"Pig Poop Fouling North Carolina Streams; State Permitting Questioned"
"Streams near large factory pig farms have high levels of bacteria. Health groups are raising a stink."
Source: EHN, 02/18/2015
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"Could A Failed Keystone XL Amendment Upend the Paris Climate Talks?"
"Supporters of an international climate accord fear that a failed Senate amendment could come back to haunt the Obama administration as it tries to negotiate a global deal for Paris."
Source: ClimateWire, 02/18/2015
"Pesticides, Pollutants Found in Marine Life in Lagoon, Off Coast"
"Flame retardants and pesticide byproducts are showing up at potentially toxic levels in sharks, rays and other marine life in the Indian River Lagoon and in the ocean just off Brevard County."
Source: Florida Today, 02/18/2015
"NRC Will Complete Environmental Review of Yucca Project -- Chairman"
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission intends to complete an environmental review of the contentious waste repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada because the Energy Department has refused to do so, the NRC's chairman said today."
Source: Greenwire, 02/18/2015
"U.S. EPA Chief Hints at Softening Carbon Rule Interim Timeline"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that it may ease an interim deadline for states to meet tougher carbon emission standards after regulators and electric utilities complained a lack of time may destabilize electricity supplies."
Source: Reuters, 02/18/2015
"Derailed CSX Train in West Virginia Hauled Newer-Model Tank Cars"
"An oil train was still on fire and leaking in West Virginia on Tuesday, a day after it derailed and erupted in flames, according to CSX Corp, which said the train was hauling newer model tank cars, not the older versions widely criticized as prone to puncture."
Source: Reuters, 02/18/2015
Turning Protest Into Policy: Environmental Values and Governance in Changing Societies - Conference of the American Society for Environmental History
The 2015 ASEH annual conference, taking place in Washington, DC near Georgetown, will feature 11 field trips and more than 100 sessions discussing climate change, environmental justice, endangered species, public lands, energy policy, forestry management, natural disasters, and other topics. A large exhibit area will feature the latest research and scholarship in environmental history.
"Climate: Pope's Visit To Hill Could Make Naysayers Squirm"
"Pope Francis' scheduled address to a joint session of Congress this fall could put Republican lawmakers who reject a human role in global warming in the hot seat."
Source: Greenwire, 02/17/2015
"Repository’s Future Uncertain, But New Mexico Town Still Believes"
"CARLSBAD, N.M. — On Feb. 5, 2014, a truck hauling salt caught fire deep in the maze of tunnels of the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste dump. Thick, black smoke forced an evacuation of workers as it billowed to the surface through exit shafts."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 02/17/2015
Pebble Mine in Alaska: EPA Becomes Target By Planning for Rare ‘Veto’
"Just north of Iliamna Lake in southwestern Alaska is an empty expanse of marsh and shrub that conceals one of the world’s great buried fortunes: A mile-thick layer of virgin ore said to contain at least 6.7 million pounds — or $120 billion worth — of gold."
Source: Wash Post, 02/17/2015
