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Radar Antennae Show Disease, Pesticides Are Harming Bees' Navigation
Telegraph, 07/29/2013"Honey bees are being fitted with tiny radar antennae to find how disease and pesticides are effecting the insects as they hunt for food."
"Delay in Disclosing Leaks at Fukushima Is Criticized"
NY Times, 07/29/2013"TOKYO — Foreign nuclear experts harshly criticized the operator of the devastated nuclear power plant at Fukushima on Friday for its delay in disclosing that highly contaminated groundwater has been leaking from the site into the ocean."
"Endangered Snow Leopards: Victims of the Cashmere Trade"
ENS, 07/26/2013"NEW YORK -- The vast highlands and open spaces of China, Tibet and Mongolia – once roamed by snow leopards, wild camels and yaks, Tibetan gazelles, wild sheep and goats – are increasingly dominated by domestic goats that produce hair for the lucrative cashmere trade. Soft and warm, cashmere scarves and sweaters, and cashmere-wool blend coats and suits fetch top prices in exclusive shops."
"European Investment Bank To Stop Financing Coal-Fired Power Plants"
Reuters, 07/25/2013"The European investment bank (EIB), the EU's main lending arm, said it would stop financing most coal-fired power stations to help the 28-nation bloc reduce pollution and meet its climate targets."
"Polar Thaw Opens Shortcut for Russian Natural Gas"
NY Times, 07/25/2013"YURKHAROVSKOYE GAS FIELD, Russia -- The polar ice cap is melting, and if executives at the Russian energy company Novatek feel guilty about profiting from that, they do not let it be known in public."
"Peak Oil Isn't Dead; It Just Smells That Way"
smartplanet, 07/25/2013"Emboldened by the recent exuberance over fracking in the United States, ... pundits now claim that the only thing that has peaked 'was the ability to argue that the era of oil, and hydrocarbons, was over.' Not one of them said a single word about the global rate of oil production, which is the essence of the peak oil question."
"Reuters' Climate Coverage Slashed Under 'Skeptic' Editor"
Mother Jones, 07/25/2013"Last week, former Reuters reporter David Fogarty published a scathing letter online accusing his former employer of abandoning coverage of climate change."
"Arctic Ice Melt Could Cost An Extra $60 Trillion, Say Researchers"
Christian Science Monitor, 07/25/2013"Methane gas released from the melting Arctic ice could accelerate global warming and tack on an extra $60 trillion to the cost the world is expected to incur from climate change."
Juneau: "Alaska Looks for Answers in Glacier’s Summer Flood Surges"
NY Times, 07/24/2013"JUNEAU, Alaska — The idea that glaciers change at a glacial speed is increasingly false. They are melting and retreating rapidly all over the world. But the unpredictable flood surges at the Mendenhall Glacier, about 14 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska’s capital, are turning a jog into a sprint as global temperatures and climate variability increase."
"Shuttle Diplomacy Under Way on Global Aviation Emissions Deal"
Reuters, 07/24/2013"Diplomatic talks on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the global aviation industry have intensified recently as EU and U.S. officials try to stave off the threat of a trade war, lawmakers and observers said."
"China Coal-Fired Economy Dying of Thirst as Mines Lack Water"
Bloomberg, 07/24/2013"At first glance, Daliuta in northern China appears to have a river running through it. A closer look reveals the stretch of water in the center is a pond, dammed at both ends. Beyond the barriers, the Wulanmulun’s bed is dry."
Japan's TEPCO Acknowledges Contaminated Water Flowing Into Sea
Reuters, 07/23/2013"The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Monday that contaminated ground water had likely been flowing into the sea, acknowledging such a leakage for the first time."
"'Nobody Understands' Spills at Alberta Oil Sands Operation"
Toronto Star, 07/23/2013"Oil spills at an oil sands operation in Cold Lake, Alberta have been going on for weeks with no end in sight, according to a government scientist."
"June 2013 Was World's Fifth-Hottest June on Record, Says NOAA"
Reuters, 07/22/2013"June 2013 broke monthly records over much of northern Canada, western Russia, southern Japan, the Philippines, part of southwestern China, and central southern Africa."
"Public Trust Crisis Threatens China's Nuclear Power Ambitions"
Reuters, 07/19/2013"As China pushes an aggressive expansion of nuclear power it is running into a major stumbling block - a breakdown of trust, post-Fukushima, in official assurances of public safety."

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