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"As Nuclear Waste Piles Up, South Korea Faces Storage Crisis" [1]

"SEOUL - Among the usual commercials for beer, noodles and cars on South Korean TV, one item stands in marked contrast. A short film by a government advisory body carries a stark message: the nation faces a crisis over storing its spent nuclear fuel after running reactors for decades."

Source: Reuters [2], 10/13/2014

"Highways Fragment Southern California Mountain Lion Gene Pool" [3]

"Mountain lions in Southern California are under growing pressure from a shrinking gene pool, fragmented by highways and urban sprawl that has left the cats' territories increasingly isolated from each other, a study published on Wednesday showed."

Source: Reuters [4], 10/13/2014

"Few U.S. States Preparing for Climate Change, Study Says" [5]

"Fewer than half of American states are working to protect themselves from climate change, despite more detailed warnings from scientists that communities are already being damaged, according to a new online clearinghouse of states’ efforts compiled by the Georgetown Climate Center."

Source: LA Times [6], 10/13/2014

Bats Hit By a Hard 1-2 Punch: Deadly Windmills And White-Nose Disease [7]

"It’s not that researcher Paul Cryan set out to prove the old saying, 'blind as a bat.' It just seems that way."

Source: Wash Post [8], 10/13/2014

SBA Agency Taking Aim at Waterways Rule Has Big Impact on Federal Regs [9]

"A little-known federal office that has long been a thorn in the side of regulatory reform advocates is taking center stage in the battle over a controversial water regulation."

Source: Greenwire [10], 10/13/2014

"Washington County Drilling Hearing Raises Conflicts Over Contamination" [11]

"Loren 'Buzz' Kiskadden first noticed a water problem at his house trailer in rural Amwell Township, Washington County, while using a hose to fill a wading pool for his grandchildren in June 2011. 'A gray sludge was filing up the bottom of the pool. It was just nasty,' said Mr. Kiskadden, 55, in testimony before the state Environmental Hearing Board last week in Pittsburgh. 'I shut the water off and told the kids not to get in it.'"

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [12], 10/13/2014

"EPA Readies Major Ozone Rule Change" [13]

"The Obama administration is preparing to unveil an air pollution rule shortly after the midterm elections that could be among the most costly and controversial in history."

Source: The Hill [14], 10/13/2014

"Lego Ends Shell Partnership Following Greenpeace Campaign" [15]

"Toymaker will not renew current multimillion pound deal, that sees Shell-branded Lego sets sold at petrol stations, following a viral video against Arctic drilling by the green group"

Source: Guardian [16], 10/10/2014

Lead From Police Firing Range May Be Leaching Into the Tennessee River [17]

"An environmental assessment of the joint Chattanooga-Hamilton County firing range on Moccasin Bend indicates that the nearly 40 years of spent bullets at the site may be causing lead-laden surface water to flow into the Tennessee River."

Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press [18], 10/10/2014

"Farmers Gain Weapon Against Devastating Pig Virus" [19]

""A disease that killed off at least 10 percent of the nation’s hogs in the last year is starting to threaten farmers again as colder weather approaches. But they have new tools to fight the ailment, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. The Agriculture Department has conditionally approved two vaccines, and a third is on the horizon."

Source: NY Times [20], 10/10/2014

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