"Black Caucus Demands Flint Funding From GOP"
"The Congressional Black Caucus is berating GOP leaders for not including funding for Flint, Mich., in the latest government spending bill unveiled this week."
Source: The Hill, 09/26/2016
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"EPA Blasted Over Lack Of Protection Of Minorities"
"The federal government’s Civil Rights Commission is castigating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying it is failing to protect minorities from pollution."
Source: The Hill, 09/26/2016
"Iowa And Wisconsin Hit With Evacuation Orders As Flooding Threatens"
"Evacuations and curfews have been enacted in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin as flood threats from swollen rivers and creeks continue to cause panic."
Source: CNN, 09/26/2016
Yellowstone River Reopens After Parasite Killed Thousands Of Fish
"Montana reopened a stretch of the Yellowstone River to fishing and other recreational activities on Friday after a month-long closure prompted by the spread of a deadly aquatic parasite that killed thousands of whitefish and sapped the local economy."
Source: Reuters, 09/26/2016
"Too Poor for Proper Plumbing: A Reality in 500,000 U.S. Homes"
"TYLER, Ala. — The hard clay soil in this rural Southern county has twice cursed Dorothy Rudolph. It is good for growing cotton and cucumbers, the crops she worked as a child and hated. And it is bad for burying things — in particular, septic tanks."
Source: NY Times, 09/26/2016
"100 Countries Push To Phase Out Potentially Disastrous Greenhouse Gas"
"A loose coalition of more than 100 countries, including the US and European nations, is pushing for an early phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a powerful greenhouse gas that if left unchecked is set to add a potentially disastrous 0.5C to global temperatures by the end of the century."
Source: Guardian, 09/26/2016
"Obama Climate Rule Faces Critical Test In Court"
"The pillar of President Obama’s climate change agenda is going to court Tuesday, when federal judges hear oral arguments on whether the landmark regulation should be overturned."
Source: The Hill, 09/26/2016
"India Announces It Will Ratify The Paris Climate Agreement"
"Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday that the country will ratify the Paris Agreement early next month, giving the climate pact a major boost needed to go into effect this year.
Modi made the announcement at the Bharatiya Janata Party council meet, local outlets The Times of India and The New Indian Express reported. He said India will sign the agreement on Oct. 2, which is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.
Source: Huffington Post, 09/26/2016
The Swarm Inside: Making Sense of the Microbiome
Please join us Tuesday, either online via live webcast or in person at New York University, for a lively conversation about the myriad microbes that make us tick with science writer (and now bestselling author) Ed Yong and the eminent microbial geneticist and museum curator Susan Perkins.
"Risky Business: Hollywood Bets Big on ‘Deepwater Horizon’
"In Hollywood, films like “Deepwater Horizon” are not supposed to exist."
Source: NY Times, 09/23/2016
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