"Massive Gas Leak At LA Suburb Plugged After 16 Weeks, Utility Says"
"A utility says it has stopped the leak from a ruptured well that gushed massive amounts of natural gas near Los Angeles for 16 weeks."
Source: AP/CBS, 02/12/2016
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"Maine Rail Cargo Secrecy Law Bypassed Public Access, Safety Defenses"
"After a runaway oil train killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just miles from the Maine border in 2013, Mainers demanded to know more about the state’s railways."
Source: Maine Ctr for Public Interest Reporting, 02/11/2016
Microbead Pollution Harms Oysters, Ocean's Ecosystem Engineers: Study
"Oysters eat by filtering the water around them and digesting anything small enough to trap, whether that’s algae, phytoplankton — or tiny pieces of plastic floating in the ocean."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2016
"James River Association To Challenge Dominion Coal Ash Permit"
"The James River Association says they will challenge a permit issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to Dominion Virginia Power last month, which will allow the discharge of 350 million gallons of coal ash pond water into the James River."
Source: WTVR, 02/11/2016
"Dengue Fever an ‘Emergency’ on Hawaii’s Big Island"
"HILO, Hawaii – Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi has declared a state of emergency over a dengue fever outbreak on the island of Hawaii, commonly called the Big Island."
Source: ENS, 02/11/2016
"Zika Virus Found In Fetal Brain"
"The Zika virus, thought to be responsible for a surge in birth defects in Brazil, has been found inside the abnormally small brain of an aborted fetus at roughly 29 weeks of gestation, a team of researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2016
"Snyder Ordered DEQ To Withhold Flint Lead Test Results, Emails Claim"
"Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials allegedly withheld lead testing results from county health officials while they worked to find ways to present the information to the public, according to emails obtained by The Flint Journal."
Source: Flint Journal, 02/11/2016
"House Passes Bill Requiring EPA Actions On Lead-Laced Water"
"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill requiring federal environmental regulators to act faster when lead contamination is found in drinking water."
Source: Reuters, 02/11/2016
Supreme Court’s Climate Stay May Imperil Paris Climate Accord
"The Supreme Court’s surprise decision Tuesday to halt the carrying out of President Obama’s climate change regulation could weaken or even imperil the international global warming accord reached with great ceremony in Paris less than two months ago, climate diplomats say."
Source: NY Times, 02/11/2016
CA Coastal Commissioners Vote 7-5 To Dismiss Executive Director
"In a 7-5 vote, the California Coastal Commission on Wednesday dismissed embattled executive director Charles Lester."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2016
