"EPA Restricts Climate-Warming Chemicals Used in Refrigeration"
"The Obama administration moved Thursday to restrict the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the most potent greenhouse gases emitted by human activity."
Source: The Hill, 07/03/2015
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"Climate Change Could Drain Global Seafood Supplies"
"Seafood lovers are set to see less shellfish, salmon and other fish on their dinner plates as climate change warms the oceans and makes them more acidic."
Source: CBS News, 07/03/2015
"Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Over Protections for Rare Wolf"
"A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday against U.S. wildlife officials arguing that the government's management plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, one of the most imperiled mammals in North America, does not go far enough."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2015
"White House Directs GMO Regulators To Update, Improve Oversight"
"The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory "framework" to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2015
"U.S. Floats Draft Recovery Plan for Threatened Polar Bears"
"U.S. wildlife managers released on Thursday a draft plan for stemming the decline of polar bears threatened by melting Arctic sea ice linked to global warming, but the proposal hinges on reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are far from assured."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2015
"BP to Pay $18.7 Billion for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill"
"NEW ORLEANS — An $18.7 billion settlement announced Thursday of all federal, state and local claims against the oil giant BP arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill would be the largest environmental settlement — and the largest civil settlement with any single entity — in the nation’s history, officials said Thursday.
Source: NY Times, 07/03/2015
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"The Scallop Scoop: Survey Forecasts A Banner Year In Atlantic"
"Scallop fishermen off the East Coast could soon see one of their biggest bumper crops ever. A federal survey in waters off Delaware is predicting a boom in the next couple of years for the nation's most valuable fishery."
Source: NPR, 07/02/2015
"Arizona Copper Mine Stirs Debate Pitting Profits Vs Religion"
"SUPERIOR, Ariz. — Outside of an aging mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, a copper company has burrowed a shaft 1.3 miles into the high desert landscape in what is believed to be the deepest such mine in the U.S."
Source: AP, 07/02/2015
"Feds Decline To Reclassify Gray Wolf Under Endangered Species Act"
"The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said Tuesday that it will not reclassify the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act."
Source: The Hill, 07/02/2015
