"95% Consensus Of Expert Economists: Cut Carbon Pollution"
"A survey of economists with climate expertise finds a consensus that climate change is expensive and carbon pollution cuts are needed".
Source: Guardian, 01/05/2016
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New Science: Greenland Melt Could Be Making Sea-Level Rise Even Worse
"Rising global temperatures may be affecting the Greenland ice sheet — and its contribution to sea-level rise — in more serious ways that scientists imagined, a new study finds."
Source: Wash Post, 01/05/2016
Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE)
FIRE helps independent journalists by providing two services: a complimentary Editorial Consultancy and a Virtual Newsroom. Services and grants of up to $10,000 are available to assist freelance reporters working on investigative stories.
"2016: When Climate Activists Aim to Halt Federal Coal Leases"
"Environmentalists say that leasing public land for fossil fuel production is one of the Obama administration's biggest carbon-polluting programs."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/05/2016
"Interpol Busts Hundreds for Ivory, Rhino Horn Crimes"
"LYON, France – Illegal wildlife poaching and trafficking are still going on across Africa, but there are 376 fewer criminals in the trade after an international police operation last year."
Source: ENS, 01/05/2016
Volkswagen Faces Billions In Fines As U.S. Sues For Violations
"The U.S. Justice Department has sued Volkswagen for up to $90 billion for allegedly violating environmental laws - five times regulators' initial estimate and a reminder of the carmaker's problems nearly four months after its emissions scandal broke."
Source: Reuters, 01/05/2016
"Oil Market Settles Lower, Taking Iran-Saudi Dispute in Stride"
"Oil prices quickly gave back early gains to close lower on Monday after investor concerns about Middle East tensions gave way to a continued focus on weaknesses in global economies."
Source: NY Times, 01/05/2016
1st Big El Niño Storms Hit CA, Bring Hope Of Easing Historic Drought
"After a year of hype and hope, El Niño's punch is finally arriving in California, bringing a series of storms to soak the Bay Area and most of the rest of the drought-stricken state through this week and probably into next."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 01/05/2016
"GOP Candidates Condemn Bundy Takeover"
"Leading Republican presidential candidates are condemning the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon and distancing themselves from the gunmen."
Source: The Hill, 01/05/2016
"Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open California’s Taps"
"Few in agriculture have shaped the debate over water more than the several hundred owners of an arid finger of farmland west of Fresno."
Source: NY Times, 01/04/2016
