal-ash water into a creek that connects to the Potomac River."
Source: Wash Post, 02/16/2016
"Zika Virus: Brazil Dismisses Link Between Larvicide And Microcephaly"
"A dispute has broken out in Brazil over whether the Zika virus is responsible for a rise in cases of microcephaly after a report by Argentinian doctors claimed a larvicide used in drinking water was instead to blame."
Source: Telegraph, 02/16/2016
"Ford Spent $40 Million To Reshape Asbestos Science"
"Stung by lawsuits, the automaker hired consultants to change the narrative on the risks of asbestos brakes".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 02/16/2016
"L.A. Gas Leak Plugged, But California Pipelines Regularly Leak"
"The three-month natural gas leak that chased thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes has been a major ecological disaster, sickening neighbors and pumping a potent greenhouse gas into the sky. But every day, pipelines across California leak tons of the same gas — methane — into the air."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 02/16/2016
"NJ Fighting Rise In Water Tainted By Common Chemical"
"A man-made chemical used in the manufacture of stain-resistant carpets, waterproof clothing, non-stick cooking pans and other products that make life less messy has spread so far through the environment that it can be found everywhere from the fish in the Delaware River to polar bears in the Arctic — and even some drinking water in North Jersey."
Source: Bergen Record, 02/16/2016
