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"Group Questions Peabody Energy's Coal Mine Self-Bonding" [1]

"An environmental group is formally questioning Peabody Energy's ability to fully bond its coal mines in Wyoming and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain region, saying the St. Louis-based company has insufficient funding to qualify for self-bonding."

Source: AP [2], 02/12/2016

"Transparency Debate Follows Vote By California Coastal Panel" [3]

"The agency that decides what gets built and where along the California coast is facing questions about transparency after it pushed out its top executive in a closed-door vote and without a clear explanation of why the change was being made."

Source: AP [4], 02/12/2016

"With FBI Ring Tightening, Last Oregon Occupiers Give Up" [5]

"With the FBI tightening its ring around them, the last four holdouts in the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered Thursday, ending a 41-day standoff that left one man dead and exposed simmering anger over the government's control of vast expanses of Western land."

Source: AP [6], 02/12/2016

"Obama On Supreme Court Climate Ruling: 'Don't Despair'" [7]

"President Barack Obama told supporters 'don't despair' and overreact to the Supreme Court's decision this week that temporarily blocks the administration's rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants."

Source: CNN [8], 02/12/2016

"Massive Gas Leak At LA Suburb Plugged After 16 Weeks, Utility Says" [9]

"A utility says it has stopped the leak from a ruptured well that gushed massive amounts of natural gas near Los Angeles for 16 weeks."

Source: AP/CBS [10], 02/12/2016

"Maine Rail Cargo Secrecy Law Bypassed Public Access, Safety Defenses" [11]

"After a runaway oil train killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just miles from the Maine border in 2013, Mainers demanded to know more about the state’s railways."

Source: Maine Ctr for Public Interest Reporting [12], 02/11/2016

Microbead Pollution Harms Oysters, Ocean's Ecosystem Engineers: Study [13]

"Oysters eat by filtering the water around them and digesting anything small enough to trap, whether that’s algae, phytoplankton — or tiny pieces of plastic floating in the ocean."

Source: LA Times [14], 02/11/2016

"James River Association To Challenge Dominion Coal Ash Permit" [15]

"The James River Association says they will challenge a permit issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to Dominion Virginia Power last month, which will allow the discharge of 350 million gallons of coal ash pond water into the James River."

Source: WTVR [16], 02/11/2016

"Dengue Fever an ‘Emergency’ on Hawaii’s Big Island" [17]

"HILO, Hawaii – Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi has declared a state of emergency over a dengue fever outbreak on the island of Hawaii, commonly called the Big Island."

Source: ENS [18], 02/11/2016

"Zika Virus Found In Fetal Brain" [19]

"The Zika virus, thought to be responsible for a surge in birth defects in Brazil, has been found inside the abnormally small brain of an aborted fetus at roughly 29 weeks of gestation, a team of researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine."

Source: LA Times [20], 02/11/2016

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