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The E.P.A. Backs Off on Factory Farms

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Jun. 15 (Editorial) - The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged under the Clean Water Act to monitor America’s waterways and shield them from the toxic runoff from factory farms. But the growth of that industry, and its courtroom tenacity, has far outstripped the E.P.A.’

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China Sets New Rules Aimed at Curbing Air Pollution

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Keith Bradsher - Jun. 15 (Comment) - China Sets New Rules Aimed at Curbing Air Pollution

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Will Hanford ever be cleaned up?

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

seattletimes.com - By Shannon Dininny - Jun. 03 (Special Report) - Hanford’s legacy is less about what was made here than the environmental mess left behind — and the federal government’s inability, for nearly a quarter-century now, to rid Hanford once and for all of its worst hazard: 56 million gallons of toxic waste cached in aging underground tanks.

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The Climate-Change Wars Begin This Summer

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Magazine - By Jonathan Chait - May. 22 (Special Report) - The biggest piece of President Obama’s second-term agenda is his widely expected plan for the Environmental Protection Agency to issue new carbon regulations for power plants, a move that could bring the United States in line with the greenhouse-gas-redu

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The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Paul Buchheit - May. 19 (Special Report) - In this dream world of global capitalism, young people are going from zero income on the farm to a few dollars a day on a 12-hour factory shift, and as a result, based on the World Bank's poverty threshold of $1.25 per day, they're no longer "in poverty." So the media piles on praise for free markets. The Economist proclaimed that "poverty is declining everywhere." The Washington Post gushed that "a billion people have been lifted from poverty through free-market competition."

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Honey Bee Die-Off Caused By Multiple Factors Including Pesticides

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

billmoyers.com - By Therisa Riley - May. 19 (News) - A federal study released today attributes the massive die-off in American honey bee colonies to a combination of factors, including pesticides, poor diet, parasites and a lack of genetic diversity. Nearly a third of honey bee colonies in the United States have been wiped out since 2006. The estimated value of crops lost if bees were no longer able to pollinate fruits and vegetables is around $15 billion.

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The Lost ‘Trifecta of Scandals’

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Beverly Bandler - May. 16 (Opinion) - the mainstream news media is abuzz about “the trifecta of scandals” besetting the Obama administration, a narrative that fails to assess the actual significance of the three “scandals.” They don’t measure up to the many important scandals that the media neglects

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Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm For First Time in Human History

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - May. 13 (News Report) - The 400 ppm threshold has been an important marker in U.N. climate change negotiations, widely recognized as a dangerous level that could drastically worsen human-caused global warming. We speak to leading climate scientist Michael Mann, distinguished professor of meteorology at Penn State University and author of the recent book, "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines." Mann warns, "We have to go several million years back in time to find a point in Earth’s history where CO2 was as high as it is now.

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Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down After Water Leaks Into Lake Michigan

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - May. 06 (News) - Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan was taken offline Sunday after operators discovered a leak from a water tank. Although the tank has leaked twice in less than a year, officials say there is no immediate risk. "There is no impact on

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America Is One Bad Winter Away From A Food Disaster

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Todd Woody - May. 06 (News Report) - Forget the plight of the polar bear for a moment and consider the coming collapse of the $30 billion honey bee economy in the US. Since 2006 honey bees responsible for pollinating more than 100 crops—from apples to zucchini—have been dying by the tens of millions.

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ExxonMobil’s tar-sands pipeline leaks again

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By John Upton - May. 02 (News Report) - The very same pipeline that blackened Mayflower has leaked oil into a yard and killed plants in Doniphan, Mo., some 170 miles northeast of Mayflower.

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In Gasland sequel, fracking saga’s pressure ratchets up

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By Sarah Laskow - Apr. 27 (Review) - Gasland Part II shows how much higher the stakes have grown in the battle over fracking since Josh Fox made its predecessor.

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Roundup, An Herbicide, Could Be Linked To Parkinson's, Cancer And Other Health Issues, Study Shows

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Apr. 25 (News) - residues enhance the damaging effects of other food-borne chemical residues and toxins in the environment to disrupt normal body functions and induce disease, according to the report, authored by Stephanie Seneff, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Anthony Samsel, a retired science consultant from Arthur D. Little, Inc. Samsel is a former private environmental government contractor as well as a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Negative impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body," the study says.

