"Environmental SWAT Team Tests Runoff To Nab Polluters"
"L.A. Waterkeeper inspectors collect samples during rainstorms and have them analyzed in an effort to force polluters to clean up."
Source: LA Times, 04/09/2014
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"Coal Waste May Cause Carcinogen Spikes in Drinking Water"
"An investigation by North Carolina Health News finds water-quality issues from coal waste in municipalities near a Duke Energy coal plant outside of Eden."
Source: NC Health News, 04/09/2014
"North Carolina Regulators Side With Duke Energy In Coal Ash Appeal"
"North Carolina regulators are joining with Duke Energy in appealing a judge's ruling on cleaning up groundwater pollution leeching from the company's coal ash dumps."
Source: AP, 04/09/2014
"Carbon Dioxide Levels Climb into Uncharted Territory for Humans"
"The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has exceeded 402 parts per million (ppm) during the past two days of observations, which is higher than at any time in at least the past 800,000 years, according to readings from monitoring equipment on a mountaintop in Hawaii. Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is the most important long-lived greenhouse gas responsible for manmade global warming, and it is building up in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas."
Source: Mashable, 04/09/2014
"Calif Lawmakers Sidestep Bill on Seaworld Shows Until After Elections"
"The bill to ban orca shows and breeding programs at parks in California was introduced by state Assemblyman Richard Bloom, a Santa Monica Democrat, who has said he was inspired by the documentary film, "Blackfish," which tells the story of an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld's park in Orlando, Florida, in 2010."
Source: Reuters, 04/09/2014
"President Obama To Visit Site of Deadly Washington State Landslide"
"One month after the Washington state landslide that killed at least 34, President Obama is planning to survey the destruction firsthand."
Source: LA Times, 04/09/2014
"2014 Arctic Sea Ice Peak Is 5th Lowest on Record"
"Despite a late-season boost from the cold weather patterns similar to those that blasted England with terrific storms in February, Arctic sea ice is still on a long-term decline, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center."
Source: LiveScience, 04/09/2014
Do Kochs Hold Most Canadian Oil Sands Leases? It’s Complicated
"A March 20 Washington Post Web article and a March 21 print article stated that Koch Industries was the largest leaseholder in Canada’s oil sands. Further reporting has indicated that Koch Industries on a net acreage basis is the largest American and foreign holder of leases in Canada’s oil sands but it might narrowly trail two Canadian companies overall. ..."
Source: Wash Post, 04/09/2014
"Are Secret, Dangerous Ingredients in Your Food?"
"Food manufacturers are routinely exploiting a 'legal loophole' that allows them to use new chemicals in their products, based on their own safety studies, without ever notifying the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group."
Source: Wash Post, 04/09/2014
UPDATE April 9: Gainer Responds to SEJ Letter on Police Detention of Energy Reporter
April 9, 2014 — One of the officials who oversees the U.S. Capitol Police responded April 9 to SEJ's letter complaining about the brief detention of a reporter trying to ask a question of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a hallway. Terry Gainer, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, wrote the following:
