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"Did Global Warming Intensify the Derecho in Washington, D.C.?" [1]

"The June 29 derecho, which caused widespread damage in Washington, D.C. blossomed to full fury in a record hot environment. Could the heat added to the atmosphere from manmade greenhouse gases have provided extra fuel to this explosive storm?

The amount of energy available to this storm was extreme and, wundergound weather historian Chris Burt called the number of all-time heat records set around the time 'especially extraordinary.'

Source: Capital Weather Gang [2], 07/06/2012

"More Than 2,000 Heat Records Matched Or Broken" [5]

"More than 2,000 temperature records have been matched or broken in the past week as a brutal heat wave baked much of the United States, and June saw more than 3,200 records topped, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday."

Source: Reuters [6], 07/06/2012

"Taking Shark Fin Soup Off the Menu" [12]

"Humane Society International called it a 'monumental decision' and a 'watershed moment for the global movement to protect sharks.' The conservation group Shark Savers said it 'could be the best news for the oceans in some time.' The major development? The Chinese government announced Tuesday that it would ban the serving of shark fin soup, a prized and expensive delicacy, at official banquets."

Source: Green/NYT [13], 07/05/2012

"Study Finds White Abalone on the Brink of Extinction" [14]

"LOS ANGELES -- White abalone, the endangered shellfish that once numbered in the millions off the Southern California coast, have declined precipitously over the last decade and are on the brink of extinction, a study has found."

Source: LA Times [15], 07/05/2012

"South Korea Plans to Begin 'Research' Whaling" [16]

"PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 4, 2012 (ENS) - South Korea startled International Whaling Commission delegates today by announcing that the country plans to start 'scientific' whaling off its shores."

Source: ENS [17], 07/05/2012

"Many Native Americans Live Next To Power Plants" [18]

"MOAPA, Nev. -- Beyond the ancestral hunting fields and the rows of small, sparse homes, the cemetery at the Moapa River Indian Reservation sprawls across a barren hill with the tombstones of tribal members who died young."

Source: AP [19], 07/05/2012

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