"Annual Seed Harvest Keeps Wild Prairies Alive"
"EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. — This year's effort to collect wildflower and grass seeds from surviving prairie remnants has wrapped up."
Source: AP, 12/01/2014
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The Resilience Beat: Reporting on Climate, Population, and Health
At the Wilson Center in Washington, DC (and webcast live), author Alan Weisman will give a keynote presentation on his experience researching and promoting his landmark book, "Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?" Following his presentation, a roundtable panel of environment and health reporters will discuss their surprising new stories where climate change meets resilience, population, and health.
"In GMO Labeling Fight, All Eyes on Vermont"
"Food activists and the industry are looking to a court case between Vermont and a major food distribution association as a bellwether for the future of genetically modified foods."
Source: Aljazeera America, 12/01/2014
"Energy Efficiency May Be the Key to Saving Trillions"
"Compared with eye-catching renewable power technologies like wind turbines and solar panels, energy efficiency is nearly invisible. But advocates say doing more with less power may be an even more critical weapon in the fight against climate change and offers big economic benefits, too."
Source: NY Times, 12/01/2014
"Advocates Hope Federal Coal Ash Rules Spur Oversight in Missouri"
"Missouri environmental advocates who have fought for stricter oversight of coal ash waste are eagerly awaiting the mid-December release of new federal rules that will require, for the first time, detailed data."
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 12/01/2014
Cancer-Causing Flame Retardants Found in Test Subjects
"A growing body of evidence found an array of flame-retardant chemicals – many which are carcinogenic – in test participants, a potential health concern for firefighters and others exposed to the chemicals."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 12/01/2014
"State To Coal Mine's Neighbors: Dust? We Didn't See It"
"SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind. -- A fine layer of gray dust coats nearly every surface in the parts of this Southwest Indiana town nearest the Bear Run Mine, the largest surface coal mine east of the Mississippi."
Source: Indianapolis Star, 12/01/2014
"Spanish Pledge Raises Climate Fund Close To $10 Billion Goal"
"A Spanish pledge of 120 million euros ($150 million) to a fund to help poor nations cope with global warming has raised the total close to the $10 billion U.N. target before a U.N. meeting in Peru next week to work on a climate deal."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2014
"EPA Proposes Tougher Smog Limit, Saying Health Depends on It"
"The scientific case has been building for how a smoggy summer afternoon in North Texas might harm a child playing outdoors, a person with asthma or, on the worst days, perhaps even a healthy adult."
Source: Dallas Morning News, 12/01/2014
"Russian Ruble Takes a Nosedive as Oil Price Drops"
"Russia's ruble hit a new all-time low on Monday, dropping about 5 percent as declining oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine weigh on the country's economic prospects."
Source: AP, 12/01/2014
