Uniontown, Alabama Landfill Battle a Modern Civil Rights Struggle
"Alabama's biggest waste dump inflicts misery on residents of Uniontown, whose complaints to the EPA have gone unheeded".
Source: NBC News, 08/07/2015
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"Freight Trucks at New Jersey Port Must Curb Idling"
"The air in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, is expected to clear up now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized agreements with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and port terminal operators that will cut air pollution caused by idling diesel trucks at the port."
Source: ENS, 08/07/2015
"Ten Years On, Hurricane Katrina's Scars Endure for Black New Orleans"
"A decade after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans seems to have found its rhythm again: the French Quarter is choked with tourists, construction cranes tower over the skyline, and hipsters bike to cafes in gentrifying neighborhoods."
Source: Reuters, 08/07/2015
EPA Spills Millions Of Gallons Of Waste, Turning River Orange
"DENVER — A million-gallon mine waste spill that sent a plume of orange-ish muck down a river in southwest Colorado on Thursday was caused by a federal mine cleanup crew."
Source: AP, 08/07/2015
"U.S. Agencies Petitioned To Inspect Offshore California Pipelines"
"An environmental group petitioned the federal government on Thursday to immediately inspect more than 200 miles (320 km) of undersea oil pipelines off California's coast."
Source: Reuters, 08/07/2015
Prairie Chicken Revival Fuels Push To End Bird’S Threatened Status
"The lesser prairie chicken population appears to be on the rebound a year after the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife placed the bird in threatened status."
Source: McClatchy, 08/07/2015
"Firefighters Turning Corner in Northern California's Big Rocky Blaze"
"The battle to tame California's fiercest wildfire this year, the big Rocky blaze north of Napa Valley wine country, neared a turning point on Thursday as ground crews fighting the flames for an eighth day steadily extended their control lines."
Source: Reuters, 08/07/2015
"Hot Enough for You? This Is Just the Beginning"
"Millions of people around the world are experiencing a scorching summer, as records are broken and thermostats climb this week in parts of Europe. Temperatures in Paris and Brussels exceeded 90 degrees Fahrenheit at a time of year when 70-degree weather is the norm, according to Accuweather.com."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/07/2015
Koch Donor Fest Ends Leaving Spin, Pledges, Questions about Media
The megabillionaire Koch brothers, whose agenda opposes environmental regulation, have a major impact on Republican politics -- including the 2016 presidential race. Their influence is magnified by the big donors they attract to their causes via semiannual retreats like the one that just ended at a luxury resort near Dana Point, Calif. This year, journalists got limited access to the traditionally secret conclave by agreeing not to disclose donors' identities. Now critics are asking whether such rules compromise the integrity of journalism.
Source: Huffington Post, 08/06/2015
Conservationists Declare Victory as Idaho Halts Controversial Wolf Kill
"Conservationists declared victory on Wednesday in a legal battle over Idaho's systematic killing of wolves in a national wilderness area after the state notified federal land managers it did not intend to reinstate a controversial kill program."
Source: Reuters, 08/06/2015
