"Wildfires In Canada And Alaska Drive Thousands From Homes"
"'Extreme.' 'Unprecedented.' 'Historic.' Those are just a few of the words being used to describe the start of this year's fire season in North America."
Source: NPR, 07/13/2015
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"Oil Extends Decline as Iran Nuclear Deal Seen Exacerbating Glut"
"Oil extended its decline after its biggest weekly drop since March as investors weighed the prospects of Iran increasing crude exports in an oversupplied market."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/13/2015
Obama Establishes Three New National Monuments
"President Obama announced on Friday that he was designating new national monuments covering more than a million acres in California, Texas and Nevada, his latest use of executive power to preserve public land."
Source: NY Times, 07/13/2015
"Residents in Soggy Seattle Rebel Against the Sun"
"Seattle's mayor is losing sleep over the unusually hot, dry weather that is causing a run on air conditioners and fans in the famously rainy city."
Source: Reuters, 07/10/2015
"Alaska’s on Fire and It May Make Climate Change Even Worse"
The real problem from the hundreds of wildfires in Alaska and Canada is that they could speed up melting of the permafrost -- releasing a reservoir of carbon and speeding up climate change."
Source: Wired, 07/10/2015
"Honda Sets World Record for Fuel Efficiency – 100 MPG"
"Honda has earned a new Guinness World Record for fuel efficiency. In a 25 day drive across all of the European Union’s contiguous countries, a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC diesel averaged 2.82 liters per 100km (100.31 miles per gallon)."
Source: ENS, 07/10/2015
"More Heat Plus More People Equals Deadlier U.S. Summers"
"A new study shows more Americans will suffer the consequences of extreme heat."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/10/2015
"Killing the Colorado"
"The river that sustains 40 million Americans is dying — and man, not nature, is to blame."
Source: ProPublica, 07/10/2015
"Spain on Front Line of Wildfire Risk as Heatwave Rages On"
"Wildfires are burning in several Spanish provinces, forcing evacuations, and EU authorities say there is an extreme risk of further blazes breaking out in the country as a heatwave shows no signs of abating."
Source: Reuters, 07/10/2015
"Climate Change Is Shrinking Where Bumblebees Range, Researchers Find"
"Climate change has narrowed the range where bumblebees are found in North America and Europe in recent decades, according to a study published Thursday."
Source: NY Times, 07/10/2015
