"Polish Government Chokes on Coal"
"Warsaw tries to figure out how to save jobs as coal spirals towards bankruptcy."
Source: Politico, 12/30/2015
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"Environmental Rights Leader Assasinated in Peru"
"Rojas Gonzales was fighting dam constructions which many say would displace thousands and destroy the Amazon.
A community leader and environmental activist was killed in Peru in a suspected repression tactic earlier this week, local media reported Monday.
Hitler Ananias Rojas Gonzales, 34, was struck by five bullets in his hometown Yagen in northern Peru, the Indigenous rights portal Servindi reported.
Rojas Gonzales was an adamant opponent of dam constructions on the River Marañon carried out by the Brazilian corporation Odebrecht."
Source: teleSUR, 12/30/2015
"Experts Explain Why 2015 Is A Warm One For Earth's Climate"
"This Year will likely be the hottest year on record. Climate change is partly to blame, but so is El Nino. That's the weather pattern from the Pacific that affects weather in the America's as well."
Source: NPR, 12/30/2015
"Homes Evacuated And Power Cuts as Storm Frank Hits UK"
"Hundreds of homes have been evacuated and thousands left without power in Scotland and Northern Ireland as Storm Frank brings torrential rain and gales."
Source: BBC News, 12/30/2015
"Widespread Flooding Hits Missouri, Illinois With Rivers Still Rising"
"Rain-swollen rivers across Missouri were still rising on Wednesday, with widespread flooding forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing part of a major interstate highway and threatening to wash out scores of structures."
Source: Reuters, 12/30/2015
"First Nations Health Advocate Dies of Asbestos-Related Cancer"
"Manitoba resident Raven Thundersky, 50, spent her life fighting for justice for people suffering from illnesses caused by asbestos."
Source: Canadian Press, 12/29/2015
"Shale's Running Out of Survival Tricks as OPEC Ramps Up Pressure"
"In 2015, the fracking outfits that dot America’s oil-rich plains threw everything they had at $50-a-barrel crude. To cope with the 50 percent price plunge, they laid off thousands of roughnecks, focused their rigs on the biggest gushers only and used cutting-edge technology to squeeze all the oil they could out of every well."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/29/2015
"Bioreactors Taking a Bite Out of Pollution on Eastern Shore Farms"
"Pits use wood chips to remove nutrients from ag runoff before it reaches streams".
Source: Bay Journal, 12/29/2015
"Alaska's Inuit Link Steady Food Supply to Environment Health"
"Alaska Inuit hunter John Goodwin for decades has hunted oogruk, the bearded seal, a marine mammal prized for its meat, oil and hide.
The largest of Alaska's ice seals uses sea ice to rest and birth pups, and after the long winter, when ice breaks into floes, there's a window of opportunity for Goodwin to leave his home in Kotzebue and motor his boat between ice panels, shoot seals and butcher them before they migrate north through the Bering Strait.
Source: AP, 12/29/2015
"Superbug Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics Found in the UK"
"Following the discovery in the UK of bacteria that resist the most common antibiotic of last resort, a leading British expert is warning it is “almost too late” to stop a global superbug crisis."
Source: Common Dreams, 12/29/2015
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