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Sandra Steingraber, Others Get 15 Days in Jail for Civil Disobedience Against Gas Co.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Common Dreams - By Jon Queally - Apr. 19 (News Report) - Three upstate New York community members-cum-activists, charged with criminal trespass for blockading a gas company installation last month, were sentenced to 15 days in jail on Wednesday by a local judge in an upstate courthouse. Among those sentenced was university biology professor and author Sandra Steingraber, who delivered an impassioned statement ahead of the sentencing explaining why she was compelled to civil disobedience and why she would refuse to pay the fine levied by the judge.

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Cooking the Books: State Department Ignores True Climate Impact of Keystone XL Pipeline

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

nationofchange.org - Apr. 17 (News Analysis) - A new report out today from environmental groups—Oil Change International, Natural Resources Defense Council, 350.org, Environment America, National Wildlife Federation, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Greenpeace—shows that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would, if approved, be responsible for at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year,

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60 Minutes's Chevron pollution story springs a leak

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Columbia Journalism Review - By Dean Starkman - Apr. 16 (News Analysis) - Three years ago, we weighed in on a bitter media dispute pitting Chevron against 60 Minutes over a piece outlining accusations against the oil giant of environmental predations in Ecuador. We mostly sided with Chevron. The 60 Minutes piece took a blow on Friday when one of the main on-camera scientific experts filed court papers disavowing earlier...

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Great Lakes Garbage Patch Presents Major Threat To Region's Marine Life, Scientists Say

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Peter Finocchiaro - Apr. 10 (Special Report) - Take a dip in the Great Lakes these days, and you might get more than you bargained for. That's because, in addition to the water, fish and plant life you might normally expect, the region's waterways are increasingly clogged with plastic debris,

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Oil Devastation in Arkansas -- Government Relents and Releases Photos to the Public

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Tara Lohan - Apr. 06 (News Report) - After outrcies of media blackouts and Exxon running the cleanup show, today the EPA released photos of the tar sands spill that shocked the Mayflower, Arkansas neighborhood last week.

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Almost third of US West Coast newborns hit with thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

rt.com - Apr. 03 (News Report) - Researchers have discovered that the Fukushima nuclear disaster has had far-reaching health effects more drastic than previously thought: young children born on the US West Coast are 28 percent more likely to develop congenital hyperthyroidism. In examin

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Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Premature Deaths in China

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Edward Wong - Apr. 02 (News Analysis) - Figured another way, the 2010 toll meant the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population, researchers said.

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Flammable ice will help power the planet, then make it even hotter

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By John Upton - Mar. 14 (News Report) - At the microscopic level, flammable ice is nothing more than a lattice of methane molecules embedded inside frozen water crystals. Get the methane out of the ice and, hey presto, you’ve got yourself some natural gas to burn. Natural gas is frequently lauded as a cleaner energy source, but only when compared with the dirtiest options, coal and oil. Really it’s just another climate-changing fossil fuel.

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Yikes! Without Top Predators, CO2 Emissions Skyrocket

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mother Jones - By Julia Whitty - Mar. 01 (Special Report) - Top predators do more than regulate prey populations (think wolves and deer). They also regulate carbon dioxide emissions. At least they do in freshwater ecosystems—where if you take away the top predators CO2 emissions rise a staggering 93 percent.

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Hanford Nuclear Reservation Tanks Leaking Radioactive Waste Underground, Governor Inslee Says

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Feb. 22 (News Report) - Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday. Inslee made the announcement after meeting with federal officials in Washington, D.C. Last week it was revea

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Southeastern Minnesota asks state for frac sand help

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Minneapolis Star Tribune - By Tony Kennedy - Feb. 20 (News Report) - Local officials and citizens from southeastern Minnesota pleaded at the Capitol Tuesday for state help to halt the expansion of industrial frac sand mining until more is known about the industry’s effects on air, water and public health.

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Radiation Of The Pacific Ocean In The Next 10 Years - Japan Nuclear Disaster Video | Japan Earthquake

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

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