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"Native Americans of Grand Bayou Seeking Help To Remain In Homeland"
"Like many Louisiana coastal residents, the Native Americans of Grand Bayou village have seen the landscape surrounding their community collapse over the past 50 years. The lush, freshwater wetlands and high ground that sustained them for centuries is now a ragged patchwork of crumbling salt marshes and expanding lagoons."
Source: New Orleans Lens, 12/29/2016
"Kasich Breaks With GOP, Keeps Renewable Energy Standards"
"In a victory for clean energy advocates, Gov. John Kasich Tuesday again broke with fellow Ohio Republicans, vetoing their attempt to put a halt to the state's requirements that utility companies get more and more energy from renewable sources."
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/29/2016
"Chinese Electric Car Battery Maker Charges For Global Market"
"A dusty village on the outskirts of Ningde, a third-tier city in China's southeast, seems an unlikely place for the headquarters of a potential global leader in future automotive technology."
Source: Reuters, 12/29/2016
"New Federal Rules for Antibiotics on the Farm May Not Reduce Usage"
"In a hog barn near Odebolt, veterinarian Paul Thomas's approach sends pigs scurrying. He watches for unusual behavior."
Source: Iowa Public Radio, 12/29/2016
Mosul Dam: "A Bigger Problem Than ISIS?"
"The Mosul Dam is failing. A breach would cause a colossal wave that could kill as many as a million and a half people."
Source: New Yorker, 12/29/2016
"Toshiba Could Lose Billions From Troubled U.S. Nuclear Power Deal"
"Toshiba, the Japanese technology conglomerate, has spent a decade and billions of dollars building itself into one of the largest players in the global nuclear power industry by buying up rivals. The result has been a financial quagmire — one that is about to deepen."
Source: NY Times, 12/29/2016
"In American Towns, Private Profits From Public Works"
"Desperate towns have turned to private equity firms to manage their waterworks. The deals bring much-needed upgrades, but can carry hefty price tags."
Source: NY Times, 12/29/2016
Cheetah Headed To Extinction With Just 7,100 Left, Experts Warn
"The world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, is in danger of extinction because it is running out of space, research led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has found."
Source: Reuters, 12/29/2016
"Senators Ask Trump EPA Chief Pick To Disclose Energy Industry Ties"
"Democrats on the U.S. Senate's environment panel on Wednesday asked President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency to disclose his ties to the energy industry ahead of his confirmation hearing early next year."
Source: Reuters, 12/29/2016
