"American Drivers Regain Appetite for Gas Guzzlers"
"The single most effective action that most Americans can take to help reduce the dangerous emissions that cause climate change? Buy a more fuel-efficient car."
Source: NY Times, 06/27/2016
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"Air Pollution To Kill Millions More Without Energy Policy Change: IEA"
"Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 06/27/2016
"City Failed to Test for Lead in Water at Day Care Centers, Audit Says"
"The New York City department charged with overseeing day care centers routinely failed to test the centers’ water for lead — and for years falsified reports that the tests had been completed, in order for the centers to receive operating permits — according to a sharply worded audit released on Friday by the city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer."
Source: NY Times, 06/27/2016
"Solar Power to Grow Sixfold as Sun Becoming Cheapest Resource"
"The amount of electricity generated using solar panels stands to expand as much as sixfold by 2030 as the cost of production falls below competing natural gas and coal-fired plants, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/27/2016
"A Yellow Fever Epidemic In Angola Could Turn Into A Global Crisis"
"LUANDA, Angola -- Almost 80 years after the yellow fever vaccine was created in a New York laboratory, a massive outbreak of the disease has killed hundreds of people in this country, where most were never immunized."
Source: Wash Post, 06/27/2016
DNC Platform Calls for Justice to Investigate Fossil Fuel Companies
"Platform's authors request federal climate probe into 'allegations of corporate fraud,' while brushing off calls for carbon tax and other strong climate policies."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/27/2016
"Without Federal Funding, Counties Brace To Confront Zika On Their Own"
"Communities across the country are preparing for the arrival of the Zika virus, but they aren’t preparing equally."
Source: Wash Post, 06/27/2016
"W. Va. Starts Digging Out From Massive Flood Damage; At Least 25 Dead"
"Officials in flood-stricken areas of West Virginia shifted their attention Sunday to repairing damage inflicted by the historic deluge that killed at least 25 people as it washed out homes, roads and bridges. Search and rescue operations continued in some pockets of the state."
Source: USA TODAY, 06/27/2016
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"1/3 Of Hospitals In Developing World Lack Clean Running Water - Study"
"Every year, half a million babies die before they are one-month-old due to a lack of clean water and safe sanitation in hospitals".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn, 06/24/2016
