"Greens Launch Youth Voter Turnout Drive"
"Six organizations are teaming up to visit college campuses and encourage young people to vote in the name of environmental protection."
Source: The Hill, 10/16/2014
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"U.S. Considers Climate Change Plan That Would Mandate Emission Cuts"
"The United States is considering a proposal to combat climate change that would require countries to offer plans for curtailing greenhouse gas emissions on a certain schedule but would leave it to individual nations to determine how deep their cuts would be, said Todd Stern, the nation’s chief climate negotiator."
Source: LA Times, 10/16/2014
"The Risks of Cheap Water"
"This summer, California’s water authority declared that wasting water — hosing a sidewalk, for example — was a crime. Next door, in Nevada, Las Vegas has paid out $200 million over the last decade for homes and businesses to pull out their lawns."
Source: NY Times, 10/16/2014
"Chesapeake Oysters Being Shipped To Louisiana Shucking Houses"
"Bay’s improved harvest coincides with disasters in Gulf to reverse long-term trend of local processors bringing in bivalves from the South."
Source: Bay Journal, 10/16/2014
"Natural Gas's Green Image Could Be Hot Air, Say Scientists"
"Natural gas has been touted as a vital stepping stone in the transition away from petroleum, but a new study suggests that without clear policy gas could divert investment in renewables."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/16/2014
"Hurricane Gonzalo Aims For Bermuda As A Dangerous Category 4 Storm"
"Forecasters say Hurricane Gonzalo has strengthened overnight and is again a dangerous Category 4 storm as it barrels toward the small British island territory of Bermuda."
Source: AP, 10/16/2014
"New GMOs Get A Regulatory Green Light, With A Hint Of Yellow"
"Government regulators have approved a new generation of genetically engineered corn and soybeans. They're the latest weapon in an arms race between farmers and weeds, and the government's green light is provoking angry opposition from environmentalists."
Source: NPR, 10/16/2014
"The Incredible Shrinking Keystone"
"The pipeline that launched so many street protests, ad campaigns and political headaches for the White House is increasingly irrelevant in the midterm elections and the energy markets — even for the groups that have fought so hard to either build it or block it."
Source: Politico, 10/15/2014
"National Park in ND Thinning Bison and Elk Herds"
"MEDORA, N.D. — The National Park Service is thinning the bison and elk herds in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, to keep them at manageable levels."
Source: AP, 10/15/2014
"Wildlife Groups Sue for Wolverine Protections"
"BILLINGS, Mont. — A coalition of advocacy groups on Monday challenged the government's denial of federal protections for the snow-loving wolverine, arguing in a lawsuit that officials disregarded evidence a warming climate will eliminate denning areas for the "mountain devil.""
Source: AP, 10/15/2014
