Between the Lines: Saving the Last Ocean
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"Salmon People Pray for Sacred Fish To Return To Historic Home"
"Northwest tribes urge US and Canada to revise Columbia River Treaty to allow safe passage for salmon crossing dams."
Source: Aljazeera America, 10/06/2014
"Marathon Walk To Storm City Spotlights Philippine Climate Risks"
"MANILA - Hundreds of activists led by the Philippine climate change commissioner kicked off a 38-day walk of more than 1,000 km from Manila to the typhoon-hit city of Tacloban to raise awareness of rising risks from higher seas and extreme weather."
Source: Reuters, 10/06/2014
"Global Seafloor Map Reveals Stunning Details of Earth's Depths"
"Scientists have devised a new map of the Earth's seafloor using satellite data, revealing massive underwater scars and thousands of previously uncharted sea mountains residing in some of the deepest, most remote reaches of the world's oceans."
Source: Reuters, 10/06/2014
"Late Season Heat Wave Stokes California Wildfire Fears"
"LOS ANGELES - The fall season has brought a wave of hot, dry weather to California, with parts of the state baking this weekend in triple-digit temperatures and officials expressing concern the summer-like heat could spark a massive wildfire."
Source: Reuters, 10/06/2014
Miami Beach Prepares For 'King Tide' Flooding, Taste Of Sea Level Rise
"Construction crews are wading into chest high pools of muck in a race against time to install pumps Miami Beach officials hope will help control an annual super-high tide threatening to flood south Florida's popular seaside city next week."
Source: Reuters, 10/06/2014
"Pesticide Use By Farmers Linked To High Rates of Depression, Suicides"
"On his farm in Iowa, Matt Peters worked from dawn to dusk planting his 1,500 acres of fields with pesticide-treated seeds. 'Every spring I worried about him,' said his wife, Ginnie. 'Every spring I was glad when we were done.'"
Source: EHN, 10/06/2014
"Testimony: Obsolete Tests Tainted Shale Analysis"
"[Pennsylvania] State regulators did not consider available water chemistry test results and had limited knowledge of past spills and leaks at Range Resources’ Yeager Farm shale gas development site in Washington County before deciding the operation did not contaminate the nearby private water supply of Loren Kiskadden, according to testimony last week in the ongoing case before the state Environmental Hearing Board in Pittsburgh."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/06/2014
"With Huge Damages at Stake, Trial Over Waste Pits To Begin"
"A half-century ago, the owner and operator of a Pasadena paper mill sent its waste for burial to a site along the San Jacinto River. The black bisque of cancer-causing chemicals eventually leaked from the pits, turning these murky waters into one of the nation's most polluted places."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 10/06/2014
"The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit Ever"
"A quixotic historian tries to hold oil and gas companies responsible for Louisiana’s disappearing coast."
Source: NY Times Magazine, 10/06/2014
