California: "State Fails To Keep Track of Hazardous Waste"
"On paper, California's rules on the transport and disposal of hazardous waste are among the nation's strictest. But there are huge holes in the system."
Source: LA Times, 11/18/2013
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"India’s Informal Environmental Army"
"Wastepickers who sort New Delhi garbage in search of recyclables are gaining new opportunities – and recognition – for their environment-benefiting work."
Source: Ensia, 11/18/2013
Kauai's GMO and Pesticide Bill Set to Become Law After Veto Override
"LIHUE, KAUAI — Pesticide disclosure Bill 2491 is set to become law after the Kauai County Council voted Saturday to override Mayor Bernard Carvalho’s veto of the bill."
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, 11/18/2013
Biofuels Makers Blame Big Oil for EPA Plan to Cut Renewables Standard
"Biofuels makers and corn producers are not happy about the Environmental Protection Agency scaling back on renewable-fuel levels for next year, and they're united about who's to blame: the oil industry."
Source: National Journal, 11/18/2013
"Tornadoes, Severe Storms Blast Midwest"
"A violent storm system pounded the Midwest on Sunday with tornadoes, strong winds and heavy rain, killing at least six people, injuring dozens and collapsing homes and other buildings."
Source: USA TODAY, 11/18/2013
Democracy Now! at the UN Climate Summits
The Democracy Now! independent news hour is on the road and will be broadcasting live from the United Nations Climate Summit in Warsaw, Poland all week. Tune in to the live broadcast Monday, Nov. 18 through Friday, Nov. 22 at 8-9am ET.
"Attack Ravages Power Grid. (Just a Test.)"
"WASHINGTON — In windowless rooms from here to California, nearly 10,000 electrical engineers, cybersecurity specialists, utility executives and F.B.I. agents furiously grappled over 48 hours with an unseen 'enemy' who tried to turn out the lights across America. The enemy injected computer viruses into grid control systems, bombed transformers and substations and knocked out power lines by the dozen."
Source: NY Times, 11/15/2013
"Guns in Parks. ... It's Complicated"
"Two months ago, as the busy summer season was winding down at Yellowstone National Park, 3-year-old Ella Marie Tucker found her father's gun and shot herself."
Source: Greenwire, 11/15/2013
Southern KXL Pipe Dents, Sags Show Need For More Tests: Public Citizen
"WASHINGTON -- The Keystone XL pipeline section from the oil transport hub of Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast is plagued by construction problems, code violations and improper inspection and shouldn't be allowed to operate until the government steps up oversight, the watchdog group Public Citizen argued in a report Tuesday."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/15/2013
Personnel: "Chief of Major Green Group To Retire in 2014"
"The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on Thursday announced president Frances Beinecke will retire at the end of 2014.
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/15/2013
