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"Bald Eagle Deaths in Utah Alarm And Mystify Scientists" [1]

"SALT LAKE CITY -- Bald eagles are dying in Utah - 20 in the past few weeks alone - and nobody can figure out why."

Source: LA Times [2], 12/30/2013

"Is LNG Fracking Worth Its Weight in Water?" [3]

"VICTORIA, B.C. -- More than seven billion litres of water were used for fracking in B.C. last year. If the government’s liquefied natural gas sector takes off, the water needed to get shale gas out of the ground in the northeast corner of the province will likely increase by 500 per cent, or more."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail [4], 12/30/2013

"California Drought Deepens as Another Year's Rains Stay Away" [5]

"The driest year on record is turning the golden hills of California to dust, drying up wells, pastures and cash reserves in a season that is traditionally lush and generous."

Source: San Jose Mercury News [6], 12/30/2013

Soil in West El Paso Neighborhood Near Former Asarco Site Contaminated [7]

"Unhealthful levels of lead, arsenic and mercury were detected for the first time in several soil samples of the Calavera neighborhood in West El Paso, according to a recent remedial investigation report prepared for the Asarco Custodial Trust."

Source: El Paso Times [8], 12/30/2013

"New Energy Struggles on Its Way to Markets" [9]

"WASHINGTON — To stave off climate change, sources of electricity that do not emit carbon will have to replace the ones that do. But at the moment, two of those largest sources, nuclear and wind power, are trying to kill each other off."

Source: NY Times [10], 12/30/2013

"Predictions for 2014: Energy Is Anything But Conventional" [11]

"In energy, next year promises to be just as unconventional as the last."

"North America's boom in unconventional oil and gas will continue to expand and the shale success could spread elsewhere. Easy-to-reach conventional oil is dwindling, but 2014 could see a reprieve as production from Iraq, Libya, and other war-torn oil nations seems to be stabilizing. And easing relations with Iran has the potential to bring major amounts of oil back onto global markets.

Source: Christian Science Monitor [12], 12/30/2013

"A Scientist's New Job: Keeping The Polar Bears' Plight Public" [13]

"One government biologist discovered the best way he could help save polar bears was to quit his job."

Source: NPR [14], 12/30/2013

"Number of Annual Manatee Deaths Top 800 for First Time on Record" [15]

"For the first time since records began being kept in Florida in the 1970s, the number of manatee deaths in a single year has topped 800, with two weeks remaining to the end of 2013."

Source: Tampa Bay Times [16], 12/30/2013

"Reflections on the Killing of Chico Mendes 25 Years Ago" [17]

"It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been 25 years since a cattle rancher ordered his son to shoot Chico Mendes, a rubber tapper and unionist who had become an effective international campaigner for sustainable use of the Amazon rain forest."

Source: Dot Earth [18], 12/26/2013

"Start-Up Uses Plant Seeds for a Biofuel" [19]

"SAN DIEGO — In an unmarked greenhouse, leafy bushes carpet an acre of land here tucked into the suburban sprawl of Southern California. The seeds of the inedible, drought-resistant plants, called jatropha, produce a prize: high-quality oil that can be refined into low-carbon jet fuel or diesel fuel."

Source: NY Times [20], 12/26/2013

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