"Profit Down at BP, Which Predicts Era of Low Oil Prices"
"The British oil giant BP said on Tuesday that its profit was down sharply in the third quarter as depressed oil prices took a heavy toll."
Source: NY Times, 10/28/2015
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"Feds Eye Protection for Glacier-Dependent Bugs"
Melting glaciers in Glacier National Park are endangering stoneflies which are dependent on cold water. In the coming year, federal biologists will decide whether such insects deserve endangered species status.
Source: Summit Co Voice, 10/28/2015
"Chinese Firm To Buy Texas Oil Fields"
"A Chinese development firm is buying oil fields in western Texas for more than $1 billion."
Source: The Hill, 10/28/2015
Scientists Confirm E Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier Is Melting From Below
Scientists have observed a thinning of East Antarctica's Totten Glacier, which they now believe is because it is being undermined by sea water. This could cause significant sea level rise.
Source: Wash Post, 10/28/2015
"Ticks Are Migrating to Western Pennsylvania"
"In 2014 there were just 24 cases of Lyme Disease in West Virginia, but over 6 thousand in Pennsylvania according for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ticks are migrating and it may have something to do with the weather."
Source: WV Public Broadcasting, 10/28/2015
NOAA Stiff-Arms House Science Panel Subpoena Questioning “Hiatus” Study
"The agency refused to turn over scientists’ emails about a study that debunks a theory favored by climate deniers, including committee chair Lamar Smith."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/28/2015
"Majestic Lions Face Devastating Decline in Africa"
"Researchers find lion populations in parts of Africa were halved in the past two decades. That trend will only continue, they predict."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/28/2015
"Nearly Half of Senate Challenges Obama Carbon Rules"
"Nearly half of the U.S. Senate supports a resolution to challenge the Obama administration's regulation cutting carbon emissions from power plants, the core of the United States' broader climate change strategy, sponsors of the measure said on Tuesday." President Obama will veto the measure, which lacks votes for an override.
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2015
"Global Warming Puts Snow Leopards in a Bind: Study"
"GENEVA -- In what is turning out to be one of the hottest years on record, the warming temperatures pose an immediate threat to one of Pakistan’s most endangered creatures, the snow leopard."
Source: AFP, 10/27/2015
"Catholic Church Leaders Issue Appeal on Climate Change"
"VATICAN CITY — Roman Catholic cardinals, patriarchs and bishops from around the world on Monday appealed to climate-change negotiators to approve a 'fair, legally binding and truly transformational climate agreement' when they meet at a widely anticipated United Nations conference in Paris next month."
Source: NY Times, 10/27/2015
