California's Snowpack Scant, Water Conservation Urged in Some Cities
"LOS ANGELES — A swath of California closed out 2013 as the driest year on record, marked by above-normal temperatures and thirsty reservoirs."
Source: AP, 01/07/2014
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"Agencies Considering Major Chemical Plant Safety Overhaul"
"An interagency panel created to weigh new chemical safety regulations in response to last April’s deadly explosion in Texas is considering a major overhaul of the way volatile substances are handled and stored, a new federal document shows."
Source: The Hill, 01/07/2014
"Church in Italy's 'Triangle of Death' Demands Cleanup of Mafia Waste"
"The Camorra mafia has been dumping and burning toxic waste for decades in the area between Naples and the province of Caserta."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2014
Army Corps Proposes Alternatives To Protect Great Lakes From Asian Carp
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a report years in the making about options for keeping Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes."
Source: AP, 01/07/2014
"Japanese Whale Hunt Puts Pressure on Australian Minister"
"Anti-whaling activists said on Monday they had captured images of Japanese ships killing protected whales inside an internationally recognized whale sanctuary, sparking criticism of the Australian government's handling of the issue."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2014
"White House Urged EPA Restraint On 2014 RFS Targets"
"U.S. EPA modified its proposed 2014 renewable fuel standard rule last year after the White House raised concerns about production targets being too high and based on unreliable analyses, according to documents from interagency reviews of the draft proposal."
Source: Greenwire, 01/07/2014
"Cold Weather Snap Fuels Misinformation Over Climate Change"
"The record-breaking cold weather in the US doesn't mean the globe isn't warming, scientists say."
Source: Aljazeera, 01/07/2014
The Year Ahead in Environment and Energy — 2014
SEJ and Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program presented the 2nd Annual "Year Ahead in Environment and Energy" event, January 24, 2014, in Washington, DC. Watch the archived webcast here. Bloomberg BNA's Larry Pearl began with an overview of the key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments expected in 2014, followed by a roundtable with six top journalists covering local, national, and international environmental issues, moderated by Douglas Fischer, editor of The Daily Climate (pictured).
"Mold, Mice And Zip Codes: Inside the Childhood Asthma Epidemic"
"Javier Sepulveda watches the cockroaches skitter across the floor of his Harlem apartment with a mixture of anger and angst. For him they are more than just a nauseating nuisance: They’re one of the main reasons his 12-year-old daughter, Melissa, sometimes struggles to breathe with the scary sensation that she’s suffocating."
Source: NBC News, 01/06/2014
"Kerry: US 'On Track' To Meet Its Copenhagen Goals"
"One takeaway from the Administration’s 2014 Climate Action Report is that for a host of reasons, some planned and some by luck/market forces, the US is in a better place in greenhouse gas emissions than it was in 2005."
Source: Scientific American, 01/06/2014
