"Shipping Lanes Threaten Pacific Blue Whales"
"Two major feeding grounds for Pacific blue whales are bisected by busy shipping lanes near major seaports in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, Calif., a new study reports."
Source: NY Times, 07/29/2014
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"Libya Oil Depot Fire: Officials Call for International Help"
"A Libya oil depot fire spread uncontrolled Monday, after the oil depot was caught in the middle of militias battling for control of an airfield. The Libya oil depot fire had spread to a second depot by Monday afternoon, according to the government."
Source: AP, 07/29/2014
"Shifts In Habitat May Threaten Ruddy Shorebird's Survival"
"An intrepid bird called the red knot migrates from the southern tip of South America to the Arctic and back every year. But changes in climate along its route are putting this ultramarathoner at risk."
Source: NPR, 07/29/2014
"Congressional Watchdog Urges EPA To Step Up Actions on Fracking"
"The Government Accountability Office is calling on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to step up enforcement of water contamination and seismic activity associated with fracking, the high-pressure injection of fluids into wells to extract oil and natural gas."
Source: McClatchy, 07/29/2014
"Not in My Backyard: US Sending Dirty Coal Abroad"
"NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Coal from Appalachia rumbles into this port city, 150 railroad cars at a time, bound for the belly of the massive cargo ship Prime Lily. The ship soon sets sail for South America, its 80,000 tons of coal destined for power plants and factories, an export of American energy — and pollution."
Source: AP, 07/29/2014
Winners: SEJ 13th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
And the winners are...
"How Invasive Species Changed the Great Lakes Forever"
"June 1, 1988, the day everything changed for the Great Lakes, was sunny, hot and mostly calm — perfect weather for the young researchers from the University of Windsor who were hunting for critters crawling across the bottom of Lake St. Clair."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07/28/2014
"BP Oil Spill Dispersants Still in Environment"
"A common ingredient in human laxatives and in the controversial dispersants that was used to break down oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still being found in tar balls four years later along Gulf Coast beaches including Perdido Key."
Source: Pensacola New Journal, 07/28/2014
"Oil Drilling In North Dakota Raises Concerns About Radioactive Waste"
"Every weekday, about a dozen large garbage trucks peel away from the oil boom that has spread through western North Dakota to bump along a gravel road to the McKenzie County landfill."
Source: LA Times, 07/28/2014
"Arctic Oil Well Blowout Could Spread More Than 1,000 km: WWF Study"
"The WWF contracted RPS Applied Science Associates to model 22 different oil spill scenarios and map the spread of the oil, potential impact on the water and shoreline, and interaction with sea ice, wildlife and the surrounding ecology."
Source: Reuters, 07/28/2014
