"EPA To Add New Rule on Power Plant Discharges"
"After decades of inaction, the federal government in September will release its second major rule affecting coal ash from power plants in less than a year."
Source: Charlotte Observer, 09/09/2015
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"Perdue Farms to Buy Chipotle Pork Supplier Niman Ranch"
"Perdue Farms Inc. agreed to acquire Natural Food Holdings and its Niman Ranch brand, a pork supplier for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., as part of its goal to expand into organic and antibiotic-free meat."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/09/2015
"Oil Train Risks Affect Many U.S. Schools, Group Says"
"Thousands of U.S. schools sit along rail corridors used to carry toxic substances such as crude oil and would be at risk in the event of a derailment, an environmental group said on Tuesday as it called for a temporary halt on oil trains."
Source: Reuters, 09/09/2015
"Drilling Boom Means More Harmful Waste Spills"
"Carl Johnson and son Justin, who have complained for years about spills of oilfield wastewater where they raise cattle in the high plains of New Mexico, stroll across a 1 1/2-acre patch of sandy soil — lifeless, save for a scattering of stunted weeds."
Source: AP, 09/09/2015
"British Beavers Gnaw Their Way Back, But Are They Worth a Dam?"
"OTTERY ST. MARY, England—When beavers surfaced in the River Otter, Mark Owen smelled a rat."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/08/2015
"Wilderness: Woodsmen Wield Century-Old Saws as Trails Clog"
"MOUNT EVANS WILDERNESS, Colo. -- A violent wind tore across this mountain ridge four years ago, flattening more than a thousand trees and burying a prized trail in the Arapaho National Forest. But instead of using chain saws and bulldozers to remove the debris, the Forest Service is wielding antique crosscut saws manufactured long before most of its employees were born."
Source: Greenwire, 09/08/2015
"Asian Vultures Get Good News Ahead of International Vulture Day"
"India has taken one more step to save its three critically endangered vulture species from extinction. Last week the country finally banned large doses of diclofenac, a painkiller that is often given to cattle and buffalo but which kills any vultures that eat the carcasses of treated animals."
Source: Scientific American, 09/08/2015
"Plutonium Is Unsung Concession in Iran Nuclear Deal"
"At first glance, the metals that give atom bombs their destructive fury might seem interchangeable: Uranium and plutonium are both more valuable than gold. Both captivate would-be atomic powers. And both fueled bombs that leveled Japanese cities — uranium at Hiroshima and plutonium at Nagasaki."
Source: NY Times, 09/08/2015
Rolling Stone Gets Extra Access to Obama on Alaska Trip
"President Obama went to the Arctic last week — and Rolling Stone magazine got more than a T-shirt out of it."
Source: Wash Post, 09/08/2015
"Mining Industry's New 'Coal Is Amazing' TV Ad Labelled Desperate"
"Green groups criticise ‘ludicrous’ Minerals Council of Australia ad which claims coal creates ‘light and jobs’ and ‘can now reduce its emissions by up to 40%’ "
Source: Guardian, 09/08/2015
