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Lead Doesn't Just Kill Birds, It Scrambles Everything Key To Survival [1]

"NORTH GRAFTON, Mass. – By the time the veterinarian saw the Canada goose, it was starving. Lumpy bulges ran the length of its neck, from its white chinstrap to its shrunken breast. It was too weak to squabble – so sluggish, in fact, that the veterinarian could scoop up the goose and move it to the stainless steel table without throwing a blanket over it."

Source: EHN [2], 09/10/2014

"House Votes To Block EPA Water Rules" [3]

"WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a bill to block the Obama administration from implementing a rule that asserts regulatory authority over many of the nation's streams and wetlands — an action that critics call a classic Washington overreach.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule that it says will clarify which streams and waterways are shielded from development under the Clean Water Act, an issue that remains in dispute even after two U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

Source: AP [4], 09/10/2014

"Stocks Fall as Oil Price Slump Hits Energy Sector" [5]

"A retreat in oil and energy stocks pulled the rest of the U.S. stock market mostly lower Monday."

Source: AP [6], 09/09/2014

Canadian Beekeepers Sue Neonic Makers Bayer, Syngenta for C$450 Million [7]

"Canadian beekeepers have filed a class action lawsuit against Bayer CropScience Inc. and Syngenta Canada Inc. claiming C$450 million ($414 million) in damages for negligence related to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides."

Source: Chemical Regulation Reporter [8], 09/09/2014

"Mussels Don't Stick Around in Acidic Ocean Water" [9]

"PENN COVE, Wash. – Cookie tray in hand and lifejacket around chest, Laura Newcomb looks more like a confused baker than a marine biologist. But the University of Washington researcher is dressed for work."

Source: Daily Climate [10], 09/09/2014

"The Lead Hazard In Schools That Won't Go Away" [11]

In-home pre-schools sometimes expose children to toxic lead hazards that stem from old paint in the houses themselves.

Source: Huffington Post [12], 09/09/2014

"Cities Prepare for Warm Climate Without Saying So" [13]

"GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — With climate change still a political minefield across the nation despite the strong scientific consensus that it's happening, some community leaders have hit upon a way of preparing for the potentially severe local consequences without triggering explosions of partisan warfare: Just change the subject."

Source: AP [14], 09/09/2014

"Yale Fund Takes Aim at Climate Change" [15]

"As pressure grows from students who want to see their schools use financial clout to address environmental issues, Yale University’s investment office wrote to its money managers asking them to assess how investments could affect climate change and suggesting they avoid companies that do not take sensible “steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”"

Source: NY Times [16], 09/09/2014

"Charges Dropped Against Climate Activists" [17]

A Massachusetts prosecutor dropped charges against two protestors who claimed global warming was so dire they had no choice but to block a coal shipment. The prosecutor made the announcement clutching an article by Bill McKibben, which he said convinced him that “Climate change is one of the gravest crises our planet has ever faced.”

Source: NY Times [18], 09/09/2014

Report: Koch Founded Anti-Enviro Group To Protect Oil Industry Handouts [19]

Faceless on Facebook, a shadowy but aggressive anti-environmental propaganda group called the Institute for Energy Research turns out, documents reveal, to be founded and funded by oil billionaire Charles Koch. It's mission: preserve tax breaks for big oil.

Source: Salon [20], 09/09/2014

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