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Hurricane Warning Issued For Texas As Harvey Regains Strength In Gulf [1]

"A hurricane warning was issued for the Texas coast Thursday morning, as Harvey regained tropical storm strength as it drifted in the Gulf of Mexico."

Source: USA TODAY [2], 08/24/2017

Dan Fagin Talk and Book Signing at Point Park University [3]

Join Point Park University’s Environmental Journalism Program at 7:00 p.m. on Sep 7, 2017 to listen to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and SEJ member/past president Dan Fagin speak on his career writing in environmental science. Free registration required.

Endangered Whales Won't Reach Half Of Pre-Hunting Numbers By 2100 [4]

"Research finds endangered Antarctic blue, fin and southern right whales struggling to recover despite hunting bans".

Source: Guardian [5], 08/23/2017

Secret Border-Wall Work At Wildlife Sanctuaries Galvanizes Opposition [6]

"Federal officials and contractors months ago surreptitiously began what appears to be preparation work for construction of border wall on the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in South Texas. Word recently got out and has galvanized opposition to that plan – and to the way it has been carried out."

Source: Texas Climate News [7], 08/23/2017

"Pollution Buildup At Conowingo Dam May Harm Chesapeake Bay Cleanup" [8]

"A decades-long effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, is showing signs of success. But scientists now say progress could be hindered by a hydroelectric dam, located on the Susquehanna River in northern Maryland."

Source: NPR [9], 08/23/2017

"Where's the Kelp? Warm Ocean Takes Toll On Undersea Forests" [10]

"When diving in the Gulf of Maine a few years back, Jennifer Dijkstra expected to be swimming through a flowing kelp forest that had long served as a nursery and food for juvenile fish and lobster. But Dijkstra, a University of New Hampshire marine biologist, saw only a patchy seafloor before her."

Source: AP [11], 08/23/2017

"Climate Change May Shrink the World’s Fish" [12]

"A new study suggests warming sea temperatures could result in smaller fish sizes."

Source: National Geographic [13], 08/23/2017

"EPA Budget Cuts Threaten To Slow Uranium Cleanup At Navajo Nation" [14]

"CHURCH ROCK, N.M. – Angie Hood grew up in a remote valley tucked along the edge of the Navajo Nation. On hot summer days, Hood and her three siblings would tend to the family’s sheep, play football in a steep-banked arroyo and explore the piñon-studded mesas. Then, to cool off, they would splash in a pool of water that streamed from a pipe. At the time, the Hood children had no idea they were playing in radioactive waste."

Source: Reveal [15], 08/23/2017

Energy Transfer Partners Sues Greenpeace, Claims Eco-Terrorism [16]

"Energy Transfer Partners LP has sued Greenpeace International, Earth First! and other groups, accusing them of inciting terrorist acts and vandalism to generate publicity and raise money for their causes while hampering the Dakota Access pipeline majority owner’s ability to raise money for projects."

Source: Bloomberg [17], 08/23/2017

"Stitching Together Forests Can Help Save Species, Study Finds" [18]

"In the 1980s, an ecologist named Thomas Lovejoy conducted an unusual experiment in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest. As loggers moved in with chain saws to clear trees for cattle pasture north of Manaus, he asked them to leave untouched several small “islands” of forest to see how the animals within them fared."

Source: NY Times [19], 08/23/2017

Dan Fagin Talk and Book Signing at Point Park University [3]

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