"Safe, Clean Drinking Water Eludes Many Wisconsinites"
"Lax enforcement, outdated rules and numerous substances — natural and manmade — threaten drinking water for hundreds of thousands of state residents".
Source: WisconsinWatch, 11/10/2015
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"The Hole in Obama's Pipeline Safety Plan"
"After a ruptured oil pipeline went undiscovered for 17 hours, spilling 800,000 gallons of heavy oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River in 2010, Congress ordered an audit that laid bare the industry's lackluster record of spotting leaks. But after five years of work, the Obama administration has proposed a regulatory overhaul that fails to patch that hole in the nation’s pipeline safety net — a revelation that has been largely ignored amid Washington's obsession with the Keystone XL pipeline."
Source: Politico, 11/10/2015
"Scientists Say The Amazon Is Still Teaching Us New Lessons"
"Recent scientific discoveries show that the Amazon rainforest might control the climate for much of South America. The theory could mean even more disastrous ramifications for the fragile ecosystem if deforestation continues unabated." Besides being an engine for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the rainforest seems to pump a "river" of moisture through the atmosphere that is larger than the Amazon itself.
Source: NPR, 11/09/2015
Industry Asks Supreme Court To Take Up Chesapeake Cleanup Plan
"The American Farm Bureau Federation and other industry groups today asked the Supreme Court to review U.S. EPA's landmark approach for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay."
Source: Greenwire, 11/09/2015
"World Bank Warns Climate Change Could Add 100 Million Poor By 2030"
"Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said on Sunday."
Source: Reuters, 11/09/2015
"Peabody Energy Agrees to Greater Disclosures of Financial Risks"
"Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest private coal company, has agreed to make more robust disclosures to its investors about the financial risks it faces from future government policies and regulations related to climate change and other environmental issues that could reduce demand for its product."
Source: NY Times, 11/09/2015
Wisc. Train Derails, Spills 18,000+ Gallons of Ethanol Into Mississippi
"Of 32 BNSF train cars that hurtled off the tracks near Alma, Wis., on Saturday, five of them broke open and spilled at least 18,000 gallons of ethanol into the Mississippi River, the railroad company said."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11/09/2015
"Cholera Is Coming"
"The last great epidemic of Vibrio cholerae to hit Africa and the Middle East occurred from 1997 to 1998. Over 200,000 people were afflicted and some 8,000 killed as the disease spread from southern Mozambique all the way up to the Horn of Africa and into the Middle East. Now cholera is back. And this time it could be much worse."
Source: Council on Foreign Relations, 11/09/2015
"Few Answers And 28 Still Missing Three Days After Brazil Dams Burst"
"MARIANA, Brazil -- "Three days after a massive mudflow and flood caused by ruptured dams at an iron ore mine, Brazilian authorities are still struggling to determine a cause or even recover the bodies of as many as 28 people possibly swept away in the torrent."
Source: Reuters, 11/09/2015
"Muzzled Canadian Scientists Now Free To Speak With Media"
"The muzzles are coming off for [Canadian] federal scientists. For years, scientists who worked for the federal government were silenced by strict rules that made them seek departmental approval before speaking to the press. On Friday, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains said that scientists are free to speak to the media about their work."
Source: Toronto Star, 11/09/2015
