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"Sacred Water: Environmental Justice In Indian Country"
"For Native American tribes, water more than sustains—it is a sacred, living thing to be revered and protected. It is their cultural touchstone. Yet tribes across the United States face water pollution problems that make their members sick, taint their traditions and epitomize the weight of modernity squeezing spiritual connections to a breaking point."
Source: EHN, 08/22/2016
"The Biggest California Water Decision You’ve Never Heard Of"
"Many of California’s farmers, facing severe water cutbacks yet again this year, are blaming the hand they’ve been dealt on environmental protections for endangered fish. The protections limit how much water can be taken up by the huge pumps that serve much of the state."
Source: KQED, 08/22/2016
Historical Data Show Arctic Melt of Last Two Decades Is 'Unprecedented'
"Sea ice melting since 1979 is 'enormously outside the bounds of natural variability' and clearly linked to humans burning fossil fuels, research shows."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/22/2016
"Panel: TEPCO’s ‘Ice Wall’ Failing At Fukushima Nuclear Plant"
"Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s 'frozen wall of earth' has failed to prevent groundwater from entering the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, and the utility needs a new plan to address the problem, experts said."
Source: Asahi Shimbun, 08/22/2016
Wildfires Rage Up And Down California, Destroying Hundreds Of Homes
"Up and down drought-ravaged California, half a dozen wildfires continued to burn Sunday as firefighting crews gained an upper hand on some blazes and struggled to contain others."
Source: LA Times, 08/22/2016
Fish Kill Closes 183 Miles Of Yellowstone R., Tribs To All Recreation
"In an unprecedented move, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is closing 183 miles of the Yellowstone River from Gardiner to Laurel to all water-based recreation — fishing, wading, floating, tubing, boating."
Source: Billings Gazette, 08/22/2016
"Conservatives Split Over U.S. Land Transfers To Western States"
"Every time Dean Finnerty sees the locked neon-yellow gate and "No Trespassing" sign deep in Oregon's Elliott State Forest, he bristles at the growing movement to transfer federally owned land to U.S. states."
Source: Reuters, 08/22/2016
"Mass. Court Bans Electricity Rate Hikes to Fund Gas Pipeline Projects"
"The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down a controversial 'pipeline tax' that would have allowed electric utilities in the state to raise rates to pay for natural gas pipeline projects."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/22/2016
"Fracking Near Peace River Dams Scares BC Hydro"
"VANCOUVER – Senior BC Hydro executives have worried for years that earthquakes triggered by fracking operations in search of natural gas could damage its two big dams on the Peace River, putting thousands of people at risk if the dams fail."
Source: ENS, 08/22/2016
