"UK Ministers To Approve World-Leading Carbon Emissions Target"
"Fears had been raised that EU referendum would result in deadline being missed but sources say carbon budget will be agreed".
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2016
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Science Orgs Again Urge Congress to Take Climate Change Seriously
"Thirty-one major American scientific organizations sent a letter to Congress on Tuesday emphasizing the overwhelming consensus on climate change science and the urgent need for climate action. The letter served as a scientific counterpoint to recent actions by Congress designed to question that consensus.
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/29/2016
"Partisan Politics Block Zika Funding In Senate"
"Senate Democrats and Republicans from Florida and beyond traded caustic recriminations Tuesday after a $1.1 billion bill for Zika prevention failed to gain enough votes to clear a procedural hurdle."
Source: McClatchy, 06/29/2016
Millions Exposed To Dangerous Lead Levels In US Drinking Water: Report
"New report says Flint water crisis is not an anomaly, as analysis reveals 5,363 water systems – providing drinking water to 18 million – breached federal laws".
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2016
"How The Caribbean's Charred Forests End Up Firing America's Barbecues"
"Lust for charcoal is leading to murders, political unrest and the chopping of prime forests on the most populous island in the Caribbean, and a portion of the bounty winds up used to fuel barbecue grills in the United States."
Source: EnergyWire, 06/28/2016
"BP Oil Spill Cost Fishing Industry At Least $94.7 Million In 2010"
"The BP oil disaster cost the Gulf of Mexico's commercial fishing industry $94.7 million to $1.6 billion and anywhere from 740 to 9,315 jobs in the first eight months, according to a new study by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/28/2016
"Decision Looms For Controversial Mine In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula"
"STEPHENSON, Mich. — Michigan officials are weighing the possibility of an open pit mine in the western Upper Peninsula, and Native Americans, residents and environmental groups fear it will pollute water and cultural resources."
Source: EHN, 06/28/2016
In Calif., Study Finds Drilling and Fracking into Freshwater Formations
"The overlap of oil and gas development and water sources underscores the vulnerability of California's groundwater, and the need for monitoring, the authors said."
"In California's farming heartland, as many as one of every five oil and gas projects occurs in underground sources of fresh water, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/28/2016
"TransCanada Formally Seeks NAFTA Damages In Keystone XL Rejection"
"TransCanada Corp is formally requesting arbitration over U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking $15 billion in damages, the company said in legal papers dated Friday."
Source: Reuters, 06/28/2016
U.S., Canada, and Mexico Vow 50% Clean Power By 2025
"The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico will pledge Wednesday to source half their overall electricity with clean power by 2025, according to administration officials."
Source: Wash Post, 06/28/2016
