"Obama Unveils Ivory Rules To Protect Elephants"
"Poachers killed 100,000 elephants between 2010 and 2012, and Obama's rule seeks to crackdown on the illegal trade of ivory."
Source: AP, 07/28/2015
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Testing Cuts Blind Louisianans to Mercury Contamination in Water, Fish
"Seven years after the end of a much-lauded program to monitor mercury in Louisiana’s waterways, state officials lack updated data to warn people about any potential contamination in the fish they catch and eat."
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/28/2015
"Offshore Wind Power Gets Foothold In U.S. With Rhode Island Project"
"Rhode Island's Deepwater Wind will start installing the foundations for North America's first offshore wind farm on Monday, a milestone the company says could pave the way for an industry long established in Europe but that is still struggling with opposition in the United States."
Source: Reuters, 07/28/2015
"More And Bigger Drilling-Linked Earthquakes Rattle Oklahoma"
"Several earthquakes shook Oklahoma on Monday as the state experiences a sharp increase in the frequency of tremors linked to wastewater disposal from gas and oil drilling, including from fracking, state and federal officials said."
Source: Reuters, 07/28/2015
"Thousands of Salmon Die in Hotter-Than-Usual Northwest Rivers"
"Unseasonably hot water has killed nearly half of the sockeye salmon migrating up the Columbia River through Oregon and Washington state, a wildlife official said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/28/2015
"Campaign 2016: Clinton Vows To Make U.S. 'Clean Energy Superpower'"
"Hillary Clinton [Sunday and Monday] unveiled the first portion of her presidential campaign's energy agenda, vowing an aggressive expansion of the nation's renewable energy production while taking aim at the Republican primary field over the GOP's widespread skepticism of climate science."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/28/2015
Railroads Won't Disclose Where — and When — 'Bomb Trains' Are Traveling
"The US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has doubled down on a demand that railroads notify state officials when large shipments of crude oil move through their towns, even as two of the largest rail companies fight in court to keep some of the information hidden from the public."
Source: VICE News, 07/27/2015
"Campaign 2016: Greens Eye Trump's Rise With 'Amusement And Horror'"
"Donald Trump has called global Warming 'Bullshit,' Demanded Al Gore be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize and enraged environmentalists around the world by supplanting ecosystems with luxury golf courses."
Source: Greenwire, 07/27/2015
"Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon's Thaw"
"The Fish Creek Fire in Interior Alaska isn't much to look at. It's about 7,500 acres in size, sitting about an hour south of Fairbanks near the twisty Tanana River. The main fire front — the made-for-TV part, with torching trees and pulses of orange heat — flamed out more than a week ago, leaving behind a quiet charred landscape."
Source: NPR, 07/27/2015
"Oil Producers’ Ugly Duckling Refineries Just Turned Into Swans"
"Oil companies’ least-loved business over the past five years is proving to be their lifeline."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/27/2015
