"BP Spill Left Big Oily 'Bathtub Ring' on Seafloor"
"The BP oil spill left an oily "bathub ring" on the sea floor that's about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows."
Source: AP, 10/28/2014
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Realities of Coastal Living Often Forgotten, Until the Worst Hits
In the effort to help all coastal communities face with the realities that the Gulf of Mexico is their neighbor and sea level rise is inching up relentlessly, lessons can be learned from Louisiana as it works to adapt and to mitigate flood risk.
Last U.S. Coal-Fired Ship Finally Stops Dumping Ash Into Lake Michigan
"The 2014 season for Lake Michigan's only coal-powered passenger and car ferry comes to a close Sunday, signaling the end of the controversial practice of dumping coal ash into the Great Lake. When the vessel resumes operations in 2015, it will no longer release the waste material into those waters."
Source: Huffington Post, 10/27/2014
"Appeals Court Clears Way for Start Of EPA's Cross-State Rule"
"Federal appellate judges greenlighted yesterday U.S. EPA's implementation of a program to curb air pollution that drifts between states."
Source: Greenwire, 10/27/2014
Japan Vows To Keep Whaling, Despite Order To Stop
"Despite the global moratorium on commercial whaling that began in 1986, Japan continues to kill thousands of whales under the guise of 'research.'"
Source: Living on Earth, 10/27/2014
"Fight Over $100 Billion Aid Stalls Global Warming Deal"
"A dispute about how to link greenhouse-gas emissions cuts to a promise from the wealthiest nations for $100 billion a year in climate aid emerged as a major stumbling block at UN talks on global warming."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/27/2014
"After Superstorm Sandy: Is Area Ready for Next Big Storm?"
"NEW YORK — After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn't happen again. Two years later, would it?"
Source: AP, 10/27/2014
"Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad"
"KIRKUK, Iraq — Roughly two dozen huge oil tankers are idly turning figure eights around the Mediterranean or on the high seas, loaded with oil pumped from wells in Iraqi Kurdistan but with nowhere to legally offload it."
Source: NY Times, 10/27/2014
"U.N. Climate Change Draft Sees Risks of Irreversible Damage"
"The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, drawing on three mammoth scientific reports published since September 2013, shows the need for urgent and ambitious action."
Source: Reuters, 10/27/2014
"Japan Warns of Increased Activity at Volcano Near Nuclear Plant"
"Japan warned on Friday that a volcano in southern Japan located roughly 64 km (40 miles) from a nuclear plant was showing signs of increased activity that could possibly lead to a small-scale eruption and warned people to stay away from the summit."
Source: Reuters, 10/27/2014
