"Paris Climate Change Agreement Enters Into Force" [1]
"Environment groups hail ‘momentous occasion’ but warn governments need to cut carbon emissions more steeply to avoid dangerous global warming".
Source: Guardian [2], 11/04/2016
"Environment groups hail ‘momentous occasion’ but warn governments need to cut carbon emissions more steeply to avoid dangerous global warming".
"Wastewater treatment plants may be responsible for emitting up to 23 percent more greenhouse gas than previously thought because of fossil fuels in detergent-laden water from residential showers, household washing machines and industrial sites, new research shows."
"Cars hit a new fuel economy record in 2015 while outperforming mandated greenhouse gas emissions limits, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said."
"Climate change has emerged in Wisconsin as a wedge issue between Sen. Ron Johnson, the Republican incumbent, and challenger Russ Feingold, who has drawn attention to what he describes as Johnson's anti-science perspective on climate warming."
"Testing for residues of an herbicide developed by Monsanto Co. that has been linked to cancer has turned up high levels in honey from the key farm state of Iowa, adding to concerns about contamination that have triggered at least two lawsuits against honey industry players and prompted scrutiny by regulators."
"Beaches in the Southeastern U.S. took a tremendous beating last month from Hurricane Matthew. The U.S. Geological Survey has found that the storm washed over and damaged 15 percent of sand dunes on Florida's Atlantic Coast, 30 percent along Georgia's coastline and 42 percent of the dunes on South Carolina beaches."
"Top oil companies including Saudi Aramco and Shell are joining forces to create an investment fund to develop technologies to promote renewable energy, as they seek an active role in the fight against global warming, sources said."
"Trichloroethylene, formerly a widely used solvent, will be listed as a 'known human carcinogen' in a federal Report on Carcinogens to be published Nov. 3."
"The Environmental Protection Agency once again gave its stamp of approval to a new weed-killing pesticide from Dow Chemical Co. following a review a court granted in response to an agency request."
"BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The American coal industry, with its billions of dollars and army of lobbyists, has a storied history of muscle and might. But in this northwest corner of Washington, people like Christopher Grannis, a 69-year-old building contractor and stalwart in local civic causes, are standing up to coal. And coal is losing."
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[2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/04/paris-climate-change-agreement-enters-into-force
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sewage-plants-overlooked-source-co2
[4] http://www.climatecentral.org/news/sewage-plants-overlooked-co2-source-20840
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cars-hit-fuel-economy-record-2015
[6] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/304030-car-fuel-economy-hits-record-in-2015
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-enters-fray-wis-senate-race
[8] http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060045146
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bad-news-honey-us-seeks-handle-glyphosate-residues-food
[10] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/more-bad-news-for-honey-a_b_12769698.html?section=us_green
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hurricane-matthew-took-big-bite-out-southeastern-states-beaches
[12] http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/01/500293722/hurricane-matthew-took-a-big-bite-out-of-southeastern-states-beaches
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-majors-join-forces-climate-push-renewable-energy-fund
[14] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-climatechange-idUSKBN12X0WA
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/solvent-degreaser-%E2%80%98known%E2%80%99human-carcinogen-federal-report
[16] http://www.bna.com/solvent-degreaser-knownhuman-n57982082180/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dow-weed-killer-re-approved-after-patent-raises-questions
[18] http://www.bna.com/dow-weed-killer-n57982082130/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal%E2%80%99s-political-heft-plunging-one-state-may-be-canary-mine
[20] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/us/politics/is-coals-political-heft-plunging-one-state-may-be-canary-in-mine.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
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