"EPA Watchdog To ‘Evaluate’ Drinking Water Monitoring"
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has begun 'preliminary research' into the department’s oversight of state drinking water testing."
Source: The Hill, 08/31/2016
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"Japan’s $320 Million Gamble at Fukushima: An Underground Ice Wall"
"FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION — The part above ground doesn’t look like much, a few silver pipes running in a straight line, dwarfed by the far more massive, scarred reactor buildings nearby."
Source: NY Times, 08/31/2016
"Have We Detected an Alien Signal? It's Highly Doubtful"
"A blip of energy picked up by a Russian radio telescope might have been nothing more than a satellite passing overhead — or even a software glitch".
Source: Scientific American, 08/31/2016
"Your Gut's Gone Viral, And That Might Be Good For Your Health"
"Everywhere you turn, it seems, there's news about the human microbiome. And, more specifically, about the bacteria that live in your gut and help keep you healthy. Those bacteria, it turns out, are hiding a big secret: their own microbiome. A study published Monday suggests some viruses in your gut could be beneficial."
Source: NPR, 08/30/2016
"Colorado Anti-Fracking Activists Fall Short in Ballot Efforts"
"Two anti-fracking initiatives did not get enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, Colorado officials announced on Monday, giving the oil and gas industry its latest victory over communities seeking to exert local control over fracking."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/30/2016
"Why It Matters: Climate Change"
"It's as if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump live on two entirely different Earths: one warming, one not."
Source: AP, 08/30/2016
"'Last Chemical Weapons Stocks' Shipped Out Of Libya"
"Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country on a Danish vessel, under a UN-backed plan to eliminate the arsenal, officials said Tuesday."
Source: AFP, 08/30/2016
"Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Banning State Funds For Coal Projects"
"SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown took a strong stand against coal on Friday, approving an East Bay lawmaker's bill to ban state funding for coal-related projects."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 08/30/2016
"Far-Reaching Tribal Solidarity Displayed At Pipeline Protest"
"Native Americans from reservations hundreds of miles away from North Dakota have joined the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s growing protest against a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline that they say could disturb sacred sites and impact drinking water for 8,000 tribal members and millions further downstream."
Source: AP, 08/30/2016
"Washington State Begins Killing Wolf Pack For Preying On Livestock"
"Wildlife agents authorized to eradicate a group of 11 wolves for repeated attacks on cattle in Washington state have hunted down and killed six animals from the condemned pack and are searching for the rest, a state game official said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 08/30/2016
