"Puerto Rico's Glowing Lagoon Goes Nearly Dark"
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A glowing lagoon off Puerto Rico's northeast coast has gone nearly dark and biologists on Tuesday were trying to find out why."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 11/20/2013
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"Texans Look Beneath the Surface for Water"
"From farmers to the oil and gas industry to gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Greg Abbott, Texans are looking beneath their land to make up the state’s growing water deficit."
Source: Texas Tribune, 11/20/2013
"Warning on Chemicals in Children's Furniture"
"Children may enjoy plopping down in foam-filled chairs just their size, but a report released Wednesday by several advocacy groups says those chairs may contain flame retardants that could be harmful."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 11/20/2013
"Biofuels Industry, Allies Push Back Against EPA Decision"
"Biofuels producers and their political allies are ramping up public and behind-the-scenes pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink its plan to scale back the national biofuels blending mandate."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/20/2013
"Shell Details Plans for Drilling in Chukchi Sea Off Alaska"
"Shell plans to drill five wells over several years at its Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea, according to a revised exploration plan filed Nov. 6 and posted online by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management."
Source: Alaska Dispatch, 11/20/2013
"Pollution from Plastic Trash May Make Tiny Island a Superfund Site"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to study whether plastic pollution on a small island in the Pacific Ocean is severe enough to warrant listing it as a Superfund clean-up site. Tern Island, a 25-acre strip of land about 500 miles northwest of the Hawaiian island Oahu, is home to millions of seabirds, sea turtles, and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. "
Yale Environment 360 had the story November 19, 2013.
Source: YaleE360, 11/20/2013
"About 70 Taken Ill After California Chemical Plant Leak"
"About 70 people were taken ill after a sulphuric acid leak at a chemical company in California late on Monday, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said."
Source: Reuters, 11/20/2013
Md. Farm Animal Waste Runoff Regulation Lags
"More than four years after Maryland first moved to regulate its largest poultry and livestock farms, nearly 30 percent, or 169 operations, still do not have required state permits mandating measures to control polluted runoff from their chicken houses or feedlots."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 11/20/2013
Court Orders DOE To Stop Collecting Fee for Nuclear Waste Disposal
"WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Energy Department must stop collecting fees of about $750 million a year that are paid by consumers and intended to fund a program for the disposal of nuclear waste. The reason, the court said, is that there is no such program."
Source: NY Times, 11/20/2013
133 Developing Nations Walk Out of Climate Talks over Compensation
"The G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage at around 3:30 am on Wednesday morning after the rich countries refused to budge from the position that the subject should be discussed only after 2015."
Source: The Hindu, 11/20/2013
