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EPA To Release Dioxin Noncancer Risk Reassessment [1]

The assessments, expected late January 2012, could have wide-ranging direct and indirect effects in realms such as toxic site cleanups, brownfield development, manufacturing processes, domestic food production and sales, and international trade of food and possibly other goods.

"Problems Plague Cleanup at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site" [2]

"HANFORD SITE, Wash. – Seven decades after scientists came here during World War II to create plutonium for the first atomic bomb, a new generation is struggling with an even more daunting task: cleaning up the radioactive mess."

Source: USA TODAY [3], 01/18/2012

"Rising Home Insurance Rates Point To Climate Change" [4]

"Insurance companies don’t care if you believe in climate change or not: Your premiums are going up anyhow."

Source: LA Times [5], 01/18/2012

"New Recycling Company Springs From Old Mattresses" [6]

"Old mattresses are among the worst kinds of household waste: Most recycling companies won't touch them, and landfills would rather not. But a new business in Nashville that started as a college project hopes to move mattress recycling into the mainstream — and employ former convicts in the process."

Source: NPR [7], 01/18/2012

"Alaska Expands Aerial Shooting of Bears" [8]

"In a new package of policies criticized even by some hunters, the Alaska Board of Game on Tuesday opened the door to aerial gunning of bears by state wildlife officials. It also debated a measure that would allow more widespread snaring of bears — including grizzlies, which are officially considered threatened across most of the U.S."

Source: LA Times [9], 01/18/2012

"Fungus Killing More Bats Than Previously Thought" [10]

"Federal researchers say an infectious and lethal cold-loving fungus sweeping through parts of North America and Canada has killed millions more bats over the last five years than previously estimated.

The rapidly spreading fungus responsible for white-nose syndrome is now believed to have killed 5.7 million to 6.7 million bats, a count several times higher than earlier estimates, across 16 states as far west as Oklahoma.

Source: LA Times [11], 01/18/2012

"Shale Gas: A Boon That Could Stunt Alternatives, Study Says" [12]

"Shale gas has transformed the U.S. energy landscape in the past several years—but it may crowd out renewable energy and other ways of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a new study warns."

Source: Nationa Geographic News [13], 01/18/2012

"Pushed To Brink, Swans Rebound With Help From Global Warming" [14]

"Hunted to near extinction in the 19th century, the trumpeter swan is taking advantage of warmer, longer summers to expand its range and numbers - one of the few good news stories of global warming, at least for now."

Jane Kay reports for The Daily Climate January 18, 2012. [15]

Source: Daily Climate [15], 01/18/2012

"Obama Jobs Panel Pushes Tax Reform, Domestic Drilling" [16]

"President Barack Obama's jobs council called on Tuesday for a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling and new regulatory reforms, a set of proposals unlikely to provide a quick fix for high unemployment or gain much traction in an election year."

Source: Reuters [17], 01/18/2012

"MIT Climate Scientist Receives Frenzy of Hate Mail" [18]

"Prominent MIT researcher Kerry Emanuel has been receiving an unprecedented 'frenzy of hate' after a video featuring an interview with him was published recently by Climate Desk.

Emails contained 'veiled threats against my wife,' and other 'tangible threats,' Emanuel, a highly-regarded atmospheric scientist and director of MIT’s Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate program, said in an interview. 'They were vile, these emails. They were the kind of emails nobody would like to receive.'

Source: Climate Desk [19], 01/18/2012

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