"Serious algae outbreaks have hit more than 20 states this summer. Organisms are shutting down beaches in Florida, sickening swimmers in Utah and threatening ecosystems in California."
"The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, which holds policies for more than 5 million homes, is $23 billion in debt after a string of natural disasters this century. As climate change further strains the program, analysts say it is time to shift its focus from rebuilding to mitigating risk."
"A wildfire that tore through brush east of Los Angeles forced 700 people from their homes for several hours Tuesday and destroyed a small building, officials said."
"Sioux tribe's concerns were echoed in official reports by the EPA and two other agencies, but Army Corps of Engineers brushed them aside."
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has begun 'preliminary research' into the department’s oversight of state drinking water testing."
"FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION — The part above ground doesn’t look like much, a few silver pipes running in a straight line, dwarfed by the far more massive, scarred reactor buildings nearby."
"A blip of energy picked up by a Russian radio telescope might have been nothing more than a satellite passing overhead — or even a software glitch".
"Everywhere you turn, it seems, there's news about the human microbiome. And, more specifically, about the bacteria that live in your gut and help keep you healthy. Those bacteria, it turns out, are hiding a big secret: their own microbiome. A study published Monday suggests some viruses in your gut could be beneficial."
"Two anti-fracking initiatives did not get enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, Colorado officials announced on Monday, giving the oil and gas industry its latest victory over communities seeking to exert local control over fracking."
"It's as if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump live on two entirely different Earths: one warming, one not."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/poisonous-algae-blooms-threaten-people-ecosystems-across-us
[2] http://www.npr.org/2016/08/29/491831451/poisonous-algae-blooms-threaten-people-ecosystems-across-u-s
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thousands-homes-keep-flooding-yet-they-keep-being-rebuilt-again
[4] http://e360.yale.edu/digest/thousands_of_us_homes_keep_flooding_and_being_rebuilt_fema_insurance_louisiana/4792/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfire-prompts-evacuations-200-homes-california
[6] http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wildfire-prompts-evacuations-mobile-home-park-houses-41755530
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/corps-approved-dakota-pipeline-over-objections-3-federal-agencies
[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082016/dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-sioux-army-corps-engineers-approval-environment
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-watchdog-%E2%80%98evaluate%E2%80%99-drinking-water-monitoring
[10] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/293860-epa-watchdog-to-evaluate-drinking-water-monitoring
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/japan%E2%80%99s-320-million-gamble-fukushima-underground-ice-wall
[12] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/science/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-cleanup-ice-wall.html?_r=1
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/have-we-detected-alien-signal-its-highly-doubtful
[14] http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/have-we-detected-an-alien-signal-it-s-highly-doubtful/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_SPC_BLOG
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/your-guts-gone-viral-and-might-be-good-your-health
[16] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/29/491837419/your-guts-gone-viral-and-that-might-be-good-for-your-health
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/colorado-anti-fracking-activists-fall-short-ballot-efforts
[18] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29082016/colorado-anti-fracking-activists-fail-get-measures-ballot-hickenlooper
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-it-matters-climate-change
[20] http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-why-it-matters-climate-change-2016-8
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2856
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2853
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2854
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2855
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2858
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2859
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2860
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2861
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5108