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"When Dams Come Down, Salmon and Sand Can Prosper" [1]

"When people urge the removal of dams they say are strangling rivers in the West, it’s usually fish they’re worried about. Studies of dam-removal projects show that migratory species like salmon respond quickly to improved conditions once a dam is removed. But the removal of a dam on the Elwha River in northern Washington State — the largest such project in the United States — is demonstrating that there can be another beneficiary: the beach."

Source: NY Times [2], 08/11/2015

"In California, An Unsatisfying Settlement on Pesticide-Spraying" [3]

"The EPA touted its only preliminary finding of discrimination in a civil-rights case, but the complainants were less than thrilled with the outcome".

Source: Center for Public Integrity [4], 08/11/2015

"Australia Unveils Emissions Reduction Target Ahead of Paris Talks" [5]

"Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday announced cuts to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions that were immediately criticized by environmental groups and opposition politicians for lagging behind other advanced economies."

Source: Reuters [6], 08/11/2015

"EPA Orders More Air Quality Tests for Homes Near Superfund Sites" [7]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a new round of air quality tests for a South Bay neighborhood after detecting a variety of contaminants inside homes near two federal cleanup sites."

Source: LA Times [8], 08/11/2015

"9th Circuit Orders EPA To Act on Neurotoxin Ban" [9]

"Blasting the Environmental Protection Agency for "egregious" delay in the face of an acknowledged threat to human health, a U.S. appeals court has given the agency an Oct. 31 deadline to issue a full and final response to environmentalists' 2007 petition to take the neurotoxin chlorpyrifos off the market."

Source: Reuters [10], 08/11/2015

"EPA Moves To Fix Air Pollution Rule After Supreme Court Loss" [11]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to fix by this spring the problem that caused the Supreme Court to rule against its major air pollution regulation in July."

Source: The Hill [12], 08/11/2015

"Railroads Face Big Fines for Failure To Meet Federal Safety Deadline" [13]

"The Federal Railroad Administration plans to impose big penalties on railroads that fail to meet a year-end deadline to install a new collision avoidance system, including more than 70 percent of the nation’s commuter railroads."

Source: McClatchy [14], 08/11/2015

John Kasich Dismisses Climate Change As 'Some Theory That’s Not Proven' [15]

"Ohio Gov. John Kasich suggested that man-made climate change may not be real and that action to fight it could kill jobs during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday."

Source: National Journal [16], 08/11/2015

"Japan Restarts Reactor After Break Due To Fukushima" [17]

"A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster."

Source: AP [18], 08/11/2015

"The Toxic Colorado River Spill And the Menace of Old Hard-Rock Mines" [19]

"Keena Kimmel's bookshop occupies a cozy curve along the Animas River, a place of wild sunflowers and lilacs where fisherman try their luck and kayakers glide under iron bridges. But this weekend the river was empty and Kimmel's heart broken."

Source: LA Times [20], 08/11/2015

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