"Plan for Fracking's Waste Pits Could Save Millions of Birds"
"Federal agency aims to save the 500,000 to 1 million birds that die in the industry's vats of oily residue each year."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/18/2015
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"World’s Aquifers Being Badly Depleted, Satellite Data Show"
"California’s drought has put the great Central Valley aquifer system under critical stress, but many of the world’s major groundwater basins are in far worse shape, a new satellite survey has found."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 06/18/2015
"Senate GOP Moves Against Obama Green Agenda Via Spending"
"A Senate spending panel advanced a bill Tuesday to block or weaken key Obama administration environmental rules on climate change, water and other subjects."
Source: The Hill, 06/18/2015
"Tropical Depression Bill Soaks Texas, Kills One, Brings Flood Worries"
"Tropical Depression Bill drenched large parts of Texas on Wednesday, turning streets into lakes, raising flood worries and killing at least one person in the state where severe weather killed about 30 people last month."
Source: Reuters, 06/18/2015
"Pope’s Views on Climate Change Add Pressure to Catholic Candidates"
"As the steamy hurricane season descends on Miami, the city’s Roman Catholic archbishop, Thomas G. Wenski, is planning a summer of sermons, homilies and press events designed to highlight the threat that a warming planet, rising sea levels and more extreme storms pose to his community’s poorest and most vulnerable."
Source: NY Times, 06/18/2015
"Environmentalists Sue Md. Gov. Hogan Over Blocked Clean Air Rules
"Two environmental organizations are suing [Maryland] Gov. Larry Hogan for blocking proposed clean air regulations on his first day in office. The Sierra Club and Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility argue that the governor lacked the authority to pull back the rules aimed at reducing nitrogen oxides that are key ingredients in ozone."
Source: WYPR, 06/17/2015
"Army's Eco-Friendly Quest Breeds More Deadly Bullet"
"The Army set out to develop lead-free bullets to protect the environment. The finished product achieved that goal -- and produced the most lethal rifle round to date."
Source: Greenwire, 06/17/2015
"Renewables Could Dominate World Electricity By 2030"
"Renewables could surpass coal, natural gas, and nuclear as the world's top electricity source in 15 years, according to an IEA report. Still, without bolder emissions cuts, the world is on track to blow past its global warming targets."
"Renewable energy could surpass coal, nuclear power, and natural gas as the world’s largest source of electricity within only 15 years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 06/17/2015
"Virginia, Coal Country for Centuries, Now Embraces Carbon Regulations"
"The state has been moving away from coal-fired electricity for the past decade, and the effects of climate change already has its attention."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/17/2015
"A Thirsty Colorado Is Battling Over Who Owns Raindrops"
"DENVER — When Jason Story bought an old soy sauce barrel to collect the rain dripping from his downspout, he figured he had found an environmentally friendly way to water his garden’s beets and spinach. But under the quirks of Western water rules, where raindrops are claimed even as they tumble from the sky, he became a water outlaw."
Source: NY Times, 06/17/2015
