"What's Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?"
"A fracking boomtown, a spike in stillborn deaths and a gusher of unanswered questions"
Source: Rolling Stone, 06/23/2015
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"Climate Change Health Risk Is a "Medical Emergency", Experts Warn"
"The threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last 50 years of gains in development and global health, experts warned on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2015
"Renewables to Beat Fossil Fuels With $3.7 Trillion Solar Boom"
"Renewable energy will draw almost two-thirds of the spending on new power plants over the next 25 years, dwarfing spending on fossil fuels, as plunging costs make solar the first choice for consumers and the poorest nations."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/23/2015
"Heat Wave Kills More Than 180 in Pakistan's Southern Sindh"
"An intense heat wave over three days has killed more than 180 people in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, officials said on Monday, leading authorities to declare an emergency as the electricity grid crashed and bodies stacked up in the morgues."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2015
"Disappearing Porpoise: Down to 97 and Dropping Fast"
"The world’s most endangered porpoise is disappearing much faster than previously believed, according to a new report from the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2015
"Tar Balls on Los Angeles-Area Beach Linked To Santa Barbara Oil Spill"
"At least some of the tar balls found littering one of southern California's most popular beaches last month were matched by lab tests to crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline along the Santa Barbara coast about 100 miles away, state and pipeline company officials said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2015
Extreme Weather Risk From Climate to Rise Over Next Century: Report
"More people will be exposed to floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather associated with climate change over the next century than previously thought, according to a new report in the British medical journal The Lancet."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2015
"The Dark Money Funding Climate Change Denial"
"The network of corporate-funded right wing think tanks in America is massive. The money that flows to these organizations is even more massive than the networks themselves, and it flows in almost total secrecy thanks to Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund."
Source: DeSmog, 06/23/2015
"PEER Alleges Coup D’Etat and Purge at Chemical Safety Board"
"Strife within the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has burst into the open again with one board member seizing control and ordering immediate suspension of the agency’s entire executive staff."
Source: Corporate Crime Reporter, 06/23/2015
"E.P.A. Warns of High Cost of Climate Change"
"In the absence of global action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the United States by the end of the century may face up to $180 billion in economic losses because of drought and water shortages, according to a report released Monday by the White House and Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2015
