"NOAA Takes Steller Sea Lions off Threatened List"
"ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The eastern population of the Steller sea lion will be taken off the threatened species list, a federal agency announced Wednesday."
Source: AP, 10/24/2013
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"Invasion of the False Widow Spider Media Stories!"
"Spider sightings may be up, but experts say it's due to a reaction to the media frenzy, not an explosion in their population."
Source: Guardian, 10/24/2013
"Ancestors' Exposure To DDT May Contribute To Obesity, Study Says"
"Exposure to the pesticide DDT could be playing a role in high rates of obesity three generations later, a new study says."
Source: LA Times, 10/24/2013
"Delegates To Debate Watered-Down Plan For Antarctic Marine Preserve"
"Less than 1 percent of the world's oceans are set aside as protected areas, but diplomats meeting now in Australia could substantially increase that figure."
Source: NPR, 10/24/2013
"FDA Asks Dog Owners For Help With Illnesses Linked To Jerky"
"The Food and Drug Administration has a mystery on its hands."
Source: NPR, 10/24/2013
"North Dakota Pipeline Spill Raises Questions Amid State's Oil Boom"
"Tesoro Logistics and North Dakota didn't quickly tell the public about an oil pipeline spill, and the firm doesn't know when it started."
Source: LA Times, 10/24/2013
"Russia Reduces Piracy Charges vs. Greenpeace Activists To Hooliganism"
"MOSCOW -- Russia's main investigative agency said Wednesday that it has dropped piracy charges against jailed Greenpeace activists and charged them instead with hooliganism, which means the detainees could still spend years in prison."
Source: AP, 10/24/2013
"US Carbon Emissions Fall To 18-Year Low. What's Behind It?"
"US carbon emissions fell in 2012 – again – after peaking in 2007. The Great Recession and a boom in cleaner natural gas are widely credited as driving the reduction, but broader, longer-term shifts are also changing the way Americans use energy."
"The US economy is expanding. Population is growing. But carbon emissions continue to decline.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/24/2013
"Tea Party Republicans, Obama Back Waterway Projects Bill"
"The U.S. House voted to authorize commercial navigation, flood control and environmental restoration projects, work that could cost taxpayers as much as $8.2 billion over the next decade."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/24/2013
Report Slams Obama Administration Secrecy
You may call that government official a "source" — but to the Obama administration he or she is an "Insider Threat" subject to lie detector tests, wiretapping, and criminal prosecution. That's the conclusion of a new report by former Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie, published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
