"Green Group Tars Wyden Bill as 'Nightmare' for Oregon Forests" [1]
"A conservation group is calling a bill proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) a 'nightmare for Oregon's forests.'"
Source: Hill/E2 Wire [2], 11/27/2013
"A conservation group is calling a bill proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) a 'nightmare for Oregon's forests.'"
"The National Park Service (NPS) is walking back comments that showcased doubts about whether natural gas development can help battle climate change, acknowledging they 'did not receive appropriate review.'"
A major reason for the U.S. to cut its greenhouse gas emissions is to play a global role as a technological, economic, and political leader while the world is shifting to cheaper production of low-carbon energy.
"WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand judge on Tuesday rejected a Kiribati man’s claim that he should be granted refugee status because of climate change."
"Fears for the future: About one in four people in Arkansas counts on drinking water from a source that is crossed by Exxon's burst Pegasus pipeline."
"The 1970s began with a remarkable pulse of federal legislation aimed at protecting endangered species and restoring the nation’s air and waters. But it took until 1978 for another type of environmental threat, toxic hot spots left behind by industrial activity, to gain the spotlight."
"All across the country -- most recently, in the state of Texas -- local battles over the teaching of evolution are taking on a new complexion. More and more, it isn't just evolution under attack, it's also the teaching of climate science."
"A major winter storm set to hit the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday is threatening to snarl millions of Thanksgiving travelers' holiday plans, forecasters said on Monday."
"EDMONTON - The coal slurry drifting along the Athabasca River swept through Fort McMurray Friday en route to Lake Athabasca where whatever is left of the murky waste water will likely settle in the coming days."
"Many workers climb, rappel or reach into daily dangers but draw federal notice only by dying. Given limited budgets and frequent political attempts at reducing enforcement even more, inspectors might be absent until a calamity occurs."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/green-group-tars-wyden-bill-nightmare-oregon-forests
[2] http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/191522-conservation-group-paints-logging-bill-as-nightmare-for-oregon-forests
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/park-service-chief-withdraws-%E2%80%98fracking%E2%80%99-comments
[4] http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/191529-national-park-service-chief-withdraws-fracking-comments
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/whats-it-us-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions
[6] http://www.npr.org/2013/11/26/246408000/whats-in-it-for-u-s-to-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-zealand-judge-rejects-climate-refugee-plea
[8] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-zealand-judge-rejects-climate-refugee-plea/2013/11/26/46d9e2a8-5687-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/shattered-oil-exxon-arkansas-spill-and-people-left-behind
[10] http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20131126/video-shattered-oil-exxon-arkansas-spill-and-people-left-behind-part-2
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/retro-report-love-canal-and-its-mixed-legacy
[12] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/booming/love-canal-and-its-mixed-legacy.html?ref=energy
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-climate-change-skeptics-and-evolution-deniers-joined-forces
[14] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/11/why-climate-change-skeptics-evolution-deniers-joined-forces
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-winter-storm-threatens-snarl-thanksgiving-travel
[16] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/70504
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-slurry-spill-threatens-drinking-water-athabasca-river
[18] http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Wood+Buffalo+taking+chances+drinking+water+coal+slurry/9205718/story.html
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/osha-no-match-workplace-dangers-kill-thousands
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