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"Boxer Introduces Her Own Chemical Reform Legislation"
"Displeased with legislation introduced earlier this week, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have drafted their own bill to reform the nation’s chemical laws."
Source: The Hill, 03/13/2015
"'Miracle’ Expansion of California Coastal Sanctuaries"
"After more than a decade of effort by California lawmakers, the Obama administration gave final approval Thursday to a giant expansion of two marine sanctuaries off the coast north of San Francisco that will protect one of the planet’s most prolific ocean ecosystems."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 03/13/2015
"NOAA: Few Investigators Remain for Crackdown on Seafood Fraud"
"On a recent afternoon, Gregg Houghaboom pointed to a photo of a fish fillet and asked a room full of ocean experts to identify it. They couldn't. Absent a head, tail and scales, it looked like a hunk of grouper -- but it was actually Lake Victoria perch."
Source: Greenwire, 03/13/2015
"U.S. Efforts on Grouse Not Enough To Avoid Esa Listing -- Scientists"
"Leading experts on the greater sage grouse warned the Obama administration today that it must take stronger, more scientifically sound steps to protect the imperiled bird and avoid the need to place it on the endangered species list."
Source: Greenwire, 03/13/2015
"W.Va. Governor Signs Bill Touted By State’s Coal Industry"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a bill lauded by the struggling coal industry and called dangerous by the miners’ union."
Source: AP, 03/13/2015
As Gov. Scott Denies "Climate" Ban, Order Reported at Other Agencies
Since Florida Gov. Rick Scott's flat denial that his administration has banned state employees from using the terms "climate change" and "global warming," employees from other agencies have come forward to confirm the "unofficial" policy not to use the terms.
Source: Florida Ctr for Investigative Reporting, 03/13/2015
"Energy Dept Projects U.S. Could Get To 35 Percent Wind Power By 2050"
"The Obama administration projects the United States could draw 35 percent of its electricity from wind power by 2050, in a new report released Thursday."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/13/2015
"Questions Remain After Exide Deal With Federal Prosecutors"
"Over the last year, federal authorities built what appeared to be a strong criminal case against Exide Technologies, the Vernon battery recycler that has long faced scrutiny for spewing lead and arsenic into neighborhoods in southeast Los Angeles County."
Source: LA Times, 03/13/2015
Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Threatens Vanuatu
"A maximum category five tropical cyclone was heading towards the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday, packing destructive winds of up to 185 kph (115 mph) and heavy rain, Vanuatu Meteorological Services (VMS) warned."
Source: Reuters, 03/13/2015
