Rare North Atlantic Right Whale Spotted Off South Carolina
"One of the rarest whales in the world has been spotted off the coast of South Carolina for the first time in three years."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/20/2016
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"New Study Identifies Acoustic Sanctuaries For Marine Mammals"
"Ocean noise pollution caused by shipping, oil and gas development, and other human activities interfere with the ability of marine mammals to detect prey and communicate with one another. Yet some areas of the ocean remain refuges of quiet. Scientists hope these acoustic sanctuaries will be protected."
Source: Mongabay, 01/20/2016
"Navy To Deploy Great Green Fleet In San Diego This Week"
"On Jan. 20, the U.S. Department of the Navy will host a kickoff event, launching the first vessels of its Great Green Fleet at the San Diego Naval Air Station North Island, Carrier Pier. The GGF centerpiece is a carrier strike group—including an aircraft carrier and Arleigh Burke-class destroyer—deploying using energy conservation technologies, operating procedures and alternative energy in the course of its regular scheduled deployment in 2016."
Source: Biomass, 01/20/2016
"Paraguay Could Face Threat From Dengue, Other Fevers This Year"
"Paraguay could face problems this year with dengue and other fevers transmitted by mosquitoes, which have proliferated due to rainy weather during the Southern Hemisphere summer, a health ministry official said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/20/2016
"Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan Apologizes in Flint Water Crisis"
"Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan issued a sweeping apology on Tuesday to the residents of Flint for a contaminated water supply. He pledged to promptly release his emails about the issue, and laid out more specifics than had previously been known about the state’s handling of the matter."
Source: NY Times, 01/20/2016
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"Economic Downturns Fuel Sagebrush Rebellion Events"
"When armed anti-federal government militiamen occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, they added strain to Harney County, Oregon’s already-weighty list of woes, which include a shrunken economy and the decline of a once-abundant timber industry."
Source: High Country News, 01/19/2016
"Plan To Restore Mexican Gray Wolf Stirs Suspicion In West"
"Suspicion over federal plans to restore endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has spread to Colorado and Utah, where ranchers and officials are fiercely resisting any attempt to import the predators."
Source: AP, 01/19/2016
