"Energy Week Ahead: Sold-Out Hearings for EPA Climate Plan"
"The nation gets its chance this week to blast or praise the Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping plan to cut climate-warming emissions by 2030."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/29/2014
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"Songbirds Dying From DDT in Michigan Yards; Superfund Site Blamed"
"ST. LOUIS, Mich. – Jim Hall was mowing the town’s baseball diamond when he felt a little bump underneath him. “And there it was, a dead robin,” he said."
Source: EHN, 07/29/2014
US Coastal Flooding More Frequent Due To Sea Level Rise, Sinking Land
"Flooding is increasing in frequency along much of the U.S. coast, and the rate of increase is accelerating along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts, a team of federal government scientists found in a study released Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/29/2014
"Promises of Easier Nuclear Construction Fall Short"
"WAYNESBORO, Ga. — The U.S. nuclear industry has started building its first new plants in decades using prefabricated Lego-like blocks meant to save time and money and revive the once promising energy source."
Source: AP, 07/29/2014
Opinion: "It’s Time to Push Back When Government Controls the Message"
Do public officials need "minders" from the public affairs office when they talk to reporters? Journalists should push back by asserting the public's right to information about what government is doing.
Source: NY Times, 07/29/2014
"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
"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
