"California’s Forests: Where Have All the Big Trees Gone?"
"They’ve gone to logging and housing — but especially to climate change, says a new study"
Source: National Geographic, 01/20/2015
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Year After W. Va. Chemical Spill, New Firm Racks Up Safety Violations
"The Freedom spill endangered 300,000 locals; now, a replacement company – run by many of the same people – faces eight environmental citations"
Source: AP, 01/20/2015
"Montana Pipeline Spill Spurs Drinking Water Advisory"
"Truckloads of drinking water are expected to begin arriving Tuesday in an eastern Montana city where thousands of residents have been told not to drink from their taps following an oil spill along the Yellowstone River."
Source: AP, 01/20/2015
"Obama's State of Union Could Ramp Up Climate Fight With Republicans"
"GOP response from freshman senator Joni Ernst may also take aim at president’s agenda on emission cuts and Keystone XL pipeline"
Source: Guardian, 01/20/2015
"New Justice Department Environment Chief Takes Helm Of Gulf Spill Case"
"John Cruden served with U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam, taking his law school aptitude test in Saigon and eventually becoming a government lawyer. Earlier this month, he started a new job running the environment and natural resources division at the Justice Department. For Cruden, 68, the new role means coming home to a place where he worked as a career lawyer for about 20 years."
Source: NPR, 01/19/2015
"Global Climate Fund on GOP's Budget Hit List"
"The money is a key component in the push for a global agreement this year to limit global warming."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/19/2015
"Convicted 'Eco-Terrorist' Says Female Informant Ensnared Him"
"A Northern California man who was convicted of masterminding a plot to blow up two federal facilities and had his 20-year sentence cut short because prosecutors failed to turn over all their evidence to defense lawyers says he was entrapped by a female FBI informant for whom he harbored romantic feelings."
Source: NY Times, 01/19/2015
"Report: W.Va. Water Intakes at Risk From Thousands of Tanks"
"Drinking water sources in West Virginia are at risk of contamination from more than 20,000 aboveground storage tanks located beyond an area where extra safeguards are required, a report released Thursday said."
Source: AP, 01/19/2015
"Lower Oil Prices Provide Benefits to U.S. Workers"
"Wall Street may be growing anxious about the negative impact of falling oil prices on energy producers, but the steep declines of recent weeks are delivering substantial benefits to American working-class families and retirees who have largely missed out on the fruits of the five-and-a-half-year economic recovery."
Source: NY Times, 01/19/2015
"Pipeline Breach Spills Oil Into Yellowstone River"
"Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, but they said they are unaware of any threats to public safety or health."
Source: AP, 01/19/2015
