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Massive Seabird Chick Deaths; Climate, Atlantic Changes Blamed [1]

"FLATEY ISLAND, Iceland – When the days grew long, seabirds flocked to this hamlet on the edge of the Arctic to rear their chicks under the midnight sun. “Kria,” shrieked the terns, calling summer up from the slumbering ground. Black cliffs were transformed into snowbanks of white kittiwakes. Puffins whirred between land and sea. Murres plied the shoreline, fulmars patrolled the skies. Everywhere sounded their vibrant chorus."

Source: EHN/NatGeo [2], 08/27/2014

"Tyson Foods’ Missouri Problem Risks Millions in Government Contracts" [3]

"Tyson Foods could lose around $500 million in government contracts if found guilty in and ongoing criminal probe by the Environmental Protection Agency over the recent release of toxic chemicals at a plant in Monett, Mo."

Source: City Wire [4], 08/27/2014

Scott Brown Denies Man-Made Climate Change Is Scientifically Proven [5]

"New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown has added his name to the list of Republicans who have dismissed the science behind climate change, despite previously stating that global warming is real."

Source: Huffington Post [6], 08/27/2014

"U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions’ Risks" [7]

"Runaway growth in the emission of greenhouse gases is swamping all political efforts to deal with the problem, raising the risk of “severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts” over the coming decades, according to a draft of a major new United Nations report."

Source: , 08/27/2014

"Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty" [8]

"The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress."

Source: NY Times [9], 08/27/2014

"A Reporter's Meditation on Scarcity of Wildness" [10]

The wolf known as OR7 prompted some reflective writing -- and a flood of reader response -- in the Pacific states. The coverage reminds us that there is room for the personal and evocative as well as the objective and informative in environmental journalism. And it restored Sacramento Bee writer Matt Weiser's faith in the newspaper.

Source: KSJ Tracker [11], 08/26/2014

"Osprey Whisperers: Deciphering Decades of Clues From the Sea Hawk" [12]

"PITT MEADOWS, British Columbia – On an early spring morning the Pitt River flows so calmly that the peaks of the Coast Range seem to pause to admire themselves in its glassy waters. A motorboat lifts a wake, and the docks of the marina moan. Still tucked in for the winter, the pleasure boats stir then rock themselves back to sleep."

Source: EHN [13], 08/26/2014

Michigan Landfill Suspends Receipt of Low-Level Radioactive Waste [14]

"A Van Buren Township hazardous-waste landfill operator, slated to receive up to 36 tons of low-level radioactive waste from a Pennsylvania fracking company, announced Monday that it will suspend receipt of such materials from all oil and gas operations pending a review by the state."

Source: Detroit Free Press [15], 08/26/2014

Widespread Sea-Floor Methane Leaks off East Coast Surprise Scientists [16]

"Of all the global warming gasses, methane is one of the very worst. Pound for pound, the Environmental Protection Agency says its effect on global warming is 20 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. And though its lifetime in the atmosphere is substantially shorter than carbon dioxide, it’s “more efficient at trapping radiation.”

Source: Wash Post [17], 08/26/2014

"Pesticides Used On Florida's Mosquitoes May Harm Butterflies" [18]

"Environmentalists and a South Florida community want to limit aerial spraying for mosquitoes — saying it's ineffective and harmful to wildlife. Two butterfly species were added to the endangered list."

Source: NPR [19], 08/26/2014

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