"Toxic Teethers Identified in Lab Tests"
"Endocrine disrupting chemicals, which can interfere with the actions of hormones in the body, are present in some plastic teethers for babies, new research reveals."
Source: ENS, 05/22/2015
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"Britain To Press Ahead With Onshore Wind Subsidy Cuts Next Week"
"Britain's new government will next week outline implementing its pledge to reduce onshore wind farm subsidies, the new energy minister has said, which will likely scupper plans for new wind turbines"
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2015
"Republican Jeb Bush Criticizes 'Arrogance' in Climate Change Debate"
"Republican Jeb Bush rejected on Thursday what he called an arrogant view that anyone who questions how much climate change is a result of human activity is considered 'Neanderthal.'"
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2015
"Cleanup of Oil-Fouled California Beach Could Take Months"
"The U.S. Coast Guard captain overseeing cleanup of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture that closed two California state beaches and fouled offshore waters near Santa Barbara said on Thursday it may take months to restore the area to its natural condition."
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2015
"How an American With a Knack for Math Saved India From Famine"
"Lester Brown has spent his career making shrewd projections about the food, water, and energy people need to survive, and pushing governments to respond. None of this math brings tears to his eyes except the time in 1965 he made some calculations and risked his career advising the president of the United States to save India from starving."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/21/2015
"Global News Organisations Agree To Share Climate Change Content"
"An unprecedented alliance of news publishers including the Guardian, El País, Le Monde and China Daily have agreed to share climate change content to raise awareness in the runup to the next UN summit."
Source: Guardian, 05/21/2015
"Avian Flu Outbreak Takes Poultry Producers Into Uncharted Territory"
"An avian flu outbreak is sweeping across the Midwest at a frightening pace, ravaging chicken and turkey farms and leaving officials stumped about the virus's seemingly unstoppable spread."
Source: NPR, 05/21/2015
"In Heavily Fracked Ohio County, Unsafe Levels of Toxic Pollutants"
"New study finds fracking releases cancer-causing chemicals into the air many times higher than the EPA considers safe."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/21/2015
"Chinese Fleets Illegally Fish in West African Waters, Greenpeace Says"
"Chinese fishing fleets, driven by plummeting catches close to home, are flocking to distant West African waters, where they engage in ecologically ruinous bottom trawling, subterfuge and other illegal activities that threaten marine resources in a region already under pressure from overfishing, according to a report issued on Wednesday by Greenpeace."
Source: NY Times, 05/21/2015
"Transocean Reaches $212 Million Settlement Over Oil Spill Claims"
"Transocean Ltd. has agreed to a nearly $212 million settlement with Gulf Coast individuals and business owners over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, plaintiff's lawyers said Wednesday (May 20)."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/21/2015
