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"Activists: Canada Mine Approvals Threaten Alaska Fishing Communities" [1]

"Almost one year after an unprecedented spill from a mine tailings pond in Canada’s largely pristine province of British Columbia, its government has given the green light for the mine to reopen — worrying environmentalists who say a number of other northern B.C. copper and gold mines are in various phases of approval, and could threaten downstream fishing communities in southeastern Alaska."

Source: Aljazeera America [2], 07/13/2015

"Most of State’s Fracking Waste Left in Unlined Pits, Study Finds" [3]

"More than half of the wastewater from fracked oil wells in California is disposed of in open, unlined pits and could contaminate groundwater, according to a state-mandated study of hydraulic fracturing issued Thursday."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle [4], 07/13/2015

"OSHA Labels DuPont ‘Severe’ Safety Violator" [5]

"Federal officials this week labeled DuPont Co. a “severe violator” of worker safety rules, after uncovering more safety problems in an investigation launched following a massive toxic gas leak that killed four workers at the company’s La Porte, Texas, plant last November."

Source: Charleston Gazette [6], 07/13/2015

"Court Limits California’s Power to Punish Farmers in Drought" [7]

"SACRAMENTO — A judge ruled Friday that California regulators violated some farmers’ rights by telling them to stop diverting from rivers and streams, but the state said it can still punish those who illegally take water during the drought."

Source: NY Times [8], 07/13/2015

"Wildfires In Canada And Alaska Drive Thousands From Homes" [9]

"'Extreme.' 'Unprecedented.' 'Historic.' Those are just a few of the words being used to describe the start of this year's fire season in North America."

Source: NPR [10], 07/13/2015

"Oil Extends Decline as Iran Nuclear Deal Seen Exacerbating Glut" [11]

"Oil extended its decline after its biggest weekly drop since March as investors weighed the prospects of Iran increasing crude exports in an oversupplied market."

Source: Bloomberg [12], 07/13/2015

Obama Establishes Three New National Monuments [13]

"President Obama announced on Friday that he was designating new national monuments covering more than a million acres in California, Texas and Nevada, his latest use of executive power to preserve public land."

Source: NY Times [14], 07/13/2015

"Residents in Soggy Seattle Rebel Against the Sun" [15]

"Seattle's mayor is losing sleep over the unusually hot, dry weather that is causing a run on air conditioners and fans in the famously rainy city."

Source: Reuters [16], 07/10/2015

"Alaska’s on Fire and It May Make Climate Change Even Worse" [17]

The real problem from the hundreds of wildfires in Alaska and Canada is that they could speed up melting of the permafrost -- releasing a reservoir of carbon and speeding up climate change."

Source: Wired [18], 07/10/2015

"Honda Sets World Record for Fuel Efficiency – 100 MPG" [19]

"Honda has earned a new Guinness World Record for fuel efficiency. In a 25 day drive across all of the European Union’s contiguous countries, a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC diesel averaged 2.82 liters per 100km (100.31 miles per gallon)."

Source: ENS [20], 07/10/2015

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