"News That Shaped the Environment in 2013"
"From the darkest to the most hopeful, media outlets take a look back on significant events that affected the environment in 2013."
Source: EHN, 12/31/2013
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"Could A User Fee Curb Excessive Antibiotics Use?"
"FRISCO, Colo. — Massive use of antibiotics for food production is only marginally beneficial and poses a huge long-term risk to human health, researchers in Canada say. In a new paper, the scientists proposed a user fee that could help curb excessive application antibiotics in the agriculture and aquaculture industries."
Source: Summit County Voice, 12/31/2013
"Federal Bay Cleanup Efforts Lag, Group Claims"
"Federally funded efforts to curtail farm pollution of the Chesapeake Bay are falling short, and recent spending cuts by Congress cast doubt on the efforts' ultimate success, an environmental group said Monday."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 12/31/2013
"Vestas 400% Gain Can’t Suppress Buy Ratings at 3-Year High"
"More analysts are urging investors to buy shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS) than at any time since October 2010 after the stock soared more than 400 percent over the past 12 months."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/31/2013
"One Day to Go, Bloomberg Bans Use of E-Cigarettes in Public"
"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will sign into law Monday a ban on using electronic cigarettes anywhere conventional cigarette use is prohibited. Critics says the new restriction may – contrary to its stated intent – harm public health."
Source: US News & World Report, 12/31/2013
"Battle Lines Drawn for 2013-2014 Antarctic Whaling Season"
"CANBERRA, Australia -- The Governments of Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States have issued a joint statement condemning any actions at sea that may cause injury, loss of human life or damage to property or the marine environment during the 2013/14 Southern Ocean whaling season."
Source: ENS, 12/31/2013
Special Report: Japan's Homeless Recruited for Murky Fukushima Clean-Up
"SENDAI, Japan -- Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before dawn most mornings to prowl for homeless men. He isn't a social worker. He's a recruiter. The men in Sendai Station are potential laborers that Sasa can dispatch to contractors in Japan's nuclear disaster zone for a bounty of $100 a head."
Source: Reuters, 12/31/2013
"What's Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada's Science Libraries?"
"Scientists say the closure of some of the world's finest fishery, ocean and environmental libraries by the Harper government has been so chaotic that irreplaceable collections of intellectual capital built by Canadian taxpayers for future generations has been lost forever."
Source: The Tyee, 12/31/2013
"VIDEO: Casselton, N.D., Train Crash Prompts Call for Evacuation"
"CASSELTON, N.D. – Officials urged people in Casselton and the surrounding area to evacuate their homes as they dealt with the fallout from a massive fire when two trains collided Monday."
Source: Grand Forks Herald, 12/31/2013
"Home Gas Ranges Produce Toxic Gases, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Study Says"
"Air pollution isn't just an outdoor problem. Unhealthy fumes may be emitted inside your own home if you're cooking over an unvented gas stove."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 12/30/2013
