"Pope: Destroying the Earth Is a Sin"
"Pope Francis made the biblical case for mitigating the effects of climate change, speaking to a massive crowd in Rome."
Source: MSNBC, 05/26/2014
Search results
Climate Science Connections: Water in the West
This free interactive and self-paced course is built around panel discussions with hydrologists, policy makers, engineers, and science educators. In the course we explore challenges for water management in the Western US both at a large scale — using the Colorado River Basin Watershed as an example — and at small scale – using the Boulder Creek watershed as an example where flooding occurred on the heels of drought and wildfire damage.
5th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology and Health
The conference, taking place in Montreal, provides an opportunity to address issues ranging from environmental impact on human and animal health and transmission of infectious diseases, to conservation and ecosystem management, to rural and urban development and planning. Scholarships to cover the event are available; June 3rd deadline.
"Ecuador Issues Permit to Drill in Amazon Reserve"
"Ecuador’s government has issued an environmental permit for oil drilling in the pristine Amazon reserve that President Rafael Correa initially offered to exempt from exploration if rich countries would pay his government."
Source: AP, 05/23/2014
"Group Wants Probe of B.C. Salmon Farms"
"Officials at an environment commission established under the North American free-trade agreement are calling for an investigation into whether Canada is enforcing pollution laws around salmon farms in British Columbia."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 05/23/2014
"Homeland Security Reports New Cyberattack On U.S. Utility"
"An unnamed U.S. utility was recently breached by cyberattackers who gained access to the utility's operational control system, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security reported this week."
Source: EnergyWire, 05/23/2014
"Watchdog Wants Probe Into Relaxed Fuel Regs"
"A watchdog group suggested Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move to lower the renewable fuel standard came at the behest of big business."
Source: The Hill, 05/23/2014
"EPA: Outside Groups Shelled Out $4.5M for Agency Officials' Travel"
"In June 2012, Chesapeake Energy Corp. led more than a dozen U.S. EPA officials on a tour of its hydraulic fracturing operations near Sayre, Pa."
Source: Greenwire, 05/23/2014
Carnival To Spend Up To $400 Million on Expanded Clean-Air Program
"Carnival Corp. will announce Thursday that it is expanding a clean-air program it announced last year, more than doubling the number of ships that will have exhaust cleaning systems installed - at roughly double the price."
Source: Miami Herald, 05/23/2014
"Billionaire U.S. Environmentalist To Target Seven Midterm Races"
"Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer will give a boost to 2014 political candidates from seven U.S. states who work to combat climate change, countering political support from fossil fuel interests."
Source: Reuters, 05/23/2014
