"When Pigs Fly"
"It’s no fairy tale — factory farms and air travel form a viral expressway to pandemics."
Source: Nautilus, 06/10/2016
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"Oil Refineries Sue Bay Area Air District Over Pollution Rules"
"Oil refineries have sued to overturn a series of new air pollution rules aimed at reducing emissions 20 percent at each of the Bay Area's five gasoline plants, the largest source of industrial pollution in the region."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 06/10/2016
"U.S. Companies Replace Teflon Toxin With Chemical Cousin. Is It Safe?"
"A new kind of water contamination has shown up all over the US, including New England. This time it’s not lead, like in the Flint, Michigan water system, but instead it’s a chemical used to manufacture Teflon pans, firefighting foam, even microwave popcorn bags. It’s forced some communities to hand out bottled water and shut down their water systems. Although companies have stopped using this chemical because of health worries, a new replacement compound may be toxic, too."
Source: NE News Collaborative, 06/10/2016
Wobbly Jet Stream Sending the Melting Arctic into Uncharted Territory
"Extraordinary melting in Greenland's ice sheet last summer was linked to warm air delivered by the wandering jet stream, a phenomenon that scientists have increasingly tied to global warming."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/10/2016
"Oil Train Rules Move To White House Review"
"Regulators are one step closer to adopting new standards for oil trains that Congress mandated last year."
Source: The Hill, 06/10/2016
"Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions to Stone"
"For the first time, carbon dioxide emissions from an electric power plant have been captured, pumped underground and solidified — the first step toward safe carbon capture and storage, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science."
Source: Climate Central, 06/10/2016
"BLM Postpones Land Auction Near Chaco Canyon"
"The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday that several parcels of land intended for oil and gas drilling in northwestern New Mexico will no longer be put up for bid at a leasing auction in October."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 06/10/2016
"EPA Proposes $746M Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will take 30 years and around $746 million to clean up a 10-mile stretch of the Willamette River known as the Portland Harbor Superfund Site."
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 06/10/2016
"W.H.O. Advises Delaying Pregnancy in Areas With Zika Transmission"
"People living in areas where the Zika virus is circulating should consider delaying pregnancy to avoid having babies with birth defects, the World Health Organization has concluded."
Source: NY Times, 06/10/2016
"Stick A Fork In It: Federal Meteorologists Say El Nino Is Done"
"This year's extra-large El Nino weather pattern is over, according to federal meteorologists."
Source: NPR, 06/10/2016
