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"Scandal in South Korea Over Nuclear Revelations"

"SEOUL, South Korea — Like Japan, resource-poor South Korea has long relied on nuclear power to provide the cheap electricity that helped build its miracle economy. For years, it met one-third of its electricity needs with nuclear power, similar to Japan’s level of dependence before the 2011 disaster at its Fukushima plant. Now, a snowballing scandal in South Korea about bribery and faked safety tests for critical plant equipment has highlighted yet another similarity: experts say both countries’ nuclear programs suffer from a culture of collusion that has undermined their safety."

Source: NY Times, 08/06/2013

"Climate Change Pushing Marine Life Towards the Poles, Says Study"

"Marine species, more than land-based species, are altering their breeding, feeding and migration patterns."

Source: Guardian, 08/06/2013

"State Department Watchdog Probes Keystone XL Review"

"Keystone XL pipeline is under scrutiny as State's inspector general probes conflict of interest charges surrounding a review of Keystone XL."

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 08/06/2013

"Google’s Own Scientists Ask Google To Stop Funding Climate Deniers"

"Google’s climate scientists are not happy with the company’s political support for climate science denying Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)."

Source: Climate Progress, 08/05/2013

"Ecologists Turn To Planned Grazing To Revive Grassland Soil"

"The world's soil is in trouble. Ecologists say without dramatic changes to how we manage land, vast swathes of grassland are at risk of turning into hard-packed desert. To make sure that doesn't happen, researchers are testing out innovative ways to keep moisture in the soil."

Source: NPR, 08/05/2013

"Roots Breakthrough for Drought-Resistant Rice"

"PARIS, France -- Japanese biotechnologists on Sunday said they had developed a rice plant with deeper roots that can sustain high yields in droughts that wipe out conventional rice crops."

Source: AFP, 08/05/2013

"California Fishermen File Suit in Effort To Keep 'Otter-Free Zone'"

"Suit filed on behalf of harvesters of sea urchin, abalone and lobster accuses federal agency of illegally terminating program designed to protect fisheries."

Source: LA Times, 08/05/2013

"Decades-Old Defect Caused Exxon's Arkansas Oil Spill: Regulator"

"A leak in Exxon Mobil Corp's nearly 70-year-old Pegasus pipeline, which spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil in a small Arkansas town in March, appears to have been caused by an original manufacturing defect, U.S. regulators said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 08/05/2013

"Nebraska Trial Could Delay Keystone XL Pipeline"

"While environmentalists, energy executives and elected officials across North America await the State Department’s critical decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a little-noticed trial scheduled for next month in Nebraska could spell problems for the $5.3 billion project."

Source: Wash Post, 08/05/2013

Hog Producers Battle to Contain Virus That Has Killed Piglets by 1000s

"ANNAWAN, Ill. — The outside world is not allowed in a sanitized and isolated pig farm here, not far from the Iowa border."

Source: NY Times, 08/05/2013

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