Tipping Point: Record Number Of Americans See Global Warming As Threat
"New polling data shows that public concern about climate change is at a new high, as the US emerges from its warmest-ever winter".
Source: Guardian, 03/21/2016
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"E.P.A. Faces Bigger Tasks, Smaller Budgets and Louder Critics"
"Under fierce attack from the political right, and with even some Democrats questioning its competence, the Environmental Protection Agency is facing a tumultuous election year — with rising regulatory responsibilities, falling budgets and its very existence at stake."
Source: NY Times, 03/21/2016
Merrick Garland: Why Environmental Protection Advocates Are Reassured
"The rulings of Obama's Supreme Court nominee position him squarely in the mainstream of environmental jurisprudence, a big shift from Scalia."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/21/2016
"As Coal’s Future Grows Murkier, Banks Pull Financing"
As coal stocks plummet and a growing number of coal companies face bankruptcy, large banks are increasingly taking their money out of coal investments.
"Tens of thousands of miners were on strike and coal prices were skyrocketing in October 1902. Afraid of unrest, President Theodore Roosevelt sought the help of John Pierpont Morgan.
The powerful banker, who held great sway over the coal industry, brokered a deal with the miners that ended the strike.
Source: NY Times, 03/21/2016
"Flood Risk To Persist In Mississippi River Basin -NOAA Outlook"
"Heavy winter rains have left the Missouri and Mississippi River basins, from Iowa to Louisiana, at an elevated risk of moderate flooding through June, U.S. government forecasters said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 03/18/2016
Feds Further Reduce Lake O Releases That Are Driving Everglades Debate
"With Lake Okeechobee continuing to drop, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Thursday that it would further reduce harmful water releases to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers."
Source: Politico, 03/18/2016
Drought, Rising Temperatures Leaves 36M People In Africa Facing Hunger
"More than 36 million people face hunger across southern and eastern Africa, the United Nations has warned, as swaths of the continent grapple with the worst drought in decades at a time of record high temperatures."
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2016
NEB Emails Reveal Pattern Of Off-Record Meetings With Pipeline Industry
"It was the Friday before Christmas and Joe Paviglianiti, a senior engineer at Canada’s federal pipeline watchdog, the National Energy Board sent an email to TransCanada Corp. “Sorry in advance for bothering you during your holidays,” he wrote on Dec. 19, 2014."
Source: National Observer, 03/18/2016
"Obama Administration Cancels Energy Lease in Badger-Two Medicine"
"The Obama administration has cancelled a disputed oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park."
Source: Flathead Beacon, 03/18/2016
"SeaWorld Announces End To Its Orca Breeding Program"
"SeaWorld, together with the Humane Society of the United States, announced a landmark agreement Thursday to drastically alter practices at its theme parks, which have come under increased scrutiny for their treatment of animals. The company confirmed that it will end orca breeding."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/18/2016
