"2013 Was Sixth Warmest Year on Record, UN Says" [1]
"13 of the 14 warmest years on record occurred in the 21st century, says the World Meteorological Organisation."
Source: Guardian [2], 02/05/2014
"13 of the 14 warmest years on record occurred in the 21st century, says the World Meteorological Organisation."
"WASHINGTON — In marathon meetings and tense all-day drafting sessions, dozens of lawyers, economists and engineers at the Environmental Protection Agency are struggling to create what is certain to be a divisive but potentially historic centerpiece of President Obama’s climate change legacy."
"GENEVA -- Cancer is now the world’s biggest killer, and the number of cases will explode over the next 20 years, warns a new global report compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World Health Organization."
"WASHINGTON — On the heels of the Senate’s passage of a long-awaited farm bill, the Obama administration is to announce on Wednesday the creation of seven regional 'climate hubs' aimed at helping farmers and rural communities respond to the risks of climate change, including drought, invasive pests, fires and floods."
"Federal regulators said on Tuesday that they had fined three companies for mislabeling the type of crude oil they were transporting. The penalties — a total of $93,000 — were the first from surprise inspections begun after since a series of accidents in the last year underscored the hazard of transporting highly flammable oil by rail."
"Federal coffers are missing out on what could be billions of dollars in lost revenue due to shoddy accounting work by the office that handles leases for coal mines on public land, according to a report made public today by the investigative arm of Congress."
"While Obama talks of putting America on the path to a clean, green future, we're flooding world markets with cheap, high carbon fuels."
"EDEN, N.C. -- A pipe under a coal ash pond broke in northern North Carolina, releasing an unknown amount of coal ash into the Dan River, Duke Energy Corp. said Monday."
"Four politically vulnerable Senate Democrats are urging U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, spotlighting the implications of an election-year decision that may influence which party controls the chamber."
"WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and West Virginia officials say patchwork federal regulations are inadequate to protect the public from spills such as the one last month that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people in the Charleston area."
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[2] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/05/2013-was-sixth-warmest-year-on-record-un-says
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-staff-struggling-create-pollution-rule
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us/epa-staff-struggling-to-create-rule-limiting-carbon-emissions.html?ref=energy-environment
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cancer-explosion-forecast-next-20-years
[6] http://ens-newswire.com/2014/02/04/cancer-explosion-forecast-for-next-20-years/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/next-phase-obama%E2%80%99s-executive-push-climate-hubs
[8] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/us/next-phase-of-obamas-executive-push-climate-hubs.html?ref=energy-environment
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/3-companies-fined-mislabeling-crude-oil-rail-transit
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[16] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/04/dan-river-coal-ash-spill-duke-energy_n_4724014.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
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[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wv-spill-revealed-striking-lack-water-supply-regulations-lawmakers
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