"Solomon Islands Villagers Kill 900 Dolphins in Conservation Dispute"
"Islanders claim Berkeley-based Earth Island Institute failed to fulfill deal to pay $400,000 to stop hunt."
Source: Guardian, 01/25/2013
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The States: "Hard Realities on the Environmental Disaster Front"
Resilience means survival as a growing number of budget-strapped states states face environmental disasters -- often climate-related -- with inadequate help from the federal government.
Source: StateLine, 01/25/2013
"Congressional Democrats Form Climate Change Task Force"
"WASHINGTON -- Climate change is getting renewed attention in Congress. Representative Henry Waxman of California and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, both Democrats, today announced the formation of a Task Force on Climate Change that will be active in both the House and the Senate."
Source: ENS, 01/25/2013
"Citgo to Settle New Hampshire Gas-Additive Lawsuit"
ExxonMobil is the last defendant in a landmark lawsuit in New Hampshire over contamination of drinking water withthe gasoline additive MTBE. Citgo is in talks to settle out of court.
Source: Bloomberg, 01/25/2013
"Canadians Fear Spill From New Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Tankers"
"VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Canadian environmental groups today warned that a new proposal by Kinder Morgan pipeline company would "exponentially" raise the risk of a major oil spill in the Salish Sea's most populous region, including the cities of Vancouver and Victoria."
Source: ENS, 01/25/2013
"Texas Railroad Commission Takes Steps to Modernize"
"The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates one of the most advanced industries in the world — oil and gas drilling. Yet the commission's software systems, many of its rules and even its name are from another era."
Source: Texas Tribune, 01/25/2013
"Russia Explores Old Nuclear Waste Dumps in Arctic"
"The toxic legacy of the Cold War lives on in Russia's Arctic, where the Soviet military dumped many tonnes of radioactive hardware at sea."
Source: BBC, 01/25/2013
"BPA Ban Approved for Maine Food Packages"
"A state board votes to bar the chemical from baby products' containers. The Legislature has the final say."
Source: Portland Press Herald, 01/25/2013
"How the 'Kochtopus' Stifled Green Debate"
It's not just that the billionaire Koch brothers have spent tens of millions to undermine science and stifle debate on climate change. It's that they do it in secret.
Source: Independent, 01/25/2013
"Common Pesticides 'Can Kill Frogs Within An Hour'"
"New research suggests the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the global decline of amphibians."
Source: Guardian, 01/25/2013
