"Reindeer Will Feel Effects of Climate Change: Study"
"The heat is on for the world’s caribou with a new study warning the creatures could lose as much as 60 per cent of their range within 60 years."
Source: Postmedia, 12/17/2013
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"Environmental Advocates Target Possible Flaws in EPA Pesticide System"
"WASHINGTON — The honeybees that pollinate one-third of Americans’ daily diet are dying, and in the eyes of some environmentalists one culprit may be a decades-old Environmental Protection Agency system."
Source: McClatchy, 12/17/2013
"Supreme Court Rejects Oil Spill Contempt Case"
"The Interior Department will not be held in contempt over its actions in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after the Supreme Court declined on Monday to review an appeals court ruling in the government's favor."
Source: Reuters, 12/17/2013
"USEC, Enricher of Uranium for U.S., Seeks Bankruptcy"
"WASHINGTON — USEC, the sole American company in the uranium enrichment business, said Monday that it would file for bankruptcy early next year, although it hopes to keep operating."
Source: NY Times, 12/17/2013
"Yeah, About That Global Warming 'Pause'"
"If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the ongoing noise about global warming, then you’ve heard of the so-called 'pause'. This is the idea that the planet hasn’t actually been warming for the past 15 years or so."
Source: Slate, 12/17/2013
Lead Paint Lawsuit: Billion-Dollar Ruling in Suit Against Manufacturers
"SAN JOSE -- A Santa Clara County judge on Monday handed a billion-dollar victory to 10 California cities and counties that sued the paint industry in the interest of cleaning up old lead toxins permeating the walls of millions of homes."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 12/17/2013
"Ohio, Mich. Riled Over Plan To Bury Radioactive Waste"
"In tiny Kincardine, Ont., about a four-hour drive north of Toledo, a $1 billion plan to bury radioactive nuclear waste is riling up a number of elected officials in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan."
Source: Toledo Blade, 12/17/2013
"Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Found in Water at Fracking Sites"
"A study of hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado finds substances that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer."
Source: LA Times, 12/17/2013
"FDA: Anti-Bacterial Soaps May Not Curb Bacteria"
"WASHINGTON -- After more than 40 years of study, the U.S. government says it has found no evidence that common anti-bacterial soaps prevent the spread of germs, and regulators want the makers of Dawn, Dial and other household staples to prove that their products do not pose health risks to consumers."
Source: AP, 12/17/2013
