"Flame Retardant Exposure Poses A Significant Health Risk to Women"
"New research links exposure to these toxic chemicals to thyroid problems, especially in post-menopausal women".
Source: Earth Island Journal, 05/25/2016
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"Rising Seas Push Too Much Salt Into The Florida Everglades"
"The Florida Everglades is a swampy wilderness the size of Delaware. .. But beneath the surface a different story is unfolding. Because of climate change and sea level rise, the ocean is starting to seep into the swampland. If the invasion grows worse, it could drastically change the Everglades, and a way of life for millions of residents in South Florida."
Source: NPR, 05/25/2016
"U.S. Leads Globe in Oil Production for Third Year"
"The U.S. led the world last year in producing both oil and gas, federal government estimates published Monday show, even as the country committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Climate Central, 05/25/2016
Pipeline In Altamont Pass Oil Spill Also Ruptured Last September
"California’s fire marshal has launched an investigation into an oil pipeline rupture that spilled at least 20,000 gallons of crude near Tracy over the weekend — eight months after the same pipeline had a break in a similar location."
Source: KQED, 05/25/2016
"National Park Service Loses Early Round In Yosemite Trademarks Fight"
"The National Park Service has lost an early round of legal maneuvering over Yosemite National Park’s trademarked names, as a multi-front fight narrows to the court venue preferred by the aggrieved former concessionaire."
Source: McClatchy, 05/25/2016
"Some Crude Production Restarts As Cool Weather Saps Canadian Wildfire"
"Some crude producers restarted operations on Tuesday in Canada's energy heartland as a mass evacuation of the Fort McMurray oil town entered its fourth week, though cool weather and light winds were helping firefighters dampen the blaze."
Source: Reuters, 05/25/2016
"Tuvalu PM Urges New Legal Framework For Climate Migrants"
"Tuvalu's prime minister on Tuesday called for a U.N. resolution to create legal protection for people displaced by the impacts of climate change, saying there was currently no international framework to protect their rights."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn, 05/25/2016
"House Passes Sweeping Chemical Safety Bill"
"The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved new chemical safety rules designed to overhaul federal regulation covering thousands of chemicals in daily use, a rare bipartisan action in a year when Congress is torn by presidential politics."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 05/25/2016
Proposed National Park Is Multimillion-Dollar Gift Wrapped In Distrust
"The nearly 88,000 acres were meant to be a gift, donated along with a $40 million endowment so that part of Maine’s pristine North Woods might be protected forever as a national park. But it’s not easy to give away a national park; Roxanne Quimby, the wealthy, polarizing co-founder of Burt’s Bees, has been trying for more than a decade. Her effort has bitterly divided this corner of New England, where shuttered paper mills have led to crippling unemployment and a shrinking population, and where distrust of the federal government runs as deep as the rivers and streams."
Source: Wash Post, 05/24/2016
"Minn. Farmers Warned Not To Plant Monsanto's Latest Roundup Soybeans"
"The E.U. has not approved the biotech seeds; the uncertainty could present export problems for U.S. farmers and grain producers."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 05/24/2016
