Coal on the Ropes: Report Shows Dramatic Decline in Number of WV Miners
In the first three months of this year, the number of active coal miners in West Virginia dropped from 18,200 to 15,604.
Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 04/13/2015
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"Why Environmentalists Are Anxious About a Hillary Clinton 2016 Run"
"Environmental groups are going to fight like hell against Republicans in the 2016 presidential election, but they have no intention of going easy on Hillary Clinton either."
Source: National Journal, 04/13/2015
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"Ocean Acidification Triggered Devastating Extinction, Study Finds"
"Ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanic eruptions helped cause the worst mass extinction in the history of life on Earth, according to a new study."
Source: LA Times, 04/10/2015
"Lowe's To Eliminate Pesticides That Hurt Crop Pollinating Honeybees"
"Home improvement chain Lowe's Cos Inc will stop selling a type of pesticide suspected of causing a decline in honeybee populations needed to pollinate key American crops, following a few U.S. retailers who have taken similar steps last year."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2015
Obama Touts Clean Energy In Bid To Restore U.S. Leadership In Caribbean
"KINGSTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a major clean energy partnership at a Caribbean summit where he sought to reassert U.S. leadership in the region at a time when the economic clout of oil-producing Venezuela appears to be receding."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2015
"Iconic Alaskan Yellow Cedar Considered For Endangered Protection"
"An iconic Alaska tree may warrant protection as a threatened or endangered species due to climate warming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday."
Source: AP, 04/10/2015
CSU Storm Forecasters Predict Below-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season
"The Atlantic Ocean will see a 'well below average' number of hurricanes this season due to cooler Caribbean waters and a strong El Nino effect, forecasters with Colorado State University predicted on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2015
"Fears Over Roundup Herbicide Residues Prompt Private Testing"
"U.S. consumer groups, scientists and food companies are testing substances ranging from breakfast cereal to breast milk for residues of the world's most widely used herbicide on rising concerns over its possible links to disease."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2015
"More Protections Possible for Spotted Owl"
"Federal biologists will consider increasing Endangered Species Act protections for the northern spotted owl, reflecting the bird’s continued slide toward extinction despite steep logging cutbacks in the Northwest. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday that there was enough new information in a conservation group’s petition to warrant looking at changing the owl’s listing from threatened to endangered."
Source: NY Times, 04/10/2015
