"Oil Company Challenges Oklahoma’s Policy To Reduce Earthquakes"
"An Oklahoma oil company is challenging the state’s limits on drilling wastewater injections that came in response to a sharp increase in earthquakes."
Source: The Hill, 10/14/2015
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"Rising Numbers of Americans Believe Climate Science, Poll Shows"
"Level of belief has increased seven percentage points in the past six months as climate change brings weather events closer to home".
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2015
Coal Exports: Oakland Piles More Pollution on a Polluted Community
"For Margaret Gordon, West Oakland is home. So when she learned that a new shipping terminal would be bringing coal right through the heart of it, Gordon was angry. They’d been promised this wouldn’t happen. She joined the hundreds of residents who showed up at City Council to voice their concerns."
Source: Grist, 10/14/2015
"The Rapid and Startling Decline Of World’s Vast Boreal Forests"
"Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the fate of the huge boreal forest that spans from Scandinavia to northern Canada. Unprecedented warming in the region is jeopardizing the future of a critical ecosystem that makes up nearly a third of the earth’s forest cover."
Source: YaleE360, 10/14/2015
World's Marine Food Chains at Risk of Collapse: Study
"The food chains of the world’s oceans are at risk of collapse due to the release of greenhouse gases, overfishing and localised pollution, a stark new analysis shows."
Source: Guardian, 10/14/2015
"Chesapeake Crabbers Face Changing Workforce, Murky Future"
"Morgan Tolley is a third generation crab processor working on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, but he's worried that his industry may be under threat as more and more young people shun the traditional family-oriented trade."
Source: Reuters, 10/14/2015
"Massachusetts: With Expenses Rising, Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Will Close"
"The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the only nuclear power plant in Massachusetts, will close by June 2019 because it is becoming too expensive to run, its owner announced Tuesday."
Source: NY Times, 10/14/2015
"Enforcing a Global Climate Deal: Speak Loudly, Carry No Stick"
"Negotiators have several terms for the way they plan to enforce any deal reached at global climate talks in Paris this December. 'Peer pressure' and 'cooperation' are a couple. 'Race to the top' is the American buzzword."
Source: Reuters, 10/14/2015
"Climate Change Gets Its Due In The Democratic Debate"
"The Democratic presidential front-runners attempted to differentiate themselves on climate change Tuesday night."
Source: Huffington Post, 10/14/2015
"Aging And Underfunded: America's Dam Safety Problem, In 4 Charts"
"There are more than 87,000 dams in America and, like most infrastructure, they go largely unnoticed — until something goes wrong. That was the case in and around South Carolina's capital this week, when at least 20 dams collapsed during catastrophic floods."
Source: NPR, 10/13/2015
