"Bhopal: Tragedy Lives On"
"30 Years Later, Survivors of Lethal Gas Leak Still Fight for Justice."
Source: Aljazeera America, 12/02/2014
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"That Takeout Coffee Cup May Be Messing With Your Hormones"
"A new study suggests that whole classes of BPA-free plastics—including the kind in styrofoam—release estrogenic chemicals."
Source: , 12/02/2014
"Californian Drought Could Wipe Out Southernmost Coho Salmon Group"
"California's three-year drought threatens to wipe out the last of the Muir Woods coho salmon that make their way each year from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in a freshwater creek running through the redwoods near San Francisco, state officials said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2014
Violations at Fla. Plant Highlight NRC Concerns Over Flooding
"On Jan. 9, a freak storm dumped a record rainfall on central Florida's Treasure Coast, inundating the St. Lucie nuclear power plant facing the Atlantic Ocean. Storm drains failed, and 50,000 gallons of water flooded the plant's Unit 1 reactor auxiliary building through improperly sealed electrical passages, disabling core cooling pumps."
Source: EnergyWire, 12/02/2014
"California Braces for Powerful Rainstorm; Mudslides Feared"
"A rain-triggered mudslide that shut down nine miles of Pacific Coast Highway on Sunday could be a preview of what’s potentially to come the rest of the week."
Source: LA Times, 12/02/2014
The Resilience Beat: Reporting on Climate, Population, and Health
At the Wilson Center in Washington, DC (and webcast live), author Alan Weisman will give a keynote presentation on his experience researching and promoting his landmark book, "Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?" Following his presentation, a roundtable panel of environment and health reporters will discuss their surprising new stories where climate change meets resilience, population, and health.
"Annual Seed Harvest Keeps Wild Prairies Alive"
"EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. — This year's effort to collect wildflower and grass seeds from surviving prairie remnants has wrapped up."
Source: AP, 12/01/2014
"In GMO Labeling Fight, All Eyes on Vermont"
"Food activists and the industry are looking to a court case between Vermont and a major food distribution association as a bellwether for the future of genetically modified foods."
Source: Aljazeera America, 12/01/2014
"Energy Efficiency May Be the Key to Saving Trillions"
"Compared with eye-catching renewable power technologies like wind turbines and solar panels, energy efficiency is nearly invisible. But advocates say doing more with less power may be an even more critical weapon in the fight against climate change and offers big economic benefits, too."
Source: NY Times, 12/01/2014
"Advocates Hope Federal Coal Ash Rules Spur Oversight in Missouri"
"Missouri environmental advocates who have fought for stricter oversight of coal ash waste are eagerly awaiting the mid-December release of new federal rules that will require, for the first time, detailed data."
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 12/01/2014
