"The Bag Bill"
Activist Jennie Romer, a lawyer who got bills banning plastic bags from stores passed in California, moved to New York to do the same thing in New York City.
Source: New Yorker, 04/29/2016
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9,000 Years Later, Kennewick Man Will Be Given a Native American Burial
"Five Native American nations will join together to bury his remains".
"He’s been called “the most important human skeleton ever found in North America.” Known as Kennewick Man, the 9,000-year-old Paleoamerican was unearthed in 1996 in the city of Kennewick, Washington. But the discovery was more than a thrilling moment for archaeologists—it sparked a legal battle that lasted more than two decades. Now, reports Nicholas K. Geranios for the Associated Press, Kennewick Man’s saga will finally come to an end with a Native American burial.
Source: Smithsonian, 04/29/2016
"Vets Hit VA With Federal Lawsuit Over Camp Lejeune Water Poisoning"
"The quest for answers for thousands of veterans sickened -- in some cases terminally -- by contaminated water at Camp Lejuene has been stymied by a federal agency that refuses to hand over key documents, attorneys from Yale Law School charged Wednesday."
Source: Fox, 04/29/2016
"Mass. Firefighters Seek Ban On Flame Retardants"
"Amid growing concern that flame retardants are responsible for elevated cancer rates in firefighters, Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing legislation that would go further than any other state’s in banning the use of chemicals meant to slow the spread of fires."
Source: Boston Globe, 04/29/2016
Global Warming Could Deplete The Oceans’ Oxygen – With Severe Results
As climate change warms ocean waters, they may become depleted of dissolved oxygen, with profound consequences for the ecosystems.
Source: Wash Post, 04/29/2016
"Large Graffiti Carved At Arches National Park In Utah"
"Rangers at southern Utah's Arches National Park were investigating large graffiti Thursday that was carved so deeply into a famous redrock arch that it might be impossible to erase, officials said."
Source: AP, 04/29/2016
"Senate Dems Block Spending Bill Over Iran Amendment — Again"
"For the second straight day, Senate Democrats blocked consideration of an energy and water spending package due to a proposed amendment dealing with the Iran nuclear agreement."
Source: The Hill, 04/29/2016
"Making Perfume From the Rain"
"Indian villagers have found a way to bottle the fragrance of monsoons."
Source: Atlantic, 04/28/2016
"Colo. Struggles With Marijuana's Huge Carbon Footprint"
"Colorado, which gets 60 percent of its electricity from coal-burning power plants, has set some of the more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets in the United States. It wants to cut emissions from its power plants 38 percent by 2030. ... One of the immediate problems of the target-setters, however, is that the state lacks plans from its fastest-growing, most energy-hungry users: owners of indoor marijuana farms."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/28/2016
"Late Push Puts McGinty On Top"
"An intense last-minute push by establishment Democrats and environmentalists to shore up their preferred Senate Democratic nominee paid off in Pennsylvania [Tuesday] night, as former White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Katie McGinty won the right to take on Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in November."
Source: E&E Daily, 04/28/2016
