"Study Faults Efforts at Wolf Management"
A new study overturns conventional ideas about wolf management and predation.
Source: NY Times, 12/04/2014
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"Prayed-for Rains To Soak California Another Day"
"A third-straight day of rains awaited California on Thursday, and the thirsty state will take it."
Source: AP, 12/04/2014
Wilderness, Parks, Energy Bills Hitch Ride on Defense Authorization
"In a major bipartisan breakthrough, House and Senate lawmakers last night successfully attached a slew of public lands and energy bills to the defense authorization bill that Congress hopes to pass in the coming week."
Source: E&E Daily, 12/04/2014
"California Nuke Plant Key in Quake Safety Review"
"Federal regulators have been too slow and lax when it comes to ensuring the safety of California's last operating nuclear plant, according to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who clashed repeatedly with members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday."
Source: AP, 12/04/2014
West Antarctic Region Sheds Mount Everest of Ice Every 2 Years: Study
Parts of the Antarctic ice sheet are melting faster than anyone expected.
Source: Wash Post, 12/04/2014
"Little Backing in Congress for Obama Climate Moves"
"When Republicans take control of both houses of Congress next month, President Barack Obama will be hard-pressed to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dramatically — a promise he made to Americans and the world and a key to his legacy."
Source: AP, 12/04/2014
"US Will Stick With 28% Emissions Cut Pledge at UN Talks, Stern Says
"The U.S. has no plans to strengthen its 'highly aggressive but achievable' pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions up to 28 percent over the next decade as it resumes negotiations that are to conclude with an international climate accord in 2015, the top U.S. climate negotiator said Dec. 1."
Source: Bloomberg BNA, 12/04/2014
"Data Shows 2014 Was An Exceptionally Hot Year"
"Rejecting claims global warming has paused, The World Meteorological Organization said the global average temperature for much of 2014 was above average, and is on track to tie the record hot year of 2010."
Source: AP, 12/04/2014
Read the Congressional Reports You're Not Supposed To Read
Journalists hurrying to get up to speed on environmental or energy issues can get objective background from reports by the Congressional Research Service (an arm of the Library of Congress), which does not release them to the taxpaying public that funded them. We thank the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project for publishing them.
Monsanto Brings Agriculture Geodata to the Public
If you report on agriculture-related environmental issues, you may find useful a new geodata tool available free to the public online. Monsanto has bought The Climate Corporation (for $930 million), which compiles weather, soil, and crop data down to the field level.
