"Louisiana Forests Being Sacrificed To Fuel Europe's Biomass Boom"
"Environmentalists say swaths of Southeastern woodlands are being cut down for 'green' energy efforts across Atlantic."
Source: Aljazeera, 01/17/2014
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"Calif. Firefighters Gain Upper Hand Despite High Winds"
"Whipping winds look set to hinder a wildfire that forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes on the outskirts of Los Angeles."
Source: LA Times, 01/17/2014
"Global Warming Denial Hits a 6-Year High"
"The latest data are out on the prevalence of global warming denial among the US public. And they aren't pretty."
Source: Mother Jones, 01/17/2014
"Former Florida Senator Bob Graham in Cuba for Environmental Talks"
"A former democratic senator and governor from Florida, Bob Graham, visited Cuba this week to discuss oil spill prevention and preparedness during a trip that has caused a stir among exiles and Cuba watchers due to his traditional support for tough sanctions against the Communist-ruled Caribbean island."
Source: Reuters, 01/17/2014
Enviros Say Obama Needs To Address Climate Change More Aggressively
"A group of the nation’s leading environmental organizations is breaking with the administration over its energy policy, arguing that the White House needs to apply a strict climate test to all of its energy decisions or risk undermining one of the president’s top second-term priorities."
Source: Wash Post, 01/17/2014
"This Is How Little Time Television News Devotes To Climate Change"
"WASHINGTON -- Climate change got more coverage on broadcast news in 2013 than in the previous few years, but the issue still didn't get nearly as much attention as it did in 2009, Media Matters found in a new analysis."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/16/2014
"Pacific Trade Talks Fall Short on Environmental Protection: Groups"
"An ambitious trade pact being negotiated among Pacific Rim nations so far fails to properly protect endangered species and could undermine existing safeguards for the environment, environmental groups said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/16/2014
"Funding Cuts Spell End of Oilsands Peatlands Research"
"EDMONTON - The study of how oilsands pollution is affecting the massive peatlands in the northeast will come to an abrupt halt this spring as two scientists found out last week their funding has been cut."
Source: Edmonton Journal, 01/16/2014
"Arctic Sea Ice Gaps Drive Toxic Mercury Conveyor Belt"
"Gaps forming in seasonal Arctic sea ice may be creating a toxic conveyor belt, drawing mercury from higher altitudes to rain down on the ice, snow and tundra, according to a new study."
Source: LA Times, 01/16/2014
"L.A.-Area Fire Danger 'About as High as It Can Be,' Forecaster Says"
"The fire danger in many parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties is 'about as high as it can be,' a meteorologist warned Tuesday."
Source: LA Times, 01/16/2014
