"Coca-Cola to Remove an Ingredient Questioned by Consumers"
"Coca-Cola is moving to eliminate an ingredient used in many of its citrus-flavored products after consumers expressed concerns."
Source: NY Times, 05/06/2014
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"Supreme Court Favors Environmentalists in Urban Runoff Case"
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a long-running Los Angeles County case, handing a victory to environmentalists in a battle over polluted urban runoff that fouls Southern California's coastal waters."
Source: LA Times, 05/06/2014
CTS Neighbors See Little Done Despite Millions Spent"
"ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- With at least $11 million in government funding spent so far on the CTS Superfund site, neighbors like Lori Murphy see little to show for it."
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times, 05/06/2014
"Drought-Stricken Texas Town Turns To Toilets For Water"
"The city of Wichita Falls, Texas, may soon become one of the first in the country where half of the drinking water comes directly from wastewater."
Source: NPR, 05/06/2014
"Ocean Data Points To Strong El Nino: Climate Scientist"
"El Nino -- a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific -- affects wind patterns and can trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe, curbing food supply."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2014
Washington State Oil Trains Run Into Heavy Opposition
"As Washington environmental regulators start wrestling with the safety of new and larger fuel terminals along the Pacific Coast, some residents in southwest Washington communities are getting restless — with worries about the safety of crude oil shipped by rail to refineries and shipping docks."
Source: Olympian, 05/06/2014
"Indiana Leads Nation in Coal Ash Ponds, Raising Toxic Concerns"
"Even though Indiana has the most coal-ash ponds of any state in the nation and a troubling number of spills, state environmental regulators have done little to address the ongoing problems of how to dispose of coal waste."
Source: Indianapolis Star, 05/06/2014
"Fed Report: Warming Disrupting Americans' Lives"
"Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says."
Source: AP, 05/06/2014
"With Hope And Horror, Climate Fiction Writers Depict the Future"
To those in the know, Cli Fi was a thing several years ago. But now climate fiction has become a really big thing. After seeing the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" in 2004, one expert said the only thing he found unbelievable was that the Dick Cheney character admitted he had been wrong.
Source: ClimateWire, 05/05/2014
"Drought, Wind Create Dust Storms in Kansas"
"Seemingly unrelenting winds and drought conditions have whipped up massive dust storms this week across the High Plains, but respite is near since the weather system that's to blame has moved east into the Great Lakes and Northeast, the National Weather Service said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 05/05/2014
