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"Flooded N. Carolina Farms Are Likely Littered With Drowned Livestock" [1]

"At least tens of thousands of chickens, hogs and other livestock are feared dead in floodwaters that washed over factory farms and towns in eastern North Carolina following Hurricane Matthew."

Source: Wash Post [2], 10/12/2016

"Lobbyists Circle Shark-Finning Bill" [3]

"Shark-fishing houses are banding together to fight a bipartisan bill that would ban the trade of shark fins."

Source: The Hill [4], 10/12/2016

"Ore. Communities Become Unwilling Symbol For Anti-Government Movement" [5]

"The trial for the militants who seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year is close to wrapping up. The standoff traumatized the rural ranching communities around Burns, Ore."

Source: NPR [6], 10/12/2016

Fossil Fuel Production Emits More Methane Than Previously Thought: NOAA [7]

"The exhaustive global study found emissions from oil, gas and coal sites are between 20 and 60 percent higher than many earlier estimates."

Source: InsideClimate News [8], 10/12/2016

"Activists Disrupt Key Canada-U.S. Oil Pipelines" [9]

"Climate-change activists on Tuesday disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude from Canada to the United States in rare, coordinated action that targeted several key pipelines simultaneously."

Source: Reuters [10], 10/12/2016

"World Health Agency Urges Sugary Drink Tax To Fight Obesity" [11]

"Governments should tax sugary drinks to fight the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, Oct. 11."

Source: Reuters [12], 10/12/2016

Cleveland Water Company Says 45 Percent of Service Pipes Contain Lead [13]

"CLEVELAND, Ohio – Almost 45 percent of the service pipes Cleveland Water is responsible for, the ones that carry drinking, cooking and bathing water to customers across Northeast Ohio are likely to contain lead.

But what does that mean?

Concern about the toxin has been on the rise across the the country, though its danger to young children and pregnant women have long been known."

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer [14], 10/12/2016

Clinton and Gore Bring Climate Change Message to Storm-Hit Florida [15]

"Florida's east coast ranks as the region most vulnerable to sea-level rise in the U.S. Former Vice President Al Gore praised Hillary Clinton’s credentials on climate change at a Florida rally Tuesday that brought the presidential campaign to the front lines of the fight against global warming in the U.S. and laid out a clear contrast with Donald Trump’s denial of the science."

Source: TIME [16], 10/12/2016

"Non-Critical Lighthouses Go To Agencies, Nonprofits, Or Sold" [17]

"More than 100 lighthouses that no longer are critical to the U.S. Coast Guard have been transferred to nonprofit groups and government entities at no cost or sold through public auction under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000."

Source: AP [18], 10/11/2016

"Liberals Under Fire For Delay On Asbestos Ban" [19]

"A year after the Liberals were elected with a promise to ban the use of asbestos in Canada, no such move has been made – inaction that is dismaying to health experts, labour groups and families affected by asbestos-related diseases."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail [20], 10/11/2016

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