Coal Ash: "When the Rivers Run Black"
"America’s largest industrial accident tore apart the town of Kingston, Tennessee. Five years later, has the industry learned anything?"
Source: MATTER, 03/21/2014
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Carlsbad Journal: "A Livelihood in Nuclear Waste, Under Threat"
"CARLSBAD, N.M. — For 15 years, workers from this dusty New Mexico town have made the 26-mile drive down a series of worn two-lane highways until reaching a strange complex of alabaster buildings in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert."
Source: NY Times, 03/21/2014
"Rising Energy Demand a Threat To Strained Water Supplies -- U.N."
"Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 03/21/2014
"In Shift, Exxon Mobil to Report on Risks to Its Fossil Fuel Assets"
"Energy companies have been under increasing pressure from shareholder activists in recent years to warn investors of the risks that stricter limits on carbon emissions would place on their business. On Thursday, a shareholder group said that it had won its biggest prize yet, when Exxon Mobil became the first oil and gas producer to agree to publish that information by the end of the month."
Source: NY Times, 03/21/2014
"The Fight Over Frac Sand Mining"
"Wisconsin towns want regulatory control. Will the state take it away from them?"
Source: Madison Isthmus, 03/21/2014
"CDC: Higher Cancer Risk for Kids Living Near Busy Roads"
"CDC review of seven studies involving over 8,000 children suggests a link between childhood leukemia and exposure to high levels of auto exhaust. Direct cause-effect needs more study, researchers say."
Source: USA TODAY, 03/21/2014
Opinion: "How PepsiCo Flavor Partner Fooled Wall Street And the Press"
"The food and beverage giant's new sweetener causes confusion with claims of FDA approval."
Source: Aljazeera America, 03/21/2014
"Dirty for Decades, Diesel Tractors, Bulldozers Get Cleaned Up"
"Dark clouds of soot and gases spewed by tractors, bulldozers and backhoes are becoming a thing of the past under new federal standards that have forced cleaner diesel engines this year."
Source: EHN, 03/21/2014
Biggest Lease Holder in Canada’s Oil Sands Is the Koch Brothers
"You might expect the biggest lease owner in Canada's oil sands, or tar sands, to be one of the international oil giants, like Exxon Mobil or Royal Dutch Shell. But that isn't the case. The biggest lease holder in the northern Alberta oil sands is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, the privately-owned cornerstone of the fortune of conservative Koch brothers Charles and David."
Source: Wash Post, 03/21/2014
"Giant Lizards Rise In Fla. — And They've Got Quite An Appetite"
"Giant lizards are coming out of hibernation in Florida. Trouble is, Robin Sussingham of WUSF reports, they're members of an invasive species with a taste for the eggs and hatchlings of native animals."
Source: NPR, 03/20/2014
