"Al Gore Is Not Giving Up"
"A rare, frank conversation with the former vice president and climate-change activist."
Source: Politico, 04/25/2014
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GOPers, Fox Retreat From Support of Bundy After His "Negro" Comments
"Prominent Republicans and conservative news media outlets rallied in recent weeks around the cause of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, whose armed standoff with authorities over grazing rights on federal land had made him an instant folk hero on the right. But Bundy’s GOP defenders, including Sens. Dean Heller (Nev.) and Rand Paul (Ky.), rapidly abandoned him on Thursday following reports of incendiary remarks that the white rancher made about minorities. Bundy wondered aloud whether blacks would be better off as slaves picking cotton, and alleged that people of color are 'against us.'"
Source: Wash Post, 04/25/2014
"Radioactive Leak At U.S. Waste Dump Was Preventable, Report Says"
"A February accident at a nuclear waste dump that resulted in the contamination of 21 workers resulted in part from "poor management, ineffective maintenance and a lack of proper training and oversight," a Department of Energy report concludes."
Source: NPR, 04/25/2014
"Green Heart of Africa Turning Brown"
"Africa’s Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has lost its much greenness over the past decade, a new analysis of satellite data shows."
Source: ENS, 04/25/2014
"Wyoming Explosion: Natural Gas Purification Plant Rocked"
"Wyoming explosion: The town of Opal, Wyoming was evacuated, but no injuries were reported in an explosion at a facility that removes impurities from natural gas and serves large numbers of customers in the West."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/25/2014
"Study Links California Drought To Global Warming"
"A new study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for the recent harsh winter."
Source: AP, 04/25/2014
"Storm Surge Could Flood NYC 1 in Every 4 Years"
"When a storm, such as Hurricane Sandy, sets waters in New York Harbor rising, those sloshing seas are now 20 times more likely to overtop the Manhattan seawall than 170 years ago, a new study finds."
Source: Climate Central, 04/25/2014
"Major Oil And Gas Firm To List Fracking Chemicals"
A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100 percent of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The move by Baker Hughes of Houston is a shift for a major firm; it's unclear if others will follow suit."
Source: AP, 04/25/2014
"Trailing Canada, U.S. Starts a Push for Safer Oil Shipping"
"A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week, potentially resolving a critical safety issue that has been mired in regulatory limbo for years."
Source: NY Times, 04/25/2014
"Judge Suspends Arctic Drilling, Orders New Environmental Report"
"In the ongoing battle over offshore drilling, a federal judge in Alaska told regulators Thursday to redo an environmental impact study that underestimated the amount of recoverable oil and, potentially, the risks to delicate Arctic habitat."
Source: LA Times, 04/25/2014
