"Feinstein Calls for Earthquake Early Warning System"
"Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said the recent earthquake in Northern California shows the need for an earthquake early warning system."
Source: The Hill, 08/27/2014
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"Regulators Lift Nuke Plant Licensing Moratorium"
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted Tuesday to end a moratorium on issuing plant licenses that it had imposed while it considered nuclear waste storage issues."
Source: The Hill, 08/27/2014
"Hurricane Cristobal Heads for Bermuda"
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Cristobal hurled heavy rains across Atlantic and Caribbean islands on Tuesday as it headed toward Bermuda, and officials said the storm already had caused at least five deaths."
Source: AP, 08/27/2014
"Japanese Public Seen as Biggest Obstacle to Nuke Restart"
"Japan is facing the toughest test yet in its effort to restore nuclear energy more than three years after the Fukushima disaster: scrutiny from a skeptical population."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/27/2014
Massive Seabird Chick Deaths; Climate, Atlantic Changes Blamed
"FLATEY ISLAND, Iceland – When the days grew long, seabirds flocked to this hamlet on the edge of the Arctic to rear their chicks under the midnight sun. “Kria,” shrieked the terns, calling summer up from the slumbering ground. Black cliffs were transformed into snowbanks of white kittiwakes. Puffins whirred between land and sea. Murres plied the shoreline, fulmars patrolled the skies. Everywhere sounded their vibrant chorus."
Source: EHN/NatGeo, 08/27/2014
"Tyson Foods’ Missouri Problem Risks Millions in Government Contracts"
"Tyson Foods could lose around $500 million in government contracts if found guilty in and ongoing criminal probe by the Environmental Protection Agency over the recent release of toxic chemicals at a plant in Monett, Mo."
Source: City Wire, 08/27/2014
Scott Brown Denies Man-Made Climate Change Is Scientifically Proven
"New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown has added his name to the list of Republicans who have dismissed the science behind climate change, despite previously stating that global warming is real."
Source: Huffington Post, 08/27/2014
"U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions’ Risks"
"Runaway growth in the emission of greenhouse gases is swamping all political efforts to deal with the problem, raising the risk of “severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts” over the coming decades, according to a draft of a major new United Nations report."
Source: , 08/27/2014
"Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty"
"The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress."
Source: NY Times, 08/27/2014
"A Reporter's Meditation on Scarcity of Wildness"
The wolf known as OR7 prompted some reflective writing -- and a flood of reader response -- in the Pacific states. The coverage reminds us that there is room for the personal and evocative as well as the objective and informative in environmental journalism. And it restored Sacramento Bee writer Matt Weiser's faith in the newspaper.
Source: KSJ Tracker, 08/26/2014
