"Judge Strikes Down Federal Fracking Rule"
"A U.S. District Court judge in Wyoming has struck down a rule that would have governed fracking on federal lands."
Source: Wyoming Public Radio, 06/22/2016
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First Experimental Zika Vaccine Gets FDA Nod, Moves To Human Trials
"The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first human trial of an experimental Zika vaccine, according to a joint announcement by the two companies behind the new therapy."
Source: Ars Technica, 06/22/2016
"Tesla Offers $2.8 Billion For SolarCity In 'No Brainer' Deal For Musk"
"Elon Musk on Tuesday sought to build a clean energy powerhouse as his electric car maker, Tesla Motors Inc, made an offer to buy his solar installation firm SolarCity Corp in a stock deal worth as much as $2.8 billion."
Source: Reuters, 06/22/2016
"PG&E To Close Diablo Canyon, California's Last Nuclear Power Plant"
"California’s last nuclear power plant will be phased out by 2025, under a joint proposal announced Tuesday morning by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and labor and environmental groups."
Source: LA Times, 06/22/2016
"Texas Tribe Wins 10-Year Fight Over Its Use Of Eagle Feathers"
"Ten years after a federal agent crashed a pow-wow of a Texas tribe and seized their ceremonial eagle feathers, the tribe has won a settlement that lets members keep the feathers – and get court costs paid, too."
Source: McClatchy, 06/21/2016
"The Enormous Threat To America’s Last Grasslands"
"STUTSMAN COUNTY, N.D. — Over the past few years, Neil Shook has watched his world burn acre by acre. 'I could tell something was happening,' Shook recalled, when he first noticed the plumes of smoke in 2011. By 2013, fires were raging every day, sending smoke billowing into the air — imagery that reminded Shook of Kuwait’s burning oil wells during the Persian Gulf War."
Source: Wash Post, 06/21/2016
Solar Impulse Leaves New York On Trans-Atlantic Flight Without Fuel
"A solar-powered airplane took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport early Monday, in a bid to have the Solar Impulse 2 craft cross the Atlantic Ocean and land in Spain on Thursday."
Source: NPR, 06/21/2016
"Permafrost Soil Under North Slope Lakes Is About To Thaw"
"In northernmost Alaska, permafrost is steadily warming and large amounts of thaw are expected by the end of the century. But for some spots, the thaw is about 70 years ahead of that predicted pace, new research shows."
Source: Alaska Dispatch News, 06/21/2016
"B.C. Indigenous Leaders Bring Case Against LNG Terminal To Ottawa"
"Two B.C. First Nations leaders fighting a proposal to export liquefied natural gas from Lelu Island say Ottawa needs to recognize the hereditary rights of the Allied Tsimshian Tribes of Lax Kw’alaams."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 06/21/2016
"In Secrets of Coral Spawning, Hope for Endangered Reefs"
"At night, just after the full moon, teams of scientists dive beneath the waves to study one of the planet’s most prolific and mysterious rites of reproduction."
Source: NY Times, 06/21/2016
