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"How Plastic In The Ocean Is Contaminating Your Seafood"

"We've long known that the fish we eat are exposed to toxic chemicals in the rivers, bays and oceans they inhabit. The substance that's gotten the most attention — because it has shown up at disturbingly high levels in some fish — is."

But mercury is just one of a slew of synthetic and organic pollutants that fish can ingest and absorb into their tissue. Sometimes it's because we're dumping chemicals right into the ocean. But as a published recently in Nature, Scientific Reports helps illuminate, sometimes fish get chemicals from the plastic debris they ingest.

Source: NPR, 12/16/2013

OR, WA Coal Export Terminals Threatened By Falling Asian Prices

"Three years ago, coal was hot. Stoked by insatiable coal-fired Chinese power plants, international demand boomed. Prices soared. Phones rang frequently at Oregon and Washington ports. On the other end? Eager investors hoping to snatch up land to build export terminals to quench Asian demand. How things have changed."

Source: Portland Oregonian, 12/16/2013

Canadian Agencies Hide Spending on Anti-Enviro Spy Firm -- Leaked Docs

"Stratfor came under fire recently after a leaked company document prepared for an oil company outlined ways to counter activist groups, such as Greenpeace, who oppose Canada’s oilsands development."

Source: Canadian Press, 12/16/2013

"Mexico Senate Passes Energy Bill; Leftists Seek To Derail"

"Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved an energy reform to permit the biggest oil industry opening in 75 years, sending it to the lower house where leftists padlocked doors to the chamber to stop lawmakers from debating the bill."

Source: Reuters, 12/13/2013

Dems Ask Obama To Postpone KXL Decision Amid Conflict Of Interest Probe

"WASHINGTON –- Twenty-five House Democrats sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday urging him to delay a decision on Keystone XL until the State Department's Inspector General finishes investigating the contractor that completed the environmental analysis of the proposed pipeline."

Source: Huffington Post, 12/13/2013

"NASA Says Ozone Hole Stabilizing But Won't Fully Recover Until 2070"

"The hole in the ozone layer is stabilizing but will take until about 2070 to fully recover, according to new research by NASA scientists."

Source: LA Times, 12/13/2013

Judge Decrees Broomfield Can't Certify Election Results on Fracking Ban

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- "A judge's order issued Tuesday evening has further muddied the already cloudy situation surrounding the fracking ban approved by Broomfield voters."

Source: Broomfield Enterprise, 12/13/2013

"Missouri's Fenced Deer Farms Are Under Fire as State Battles Disease

The discovery of chronic wasting disease in captive deer in Missouri has put the keeping of deer under fire.

Source: Kansas City Star, 12/13/2013

"Energy Dept. to Give $226 Million to Support Nuclear Reactor Design"

"WASHINGTON — The Energy Department will give a small company in Corvallis, Ore., up to $226 million to advance the design of tiny nuclear reactors that would be installed under water, making meltdown far less likely and opening the door to markets around the world where the reactors now on the market are too big for local power grids."

Source: NY Times, 12/13/2013

Michigan DNR Director Prohibits Drilling Near Au Sable River Corridor

"LANSING, Mich. — State Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh prohibited drilling on land tracts in the Au Sable River’s “holy waters” corridor Thursday while approving oil and gas exploration leases that worried fly fishermen and environmentalists."

Source: Detroit News, 12/13/2013

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