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"Is the USDA Silencing Scientists?" [1]

"“There's a message: If you want to prosper, don't make waves.”"

Source: Atlantic [2], 11/05/2015

"Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement Text Released" [3]

"The text of the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal has been released by the New Zealand Government, setting the scene for revived protests and political debate."

Source: Fairfax Media [4], 11/05/2015

"Powerful 'Gene Drive' Can Quickly Change An Entire Species" [5]

A new discovery in genetic engineering seems to have profound potential for good or bad consequences. Changes can be made to an organism which will propagate through an entire species."

Source: NPR [6], 11/05/2015

Fracking: EPA Finding of No 'Widespread, Systemic' Problems Under Fire [7]

"U.S. EPA's science advisers are criticizing the agency's June announcement dismissing the dangers to drinking water from hydraulic fracturing."

Source: EnergyWire [8], 11/05/2015

Catherine McKenna Named Minister of Environment and Climate Change [9]

Catherine McKenna was sworn in as Canada's minister of environment and climate change.

Source: CBC News [10], 11/05/2015

"State Dept. Rejects TransCanada Request for Keystone Delay" [11]

"The Obama administration said Wednesday it is continuing a review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, despite a request by the project's developer to suspend the review."

Source: AP [12], 11/05/2015

The Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) and Public Meetings [13]

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry invites the public to two meetings: The CAP Meeting (Dec 4) and to hear from the authors of a group of health studies that have been conducted to better understand the impact of exposure to contaminated drinking water at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC (Dec 5).

DEADLINE: Knight Prototype Fund [14]

The Knight Foundation is offering $35,000 in funding for each of 20 new projects through the Knight Prototype Fund, which helps people explore early-stage media and information ideas. Deadline is Nov 16.

It Kills the Mood: Economists Warn of Less Sex on a Warmer Planet [15]

"Climate change has been blamed for many things over the years. Never, until now, has anyone thought it was possible to see it as a kind of contraceptive.:

Source: Bloomberg [16], 11/04/2015

"Failed Barataria Dolphin Pregnancies Linked To BP Spill" [17]

"Only two of 10 Barataria Bay bottlenose dolphins that were found to be pregnant in 2011, a year after the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion oiled the bay, had successful pregnancies. And the survival rate through July 2015 for adult dolphins that were given health assessments in the bay in 2011 is 10 percent lower than found in two studies of dolphins in un-oiled Sarasota Bay, Fla."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [18], 11/04/2015

The Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel (CAP) and Public Meetings [13]

DEADLINE: Knight Prototype Fund [14]

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