"'Shark Week' Isn't Just Misguided, It's Downright Dangerous"
"There's a lot of pseudoscience and straight-up nonsense floating around in the airwaves." It's called Shark Week.
Source: Huffington Post, 08/13/2014
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Detroit Communities Struggle With Flooding After Torrential Rain
"Metro Detroit communities were struggling to cope with massive flooding, backed-up sewers, closed roads and stranded motorists following a storm that dumped nearly 5 inches of rain over several hours Monday afternoon and evening."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 08/13/2014
"Iowa's Corn Farmers Learn To Adapt To Weather Extremes"
"Climate change is creating all kinds of challenges and opportunities for business. One of the sectors that feels the effects most immediately is agriculture. Already, weather patterns are making it more challenging to raise corn — even in Iowa — in the middle of the Corn Belt."
Source: NPR, 08/13/2014
"NC's Wild Horses Maimed By Isolation, Corralled By Controversy"
"COROLLA, N.C. — Retired Washington, D.C., police Officer E.T. Smith patrolled the beach in his four-wheel-drive truck on a recent morning, keeping an eye out for wild mustangs and the drunks who like to harass them."
Source: McClatchy, 08/13/2014
"U.S. Denies Protections for Wolverines, Outrages Conservationists"
"U.S. wildlife managers on Tuesday denied federal protections for rare wolverines, outraging conservationists but pleasing Western states that opposed adding the reclusive but feisty member of the weasel family to the endangered and threatened species list."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2014
"Mexico: Mining Spill Pollutes River"
"A civil defense official says that about 10 million gallons of mining acid leaked into a river that supplies water to tens of thousands of people."
Source: AP, 08/13/2014
"Now Arriving at Pittsburgh International: Fracking"
"PITTSBURGH — Where 600 flights used to take off and land every day here at Pittsburgh International Airport, there are now about 300. Partway down Terminal B, the moving sidewalk that used to lead to a dozen gates now stops abruptly at a plain gray wall."
Source: NY Times, 08/13/2014
"Tall, Ancient and Under Pressure"
"SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — High in the Sierras, biologists are struggling to find ways to protect some of the world’s oldest and most storied trees from drought, forest fires and climate change."
Source: NY Times, 08/13/2014
"Oil Companies Fracking into Drinking Water Sources, Research Shows"
"Energy companies are fracking for oil and gas at far shallower depths than widely believed, sometimes through underground sources of drinking water, according to research released Tuesday by Stanford University scientists."
Source: LA Times, 08/13/2014
"Oil Spill: Gulf Oysters Vanish After 2010 Spill"
"Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be contributing to a dramatic dive in the region's oyster harvest. Prices are up and the harvest is down, ever since the 2010 BP oil spill, but the exact cause remains unclear.""
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 08/13/2014
