"Vanishing Island"
"This short documentary profiles residents of the Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, as they confront a future threatened by sinking shorelines and rising seas.""
Source: NY Times, 06/04/2014
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"When Global Warming Kills Your God"
"Twenty-three Alaskan tribesmen broke the law when they overfished king salmon, but they claim their faith gave them no other choice."
Source: Atlantic, 06/04/2014
"Survey Finds Brown Pelicans Aren't Breeding"
"California's brown pelicans, nearly driven to extinction by poisons a half century ago, are in trouble again, and no one knows why."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 06/04/2014
"Kaiser Permanente Pledges To Stop Buying Flame-Retardant Furniture"
"The push to rid our bodies and the environment of toxic flame retardants just got a powerful boost from a major health care system, according to experts."
Source: Huffington Post, 06/04/2014
"Buffett’s $26 Billion Power Bet in West Seen Paying Off"
"Warren Buffett’s $26 billion bet on western U.S. power plants, transmission lines and wind farms is poised to pay off."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/04/2014
"Fall of the Wild: the Trapped Wolves of Isle Royale"
"Global warming is putting wildlife at risk, leading to hard questions about wilderness ethics."
Source: Aljazeera America, 06/04/2014
"A Virus That Killed 7 Million Swine Has Reemerged in Indiana"
"Bacon prices could be on their way up with news that a farm in Indiana has confirmed a second outbreak of a pig disease that has already killed off seven million swine in just over a year."
Source: Vice, 06/04/2014
"Aussie Spider Venom May Save Honeybees"
"Venom from one of the world's most poisonous spiders may help save the world's honeybees, providing a biopesticide that kills pests but spares the precious pollinators."
Source: AFP, 06/04/2014
"Ground Broken for Frozen Soil Wall at Fukushima Nuclear Plant"
"Work started June 2 on a 32-billion-yen ($314 million) project to build an underground frozen wall at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to address a chronic problem plaguing work at the site."
Source: Asahi Shimbun, 06/04/2014
"China Plan To Cap CO2 Emissions Seen Turning Point in Climate Talks"
"China said on Tuesday it will set an absolute cap on its CO2 emissions from 2016 just a day after the United States announced new targets for its power sector, signalling a potential breakthrough in tough U.N. climate talks."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2014
