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"E.P.A. to Aim for a 30 Percent Cut in Carbon Emissions" [1]

"The Obama administration on Monday will announce one of the strongest actions ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change, a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, according to people briefed on the plan." EPA Press Advisory [2]for 10:30 am EDT announcement by Administrator Gina McCarthy of announcement on carbon emissions, including link to livestream.

Source: NY Times [3], 06/02/2014

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"The Navajo Nation’s Shifting Sands of Climate Change" [5]

"Cindy Dixon was unloading bales of hay into a metal shed on a blustery afternoon in mid-March, when the landscape around her Navajo Reservation homestead was as brown and bleak as the open-pit coal mine a few miles to the west and well within earshot."

Source: Climate Central [6], 05/30/2014

"Photographer Captures Tar Sands 'Destruction' From Above" [11]

"Photographer and pilot Alex MacLean wanted to learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline, which if approved will carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, so he decided to take pictures from above of the tar sands that will supply oil to the project. What he found shocked him."

Source: Huffington Post [12], 05/30/2014

Coal Magnate’s Lawsuit Tossed—But Ohio Can Do More To Defend Free Press [13]

"Michael Stark, a contributor to The Huffington Post. Ken Ward, a reporter for The Charleston Gazette. Margaret Newkirk, a former reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal. What do they have in common? Murray Energy, the largest privately owned coal company in the United States—which has accused them all of publishing defamatory articles about the company or its founder and president, Robert E. Murray."

Source: CJR [14], 05/30/2014

"Ash Is on the Move in Dan" [15]

"Newly released data from federal researchers suggests that coal ash in the Dan River has migrated fairly dramatically in recent weeks but stayed well upstream from Kerr Reservoir."

Source: Greensboro News & Record [16], 05/30/2014

Health: Secret Toxics Inside Menstrual Products Cause Alarm [19]

"Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require the National Institutes of Health to research whether menstrual hygiene products that contain chemical additives like chlorine and fragrances are health risks. The Robin Danielson Act of 2014 would ask the Federal Drug Administration to monitor and publish information on the presence of these contaminants in a broad range of products such as pads, liners, cups and sponges used by millions of American women."

Source: Aljazeera America [20], 05/30/2014

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