"Science: How Media Pushed Climate Change 'Pause' Into the Mainstream"
Lack of understanding of climate science seems to be a hallmark of mainstream media's coverage of global warming. Case in point: the "pause."
Source: ClimateWire, 11/05/2013
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Flying the Coop: Antibiotic Resistance Spreads To Birds, Wildlife
"One afternoon last winter, Julie Ellis unfurled a long, white tarp under a stand of trees near Coes Pond where hundreds of crows roost. Her mission: to collect as much bird poop as possible. Back in the laboratory, Ellis’ colleagues combed through the feces. Testing its bacteria, they discovered something unusual -- genes that make the crows resistant to antibiotics."
Source: EHN, 11/05/2013
"United Nations Group Warns on Emissions"
"PARIS — Major polluters must immediately begin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the rise in global temperatures is to be held in check without paying a higher price later, according to a report Tuesday from the United Nations Environment Program."
Source: NY Times, 11/05/2013
"Why Dengue and Yellow Fever Could Be Coming to a City Near You"
"This past summer, Aedes aegypti—the invasive African mosquito best known for carrying the potentially deadly diseases dengue and yellow fever—made its unexpected debut in California, squirming up from Madera to Clovis to Fresno and the Bay Area."
Source: Mother Jones, 11/05/2013
Polar Bear Attacks: Scientists Warn of Fresh Dangers in Warming Arctic
"CHURCHILL, Manitoba -- A polar bear attack in Canada that left two people injured has brought new warnings from scientists of a dangerous rise in human-bear encounters in a warming Arctic."
Source: Guardian, 11/05/2013
"Virginia Governor Race Draws Big Spending From Environmental Groups"
"WASHINGTON -- Environmentalists are poised to become the second-biggest contributor to the effort to elect Democrat Terry McAuliffe as the next governor of Virginia, trailing only the Democratic Governors Association in spending on his campaign."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/05/2013
100 Years Later, Owens Valley Still Worries About Water Losses To L.A.
"Lone Pine, Calif. -- Rancher John Lacey eyed a rising pasture where water once flowed when his great-grandfather settled in the Owens Valley to find gold. A century after Los Angeles diverted the Owens River, grass once suitable for feeding cows has long been replaced by desert shrubs."
Source: LA Daily News, 11/05/2013
"Billion Litres of Coal-Mine Muck Leaks Into Athabasca River"
"EDMONTON -- Geotechnical engineers remained at the Obed Mountain coal mine Sunday trying to determine how one billion litres of murky water leaked from a containment pond into the Athabasca River."
Source: Edmonton Journal, 11/05/2013
"GMO Labeling a Hot Ballot Fight in Washington State"
"OLYMPIA, Washington -- With one day before the election in Washington State, grassroots organization Food Democracy Now! is urging its 650,000 members and citizens everywhere to make calls urging voters to support Yes on 522, a ballot initiative that would require labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms."
Source: ENS, 11/05/2013
"U.S. Agency Proposes Rules To Protect Bluefin Tuna"
"Pity, for a moment, the poor Atlantic bluefin tuna. It’s not bad enough that its population has been decimated by diners’ seemingly insatiable appetite for sushi. Or that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred at the height of its spawning season, in its only known Western spawning grounds."
Source: Wash Post, 11/04/2013
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