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"As La. Coast Recedes, Battle Rages Over Who Should Pay" [1]

"Louisiana's coast is disappearing at the rate of about a football field an hour. Since the 1930s, the Gulf of Mexico has swallowed up an area the size of Delaware."

Source: NPR [2], 04/16/2014

"Radioactive Waste Booms With Oil as States Eye New Rules: Energy" [3]

"Oilfields are spinning off thousands of tons of low-level radioactive trash as the U.S. drilling boom leads to a surge in illegal dumping and states debate how much landfills can safely take."

Source: Bloomberg [4], 04/16/2014

Environmental Group Donates California Scenic Coastal Expanse To Public [5]

''Cementing protection for one of the largest privately owned pieces of land on California's 1,100-mile coastline, a San Francisco environmental group on Monday donated to the public the Coast Dairies property - a pastoral expanse of rolling meadows, redwood forests and panoramic ocean views north of Santa Cruz."

Source: San Jose Mercury News [6], 04/16/2014

"U.S. Minorities Exposed To More Toxic Air, U Finds" [7]

"Cutting nitrogen dioxide levels for people of color could prevent thousands of deaths, Minnesota researchers said."

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [8], 04/16/2014

"New Hurricane Forecast Maps To Show Flood Risk From Storm Surge" [9]

"When the Atlantic hurricane season opens June 1, national forecasters will roll out a new feature: color-coded and broadcast-ready maps to graphically show the potential for flooding from storm surges."

Source: Reuters [10], 04/16/2014

"Momentum Builds to Restore Wind Energy Tax Credit" [11]

"WASHINGTON -- Last year, the U.S. wind energy industry chalked up a record number of projects and generating capacity under construction. By year end, private corporations invested billions of dollars, and new records for generation were set in many locations, according to the U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report Year Ending 2013, released Thursday by the American Wind Energy Association, AWEA."

Source: ENS [12], 04/16/2014

"Political Rifts Slow U.S. Effort on Climate Laws" [13]

"The United States needs to enact a major climate change law, such as a tax on carbon pollution, by the end of this decade to stave off the most catastrophic impacts of global warming, according to the authors of a report released this week by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

Source: NY Times [14], 04/16/2014

"Appeals Court Upholds EPA Limits on Air Toxicity" [15]

"WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's first-ever limits on air toxics, including emissions of mercury, arsenic and acid gases, preserving a far-reaching rule the White House had touted as central to President Barack Obama's environmental agenda."

Source: LA Times [16], 04/16/2014

"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 10 Percent Since 2005: EPA" [17]

"U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, more than halfway toward the United States' 2020 target pledged at United Nations climate talks, according to the latest national emissions inventory."

Source: Reuters [18], 04/16/2014

"Despite Rise in Spills, Hazardous Cargo Rides Rails in Secret" [19]

"Jodi Ross, town manager in Westford, Mass., did not expect she would be threatened with arrest after she and her fire chief went onto the railroad tracks to find out why a train carrying liquid petroleum gas derailed on a bridge in February. But as they reached the accident site northwest of Boston, a manager for Pan Am Railways called the police, claiming she was trespassing on rail property. The cars were eventually put back on the tracks safely, but the incident underlined a reality for local officials dealing with railroads."

Source: NY Times [20], 04/16/2014

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