"White House Pushes Climate Protections for Natural Resources"
"The White House launched a set of initiatives aimed at protecting natural resources like landscapes and water from the effects of climate change."
Source: The Hill, 10/10/2014
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"Public Wants Feds To Act on Flaring, Poll Finds"
"A majority of voters in states home to some of the biggest oil and gas drilling fields want the government to regulate the burning or releasing of natural gas from wells, according to a new poll."
Source: The Hill, 10/10/2014
"California Leads on Climate Change, Says 50-State Tool"
"California has completed the highest number of goals to prepare for climate change, followed by Massachusetts and New York, according to a first-of-its-kind 50-state tracking tool unveiled Thursday."
Source: USA TODAY, 10/10/2014
"Satellite Sees Hot Spot of Methane in US Southwest"
"A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data."
Source: AP, 10/10/2014
"Senators Descend on Miami Beach to Talk Climate Change"
"Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sounded the alarm Thursday in Miami Beach about the potentially crippling effects that climate change and rising sea levels could have on the city, accusing skeptics of 'avoiding reality.'"
Source: NBC Miami, 10/10/2014
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"Climate Change Threatens Arctic Food Security And Culture"
"As sea ice melts and permafrost thaws, indigenous traditions are being forced to change, say researchers."
Source: Aljazeera America, 10/09/2014
"How Safe Is the Artificial Turf Your Child Plays On?"
"Soccer coach Amy Griffin was in a Seattle hospital visiting a young goalie who was receiving chemotherapy when a nurse said something that made the hair on Griffin’s neck stand up."
Source: NBC News, 10/09/2014
"Is Alaska Safe For Sea Stars?"
"It’s early morning in southeast Alaska. Stars have yet to fade from the night sky. A group of scientists sets out in search of a different kind of star. Sea stars, commonly known as starfish, have been vanishing from North America’s Pacific shoreline."
Source: EarthFix/OPB, 10/09/2014
