Blue Crab Numbers Climbed Slightly This Year From Near-Catastrophic Low
"For the second straight year, a harsh winter killed more than a quarter of adult blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay."
Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2015
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"Drought May Bring West Coast Brownouts This Summer: Energy Secretary"
"The West Coast could see power brownouts in coming months as hydro power stations struggle with the four-year drought, and in the longer term climate change could cause additional problems for power plants, the U.S. energy secretary said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 04/28/2015
"TransCanada Asks U.S. Permission for New Pipeline Amid Keystone Delay"
"Proposed 200-mile pipeline would ship North Dakota crude across U.S.-Canadian border".
Source: Wall St. Journal, 04/28/2015
Fla. Legislature Has Its Own Ideas for Voter-Approved Conservation Fund
"Facing a thicket of candidates and ballot measures in the November election, Florida voters sent one resounding message to elected officials: More must be done to protect the state’s natural habitats — including the long-suffering Everglades."
Source: NY Times, 04/28/2015
"New Study Links Weather Extremes to Global Warming"
"The moderate global warming that has already occurred as a result of human emissions has quadrupled the frequency of certain heat extremes since the Industrial Revolution, scientists reported Monday, and they warned that a failure to bring greenhouse gases under control could eventually lead to a 62-fold increase in such heat blasts."
Source: NY Times, 04/28/2015
"Tyson Foods To Stop Giving Chickens Human-Used Antibiotics"
"Tyson, the country's biggest producer of chicken meat, says within 2 years, it expects to stop giving chickens antibiotics that humans also use. The decision echoes one by McDonald's last month."
Source: NPR, 04/28/2015
"U.S. Government Recommends Lower Level of Fluoride in Water"
"For the first time in more than 50 years, the federal government has recommended lowering the level of fluoride in drinking water."
Source: Newsweek, 04/28/2015
Chipotle Becomes 1st Major Restaurant Chain To Serve Only GMO-Free Food
"From the tortillas to the salsa to the chips and marinades, everything served at Chipotle will now be GMO-free."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/27/2015
"GOP Attempts To Skirt Earmarks for Water Projects Running Aground"
"One of congressional Republicans' major attempts to regain a say over water resources projects while maintaining their self-imposed earmark ban may have hit a brick wall."
Source: E&E Daily, 04/27/2015
US-Mexico Water Pact Brings Life Back To Colorado River’s Parched Delta
"A single pulse flow of water reconnects the ‘American Nile’ with the Sea of Cortez for the first time in decades"
Source: Aljazeera America, 04/27/2015
