"Fishing the Forgotten River in the Nation’s Capital"
"Thousands of people consume fish from Washington, D.C.’s highly polluted Anacostia River, despite safety warnings."
Source: NatGeo, 07/24/2012
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"Officials: Illegal Pot Growers Are a Threat To Wildlife"
"Damage done to wildlife and the environment by illegal marijuana growers is causing great concern, especially for officials with the state Department of Fish and Game."
Source: Porterville Recorder, 07/24/2012
"With Warming, Peril Underlies Road to Alaska"
"WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory — In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the Army Corps of Engineers an assignment: Build a road from British Columbia across the Yukon to Alaska — in eight months, before winter sets in."
Source: NY Times, 07/24/2012
"Ob-Gyns Say No To Routine Lead Testing in Pregnancy"
"Expectant and breastfeeding mothers should not routinely be screened for high lead levels in their blood, a leading group of U.S. physicians said Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2012
Zero Option Draws Favor as Govt Reactor Meetings Shift To W. Japan
"OSAKA — The central government-sponsored public hearings on Japan's energy future moved to west Japan on Sunday, with the majority of designated speakers and attendees favoring either a complete withdrawal from nuclear power by 2030 or a near halving of the nation's reliance on it."
Source: Japan Times, 07/24/2012
Enviros Concerned About Effect of EEE Aerial Spraying on Water
"A national environmental protection organization says that state leaders in Massachusetts lacked a permit and adequate monitoring for the weekend’s aerial spraying of pesticides to combat mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis."
Source: Taunton Gazette, 07/24/2012
"Are Mutant Mosquitoes the Answer in Key West?"
"When Hadyn Parry, chief executive officer of the British biotechnology company Oxitec Ltd, appeared at a Key West town hall meeting to present his plan to use genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight to eradicate dengue fever, he came up against familiar resistance."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2012
Enviros Target 5 Republicans Who Question Humans' Impact on Climate
"The League of Conservation Voters will launch a $1.5 million campaign Tuesday targeting five House Republicans who question the connection between human activity and climate change, in an effort to test whether the issue can sway voters."
Source: Wash Post, 07/24/2012
"Can You Really Build a Sustainable Olympics?"
The Summer Olympics which begins Friday, July 27, 2012, in London proudly aims to be the greenest Olympics ever. It's a lofty goal. But critics challenge whether it will succeed, or whether any Olympics can avoid negative environmental impacts.
Source: International Herald Tribune, 07/24/2012
"When Agendas Meet Science in the Gas Drilling Fight"
For years, controversy has been raging over what little 'science' there is on questions related to the environmental and health impacts of the hydraulic fracturing boom. The scientific controversies may be a proxy for the conflict over the gas-extraction method itself. Billions of dollars are at stake, the debate is getting ever more intense, and its intensity challenges the objectivity of scientists, government regulators, and journalists.
Source: Dot Earth, 07/24/2012
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