"When Planting Trees Does More Harm Than Good"
"Note to anyone who thinks planting trees is the bees’ knees: Grasslands are important, too."
Source: Ensia, 10/09/2015
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"Fighting West Nile Virus Shouldn’t Mean Poisoning People"
"Local agencies often spray mosquito-killing pesticides in an effort to control West Nile virus. But it's not clear whether the significant health risks from the pesticides outweigh the comparatively low risks of West Nile."
Source: Newsweek, 10/09/2015
Alaska Seeks Federal Money to Move Village Threatened by Climate Change
"One of the most eroded Native Alaskan villages on the state’s coast is being considered as a possible national model for moving entire communities whose futures are threatened by natural disasters escalated by climate change."
Source: AP, 10/09/2015
"Majority of EU Nations Seek Opt-Out From Growing GM Crops"
"Nineteen EU member states have requested opt-outs for all or part of their territory from cultivation of a Monsanto genetically-modified crop, which is authorized to be grown in the European Union, the European Commission said on Sunday."
Source: Reuters, 10/09/2015
Exxon's Business Ambition Collided with Climate Under a Distant Sea
"Throughout the 1980s, the company struggled to solve the carbon problem of one of the biggest gas fields in the world out of concern for climate impacts."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/09/2015
Gov. Brown Signs Calif. Climate Change Bill for Renewables, Efficiency
"California launched an ambitious effort Wednesday to expand renewable energy and increase energy efficiency, advancing Gov. Jerry Brown's plans for battling climate change."
Source: , 10/09/2015
"California Becomes Latest State to Ban Plastic Microbeads"
"Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed legislation on Thursday that bans plastic microbeads, giving his state one of the country’s strongest laws against the tiny abrasives used in exfoliators and other products."
Source: NY Times, 10/09/2015
"Some Areas in Flooded South Carolina Facing Second Deluge"
"South Carolina's governor warned on Thursday that several coastal areas were about to be hit by a second round of major flooding, while residents inland hauled soaked furniture and appliances from homes left in ruins by unprecedented rainfall."
Source: Reuters, 10/09/2015
"Johns Hopkins Study Links Fracking And Premature Births"
"New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests pregnant women living near fracking wells in Pennsylvania are more likely to give birth prematurely or have high risk pregnancies."
Source: McClatchy, 10/09/2015
Flint Returns to Using Detroit Water After Lead Found in Local Supply
"More than a year after residents of Flint, Mich., were switched onto a water supply that has since been linked to rising levels of lead in the blood of some children, state and city officials abruptly reversed course, announcing on Thursday that Flint would return to its old water source."
Source: NY Times, 10/09/2015
