"Indoor Smoke Deadly in Poor Countries; Cleaner Stoves Elusive"
"For 80-year-old grandmother Espirita Lima Bautista, breathing while cooking over her kitchen hearth is like inhaling the second-hand soot of 400 cigarettes."
Source: EHN, 07/11/2012
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"Canadian Scientists Protest Against Spending Cuts"
"OTTAWA -- Several hundred Canadian scientists and their supporters held an unprecedented protest march on Tuesday to demonstrate against the government's decision to close down major facilities and fire research staff."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2012
"Navy Unveils New Shore Energy Policy"
"The Navy unveiled a major update of its energy policies ashore on Tuesday, calling for improved efficiency, greater conservation and increased use of renewable power to cut energy consumption in half at bases worldwide by the end of the decade."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2012
"Fla. Keys Residents Resist Release of Dengue Fever-Immune Mosquitoes"
"UK company wants to unleash genetically modified insects in the Keys, but residents fear not enough is known about the insects"
Source: Guardian, 07/11/2012
Compromise KXL Route Around Neb. Sand Hills Still Crosses Sandy Hills
"STUART, Neb. -- Stepping carefully through a 12-foot-deep canyon gouged into the sandy soil of their family ranch by a long-gone storm, Kurt and Laura Meusch ask a Shakespearean question: What's in a name?"
Source: Greenwire, 07/11/2012
"Chihuahua: Where the Rain Doesn't Fall Any More"
"A record drought in northern Mexico has prompted warnings that the region's climate may have changed for good."
Source: Independent, 07/11/2012
"Ohio Freight Train Derails, Causing Fiery Blast"
"COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A freight train derailment and explosion in Columbus, Ohio, has authorities evacuating a mile-wide area of the city as they try to contain the blaze and determine what's burning."
Source: AP, 07/11/2012
"Firm Blamed In The Costliest Onshore Oil Spill Ever"
"Two years ago this month, an oil pipeline burst in Michigan, contaminating 38 miles of the Kalamazoo River. It didn't get much national notice because everyone was focused on the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: NPR, 07/11/2012
"Global Warming Makes Heat Waves More Likely, Study Finds"
"Some of the weather extremes bedeviling people around the world have become far more likely because of human-induced global warming, researchers reported on Tuesday. Yet they ruled it out as a cause of last year’s devastating floods in Thailand, one of the most striking weather events of recent years."
Source: NY Times, 07/11/2012
Worst Wildfire Season in Decades Causing Environmental Damage
"The worst wildfire season in decades is not only blackening tens of thousands of acres in Western states; it is also creating significant environmental damage."
Source: Washington Times, 07/10/2012
