"N.C. Legislators Reach Compromise on Coal-Ash Bill"
"North Carolina House and Senate leaders announced a compromise on a stalled coal ash bill late Tuesday, days before legislators end their session."
Source: Charlotte Observer, 08/21/2014
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"Elephant Slaughter, African Slavery And America's Pianos"
"For the better part of a century, from 1840 to around 1940, the U.S. was the world's biggest buyer of ivory. Hunters killed hundreds of thousands of elephants, and uncounted numbers of Africans were enslaved to carry the tusks to ships bound for America. Most of that ivory went to a tiny town in Connecticut — a town that's now grappling with this dark part of its past."
Source: NPR, 08/20/2014
"Seeing Purpose and Profit in Algae"
"Entrepreneurs have been trying for years to get something valuable out of algae."
Source: NY Times, 08/20/2014
"Latino Group Sides With EPA on Climate Rule"
"A board member at a major Latino environmental group joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Gina McCarthy in promoting the agency’s rule to limit carbon emissions from power plants."
Source: The Hill, 08/20/2014
"Michigan Landfill Taking Other States' Radioactive Fracking Waste"
"As other states ban landfills from accepting low-level radioactive waste, up to 36 tons of the sludge already rejected by two other states was slated to arrive in Michigan late last week."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 08/20/2014
"EPA to Require Air Pollution Measurements in Black Communities"
"WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency may require oil refineries to regularly measure the air quality at their perimeters. These fence line measurements will give surrounding communities – largely low-income communities of color – data on the level of pollution they are exposed to each day."
Source: NNPA, 08/20/2014
"Growing Number of Biosafety Labs Raises Public Health Concern"
"Since the 2001 anthrax letter attacks that killed five people and raised the specter of bioterrorism in the United States, the number of high-level biosafety labs operated by governments, universities and others to study potentially lethal pathogens has been expanding rapidly. According to a 2013 report to Congress, the number of these labs grew by almost 10 percent, from 1,362 to 1,495, between 2008 and 2010 alone."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 08/20/2014
"Report: Nuke Regulator Hacked Three Times in Three Years"
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was hacked three times in the last three years, according to a new report, and two of the attacks were tied to a foreign government."
Source: The Hill, 08/20/2014
U.S. Agency: West Virginia DHHR Can’t Handle Chemical Incidents
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources lacks a program and properly trained staff to assess community-wide chemical exposures like those that followed the Elk River chemical leak in January, federal public health officials said in a new review made public Tuesday."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 08/20/2014
Fuel-Oil Spill Closes 15-Mile Stretch of Ohio River Near Cincinnati
"A 15-mile stretch of the Ohio River closed after a fuel oil spill reopened to river traffic on Tuesday with some restrictions as containment and cleanup continued."
Source: AP, 08/20/2014
