"Dwindling Oyster Supply Threatens Florida Town's Economy"
"Five generations of Philip Vinson's family have labored using tongs to pull oysters from Apalachicola Bay's shallow waters. He fears there won't be a sixth."
Source: AP, 04/06/2015
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"IBM Toxic Pool Defies Cleanup"
"A remedy for a concentrated pool of solvents directly under the manufacturing site where at least 1,500 people still work may take years to find."
Source: Binghamton Press, 04/06/2015
Duke Energy Proposes Large Fla. Solar Power Plants Over Next 10 Years
"Duke Energy Florida announced plans Thursday to launch a major solar power effort that will produce electricity equivalent to that of a small power plant."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 04/06/2015
"Guardian Media Group To Divest Its £800M Fund From Fossil Fuels"
"The Guardian Media Group is to sell all the fossil fuel assets in its investment fund of over £800m, making it the largest yet known to pull out of coal, oil and gas companies."
Source: Guardian, 04/06/2015
Conservative ALEC Threaten Groups Criticizing It for Climate Denial
"Facing a loss of high-profile corporate sponsors, a conservative state-level policy group — the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — threatened action in recent weeks against activist groups that accuse it of denying climate change."
Source: Wash Post, 04/06/2015
"Flawed Steel Still in Wide Use in Oil Pipelines"
"Anniversary of Exxon spill in Arkansas puts spotlight back on 48,400 miles of pipelines made with flawed technique phased out 40 years ago."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/06/2015
Without Sand Subsidies, Oceanfront Home Values Could Drop
"Besieged by rising seas and ever more violent storms, many East Coast communities now slow the erosion of their beaches by reinforcing them with massive amounts of sand."
Source: NECIR, 04/03/2015
"Panel Says Seas Could Rise Up To 10.6 Inches On NC Coast By 2045"
"North Carolinians should get ready for a sea-level rise over the next three decades that could be as little as 3.5 inches on the southern coast and as much as 10.6 inches in the northern Outer Banks, a state science advisory panel said Tuesday."
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 04/03/2015
"U.K. Government Scientists Hit With Media Restrictions"
"Advocates for science communication in the United Kingdom have expressed 'deep concern' about a change to the Civil Service Code for public workers, including researchers at government agencies. The three-sentence addition, put into place on 16 March, requires that all contact with media be approved in advance by the minister in charge of the relevant agency."
Source: Science News, 04/03/2015
"12 Protesters Arrested Blocking Road To Giant Telescope Site"
"HONOLULU — Police on the Big Island arrested 12 people Thursday who were trying to block workers from getting to a telescope construction site on a mountain considered sacred to Native Hawaiians."
Source: AP, 04/03/2015
