"Study: Air Pollution Causes 200,000 Early Deaths in US"
"Air pollution causes about 200,000 early deaths each year in the United States, according to a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)."
Source: VOA, 08/30/2013
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"Antibiotic Use On The Farm: Are We Flying Blind?"
"There's a heated debate over the use of antibiotics in farm animals. Critics say farmers overuse these drugs; farmers say they don't. It's hard to resolve the argument, in part because no one knows exactly how farmers use antibiotics."
Source: NPR, 08/30/2013
"Americans Are Driving Less in Nearly Every State"
"After 60 years of car-worship, Americans in virtually every state are driving less, according to a new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Over the past eight years, the number of vehicle miles traveled has steadily decreased, a trend dominated by the so-called millennial generation’s much lower driving rates."
Source: Grist, 08/30/2013
"Officials OK Rule To Force Fracking On NC Landowners"
"RALEIGH -- North Carolina landowners would be forced to sell the natural gas under their homes and farms -- whether they want to or not -- under a fracking recommendation approved Wednesday that’s expected to be enacted by the state legislature this fall."
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 08/30/2013
"Food-Parasite Probe Hindered By Budget Deficiencies"
"Federal authorities are struggling to explain why 600 people in 22 states have fallen ill from a foodborne parasite rarely seen in the United States. But some officials are ready to finger one culprit that has hindered their investigation: the sequester."
Source: Politico, 08/30/2013
Scott Pledges $90M for Bridge To Help Everglades, Relieve L. Okeechobee
"Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday pledged $90 million for a new bridge along historic Tamiami Trail, a project that promises to restore natural water flow to part of the Everglades and ease -- at least eventually -- unnatural Lake Okeechobee releases now fouling two coastal rivers."
Source: Miami Herald, 08/30/2013
"Mutually Insured Destruction"
"No one understands risk better than the insurance industry — except, perhaps, the reinsurance industry, the companies that sell insurance to insurers, which also need protection from risk exposure. As the risk managers for the risk managers, reinsurers follow climate change obsessively. A great deal of money is at stake. ..."
Source: NY Times, 08/30/2013
"Drought Spreads In U.S. Midwest, Iowa Suffering: Drought Monitor"
"Abnormally dry conditions and pockets of moderate drought have spread over parts of the U.S. Midwest in the past week, including in the key crop state of Iowa, according to a report issued on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 08/30/2013
Enviros Report: Keystone XL Pipeline Flunks Climate Test
"WASHINGTON, DC -- Environmental advocates delivered a report on the climate effects of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to President Barack Obama today, with the intention of giving the President all the information he needs to reject the pipeline."
Source: ENS, 08/30/2013
"Loons Sound Alarm on Mercury Pollution"
"Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population growth over the last 30 years. They outlived DDT and a time when people used to shoot loons for sport."
Source: North Country Public Radio, 08/29/2013
