"A Call To Cull Homes Threatened By the Sea"
"As flood losses grow, so does sentiment to pay homeowners to move on"
Source: NECIR/Boston Globe, 02/09/2015
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"Farmers File More Than 360 Corn Lawsuits Against Syngenta"
"Farmers and farm businesses in 20 states have now filed more than 360 lawsuits against agricultural chemicals-maker Syngenta, and hundreds more may be coming as a federal judge organizes the complex case so they can move forward."
Source: AP, 02/09/2015
"N.Y. Landfills Taking Tons of Pa. Drilling Waste"
"At least 460,000 tons and 23,000 barrels of waste from Pennsylvania drilling operations have been taken in by a handful of New York landfills since 2010, according to a new analysis Thursday."
Source: Ithaca Journal, 02/09/2015
"A 50th Anniversary Few Remember: LBJ's Warning on Carbon Dioxide"
"Fifty years ago this month President Johnson voiced concern over invisible fossil fuel emissions in a special message to Congress. It was the first time a U.S. president warned the nation about our carbon habit."
Source: Daily Climate, 02/09/2015
"Coalition Opposes President Obama’s Funding Cut for Great Lakes"
"President Obama’s budget proposal for 2016 includes a significant cut in funds for the Great Lakes Initiative, and some groups have responded by calling the president’s proposal a ' non-starter.'"
Source: Columbus Dispatch, 02/09/2015
"FutureGen To Be Shut Down After Feds Withdraw $1B in Funding"
"CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Coal companies working with the government on the long-planned $1.65 billion FutureGen clean-coal project said Tuesday they have no choice but to shut it down after the Department of Energy suspended the majority of its funding."
Source: AP, 02/09/2015
"Anti-Oilsands Activists In The U.S. Are Getting Visits From The FBI"
"WASHINGTON - Unexpected visitors have been dropping in on anti-oil activists in the United States — knocking on doors, calling, texting, contacting family members. The visitors are federal agents."
Source: Canadian Press, 02/09/2015
Obama: Climate an "Urgent And Growing Threat" To National Security
"President Barack Obama listed climate change alongside international terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and infectious disease in a new national security strategy plan released [Friday}."
Source: Climate Desk, 02/09/2015
"SpaceX Postpones Satellite Launch"
"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX company has called off Sunday's launch of a deep-space observatory."
Source: AP, 02/09/2015
"Temperatures Rise as Climate Critics Take Aim at U.S. Classrooms"
"Boys and girls, are global temperatures rising or falling?"
Source: Bloomberg, 02/06/2015
