"NASA's Eyes In The Sky Study Pollution On Earth"
"NASA, the agency best known for exploring space, is trying to answer some urgent questions about air pollution right here on Earth."
Source: NPR, 08/03/2011
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"Federal Officials Investigate Eagle Deaths at DWP Wind Farm"
"Pine Tree facility in the Tehachapi Mountains faces scrutiny over the deaths of at least six golden eagles, which are protected under federal law. Prosecution would be a major blow to the booming industry."
Source: LA Times, 08/03/2011
"Senators Argue Over Fate of Nuclear Safety Proposals"
"Partisan bickering erupted in the Senate [Tuesday] over how quickly the federal government should implement a dozen safety recommendations to ensure 104 nuclear plants in the United States are operating safely."
Source: Greenwire, 08/03/2011
Debt Deal, Promising Energy Budget Cuts, Chills Hopes for a Carbon Tax
"Congress' debt deal leaves climate advocates grappling with a decade of potentially declining environmental budgets and narrowing hopes of attaching a tax on greenhouse gas emissions to pay down the deficit."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/03/2011
"Turkey Plant May Be Salmonella Link"
"Federal officials said on Tuesday that they were investigating an apparent link between ground turkey meat and a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness that has so far killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 more people in 26 states."
Source: NY Times, 08/03/2011
"Kenya-Somalia Drought: Security Risks Overshadow Aid Delivery"
The intertwined problems of climate change, drought, desertification, failed states, terrorism, and insurgency are causing a human catastrophe in the Horn of Africa.
Source: ENS, 08/02/2011
"A Rancid Canal Runs Through It"
"Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, labeled 'one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the nation,' isn't just a filthy Superfund site. To urbanites, it's a little piece of the outdoors."
Source: LA Times, 08/02/2011
"Japanese Find Radioactivity on Their Own"
With the Japanese government apparently failing in the task of protecting the public from radiation after the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear station, ordinary Japanese citizens are buying dosimeters -- and making startling discoveries.
Source: NY Times, 08/02/2011
"Blistering July Heat Leaves Records Smoldering"
"It's official: July was a scorcher. High temperatures in communities across the USA broke or tied records 2,676 times, almost double the number (1,444) of a year ago, the National Weather Service reports."
Source: USA TODAY, 08/02/2011
"Gene Discovered That Raises Asthma Risk in Blacks"
"U.S. researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that could help explain why blacks are so susceptible to asthma."
Source: Reuters, 08/02/2011
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