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"As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit A Sour Patch" [1]

"Sugar, you might think, is just sugar, no matter where it comes from. But not anymore."

Source: NPR [2], 05/13/2016

Fisheries Scientist Under Fire For Undisclosed Seafood Industry Funding [3]

"A prominent and outspoken fisheries scientist at the University of Washington is under attack from Greenpeace for not disclosing industry funding in several scientific papers stretching back to 2006."

Source: NPR [4], 05/13/2016

Shell Says Thousands of Gallons of Oil Have Leaked Into Gulf of Mexico [5]

"The Coast Guard said about 88,200 gallons of oil have leaked from a Shell flow line into the Gulf of Mexico, about 90 miles off the coast of Louisiana."

Source: NY Times [6], 05/13/2016

"$1.1 Billion Deal Reached By US Senators To Fight Zika Virus" [7]

"Top Senate negotiators announced agreement Thursday on a $1.1 billion emergency funding measure to battle the Zika virus. That’s less than President Barack Obama’s $1.9 billion request, which has upset some senior Democrats."

Source: AP [8], 05/13/2016

"E.P.A. Methane Leak Rules Take Aim at Climate Change" [9]

"The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled the first federal regulations to control emissions of potent planet-warming methane gas that could leach from new oil and gas wells, the next step in President Obama’s effort to combat climate change."

Source: NY Times [10], 05/13/2016

"Coming Home to Coal Country" [11]

"Ashley Funk looks back fondly on her days of playing in the black hills behind her Southwestern Pennsylvania house. But when she learned more about what those black hills were made of, it drove a wedge between her and her hometown."

Source: WBEZ [12], 05/12/2016

"Global Warming Cited as Wildfires Increase in Fragile Boreal Forest" [13]

"Scientists say the near-destruction of Fort McMurray last week by a wildfire is the latest indication that the vital boreal forest is at risk from climate change."

Source: NY Times [14], 05/12/2016

"Deadly Algal Bloom Triggers Social Uprising in Southern Chile" [15]

"SANTIAGO - A ban on harvesting shellfish in Chiloé due to a severe red tide outbreak sparked a social uprising that has partially isolated thousands of local residents of the southern Chilean archipelago and revived criticism of an export model that condemns small-scale fishing communities to poverty and marginalisation."

Source: IPS [16], 05/12/2016

US Plan To Lift Yellowstone Grizz Protections Faces Mounting Opposition [17]

"A U.S. government plan to lift Endangered Species Act protection of the grizzly bear in and around Yellowstone National Park drew a torrent of criticism from environmentalists and Indian tribes as the public comment period for the proposal came to a close on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [18], 05/12/2016

"Mice Experiments Show How Zika Invades Placenta, Fetus" [19]

"Experiments using lab mice show how the Zika virus travels through the bloodstream, multiplies in the placenta and invades the brain of the developing fetus, stunting growth or causing death, researchers said Wednesday."

Source: AFP [20], 05/12/2016

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