"Polar Vortex's Little Brother To Bring Big Freeze To Eastern U.S."
"Much of the U.S. is about to get pretty cold again."
Source: LA Times, 01/20/2014
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"W.Va. Chemical Spill Poses a New Test for Lawmakers"
"There are more than 80,000 chemicals in the United States catalogued by government regulators, and the health risks of most of them are unknown."
Source: Wash Post, 01/20/2014
"Freedom Industries Files for Bankruptcy"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Freedom Industries, the company that fouled thousands of West Virginians' water with a chemical leak into the Elk River last week, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/20/2014
"California Governor Declares Drought Emergency"
"California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency on Friday, a move that will allow the parched state to seek federal aid as it grapples with what could turn out to be the driest year in recorded state history for many areas."
Source: Reuters, 01/20/2014
"List of Smoking-Related Illnesses Grows Significantly in U.S. Report"
"WASHINGTON — In a broad review of scientific literature, the nation’s top doctor has concluded that cigarette smoking — long known to cause lung cancer and heart disease — also causes diabetes, colorectal and liver cancers, erectile dysfunction and ectopic pregnancy."
Source: NY Times, 01/17/2014
"Air Quality District Sues Battery Recycler Exide for $40 Million"
"Air district officials filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking up to $40 million from a Vernon battery recycler accused of posing a health risk for emitting too much lead and arsenic."
Source: LA Times, 01/17/2014
"EPA Tries To Map a Toxic Legacy On And Under Metachem Site"
"Snow flurries rode a faint chemical breeze across Red Lion Creek marsh near Delaware City on Thursday as Environmental Protection Agency contractors maneuvered a sediment probe across cold muck and crackling reeds."
Source: Wilmington News Journal, 01/17/2014
Warming Will Cut California's Generation, Raise Power Demand: Report
"Climate change will decrease California's ability to make electricity while creating heavier demands for it, and the state needs to ramp up planning now, energy leaders warned yesterday."
Source: ClimateWire, 01/17/2014
"Will Ohio River Carry Fracking Waste?"
"In coming weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard will decide whether to allow wastewater from the hydraulic fracturing industry to be shipped along federal waterways -- including the Ohio River -- and how strict those rules governing the shipments should be."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 01/17/2014
"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
