"Road Salt Contributes To Toxic Chemical Levels In Streams"
"This is the time of year when it's not uncommon to see big trucks barreling down highways and streets spreading road salt."
Source: NPR, 12/31/2014
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U.S. Scientists To Study Monarch Butterfly Numbers for Protected Status
"For scientist Tierra Curry, the monarch butterfly is part of the American experience."
Source: LA Times, 12/31/2014
"2014: The Year Climate Change Undeniably Arrived"
"Hottest year on record provided setting for conclusive scientific findings as mushrooming climate movement pressed world leaders to act."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/31/2014
Virginia Becomes Wine Center Thos. Jefferson Envisioned 200 Years Ago
"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Gabriele Rausse tends to grape vines that are thriving on the same high slope where Thomas Jefferson tried, and failed, to launch a Virginia wine industry more than 200 years ago."
Source: Daily Climate, 12/30/2014
"Prized Sea Snail Not at Risk of Extinction, Federal Officials Say"
"The National Marine Fisheries Services has decided not to grant federal protection to the pinto abalone, a prized six-inch sea snail whose population has severely declined in Northern California."
Source: LA Times, 12/30/2014
"Texas Pushing Back as Feds Move To Reduce Coal-Fired Plants"
"Texas is not Kentucky. Or West Virginia. That's clear to everyone."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 12/30/2014
"A New Jersey Bid To Privatize Water Without Public Votes"
"If approved by Gov. Christie, bill would give municipalities with aging pipes right to sell systems to private companies"
Source: Aljazeera America, 12/30/2014
"Vermont Nuclear Plant Shuts Down"
"The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant went offline permanently Monday as part of the decommissioning process."
Source: The Hill, 12/30/2014
Delaware-Size Gas Plume Over West Illustrates Cost of Leaking Methane
"CUBA, N.M. — The methane that leaks from 40,000 gas wells near this desert trading post may be colorless and odorless, but it’s not invisible. It can be seen from space."
Source: Wash Post, 12/30/2014
"'Who's Going To Buy Property Next To A Superfund Site?'"
"ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Developer Richard Green had nearly everything in place to build upscale homes on the heavily polluted land next to an old electronic components plant in the mountains outside Asheville. All he needed was a permit."
Source: AP, 12/30/2014
