"UN wildlife officials have voted to ban trade in all eight species of Asian pangolins. The creature is prized for its meat and scales, which are used for medicinal purposes."
In a forthcoming paper, scientists say anaerobic decomposition of sediement and other organic material inundated by reservoirs emits a significant amount of greenhouse gases, mainly methane.
"In a rare show of unity, tribal leaders from the United States and Canada plan to sign a joint treaty on Friday aimed at blocking the proposed hunting of grizzly bears in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming."
"OPEC’s 14 oil producing nations agreed on Wednesday to modestly cut their collective oil output later this year in an effort to bolster sagging prices, according to a cartel official. The decision sent global oil prices soaring by more than 5 percent."
"Congress averted a government shutdown Wednesday as the Senate and then the House approved a short-term spending bill, allowing lawmakers to avoid a crisis and return home to campaign."
Summer algal blooms, seafood advisories, and beach closures remind us that water pollution has not gone away, and environmental journalists can still find loads of local and regional stories about it — if they dig. Here's a tool that can help. Image: © Clipart.com [12].
In addition to nuisance smells, confined animal feeding operations (aka CAFOs) can present serious air and water pollution problems. They are weakly regulated. Now a federal appeals court says information on who owns those feedlots can be kept secret. Image: © Clipart.com [14].
Miami-Dade county had stiff-armed a request from the Herald for the information, and denied a FOIA request. The county claimed the information was exempt for public health reasons. Photo: © Clipart.com. [16]
Should a federal agency be able to tell a science reporter whom they can — and can't — interview? The issue exploded in September with publication of a deeply reported piece on the "close-hold embargo" by Scientific American. Photo: © Clipart.com. [18]
"Scientists found that lobster larvae struggled to survive when water temperatures rose 5 degrees F. warmer than current temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, a key lobster fishing area off of New England."
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[2] http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0928/The-shy-elusive-pangolin-finally-gets-the-protection-it-needs
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientists-just-confirmed-key-new-source-greenhouse-gases
[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/28/scientists-just-found-yet-another-way-that-humans-are-creating-greenhouse-gases/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.3154453c1a4a
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[10] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/us/politics/congress-shutdown-flint-spending.html?_r=0
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[12] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=3681143
[13] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/pork-producers-win-appeal-cafo-disclosure-case
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[16] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=14333763
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[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/global-warming-may-mean-fewer-maine-lobsters-says-study
[20] http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0924/Global-warming-may-mean-fewer-Maine-lobsters-says-study
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