"Mexico is looking to the huge task of rebuilding after rare storms struck from east and west at the same time, killing 101 people and destroying homes, schools and roads."
"Scientists meet on Monday to prepare the strongest warning yet that climate change is man-made and will cause more heatwaves, droughts and floods this century unless governments take action."
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"The good news: A sample of what are probably the best fracked wells in the country finds low emissions of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas. The bad news: The study likely missed the super-emitters, the wells that are responsible for the vast majority of methane leakage."
"Wildlife managers in Montana are trying to pinpoint whether a disease, environmental toxin or chemical agent has caused a die-off of more than 100 whitetail deer in wetlands along a river corridor in the western part of the state."
"In response to complaints from neighbors, Norfolk Southern agreed Thursday to take more aggressive steps to clean up lung-damaging diesel pollution from equipment at the railroad's Englewood freight yard."
"NEW ORLEANS -- While officials try to pin down the source of a deadly amoeba found in the water supply of a suburban New Orleans community, bottled water sales in St. Bernard Parish have skyrocketed and some people worry about washing their faces in the shower."
"Fire consumed a chemical plant west of Oklahoma City overnight Thursday, forcing evacuations but causing no injuries and leaving surrounding areas unscathed, officials said."
"CONCORD, N.H. -- Cleanup at one of the state's major Superfund pollution sites is moving into high gear."
"CENTRALIA, Wash. — Proposals to make the Northwest a major coal exporting region have made for a familiar debate over the potential impacts on people and the environment."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mexico-faces-huge-rebuilding-task-after-dozens-die-2-freak-storms
[2] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-22/dozens-dead-in-freak-mexican-storms/4973306
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientists-set-prepare-strongest-warning-warming-man-made
[4] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/69840
[5] https://www.sej.org/calendar/radio-boot-camp
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/vaunted-study-finds-low-fracking-emissions-skipping-super-emitters
[7] http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/19/2646881/study-fracked-wells-methane-emissions-super-emitters/
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildlife-managers-track-mysterious-deer-die-montana
[9] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/69811
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chicago-railroad-agrees-clean-freight-yard-air-pollution
[11] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-englewood-freight-yard-20130920,0,5866152.story
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/brain-eating-amoeba-rattles-nerves-la-parish
[13] http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Brain-eating-amoeba-rattles-nerves-in-La-parish-4828904.php
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oklahoma-chemical-plant-explosions-force-evacuations-no-injuries
[15] http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oklahoma-plant-explosion-20130919,0,5762627.story
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/major-cleanup-begin-nh-50m-superfund-site
[17] http://www.ctpost.com/news/science/article/Major-cleanup-to-begin-at-NH-50M-Superfund-site-4827629.php
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/docs-show-corps%E2%80%99-earlier-concerns-about-coal-trains-and-wetlands
[19] http://earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/permitting-documents-reveal-army-corps-concerns-ab/
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[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3561
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3558
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3559
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3560
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3563
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3564
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3565
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3566
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4972