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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"Jindal: Chemicals Leaking From Lawtell Train Derailment"
"The train that derailed in Lawtell [La.] is leaking chemicals and at least one of two cars carrying a hazardous chemical, vinyl chrloride, is damaged."
Source: KATC, 08/05/2013
"U.S. and Canada Vie for Big Gas Projects"
"PORT EDWARD, British Columbia -- Some of the world's largest energy companies are racing to transform backwaters like this hamlet of 544 people into boomtowns."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 08/05/2013
"US Fracking Industry 'Wasting $1Bn a Year in Gas Flaring'"
"New report calculates flaring of gas from North Dakota fracking industry leading to greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to putting one million cars on the road."
Source: BusinessGreen, 08/05/2013
"Sublingual Findings Challenge Key Assumptions about BPA Exposure"
"Key assumptions about bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and bioavailability may be off base, according to a new report in EHP that questions the traditional interpretation of biomonitoring data underlying current risk assessments of the chemical. Laboratory research suggests that BPA, a widely used chemical for polycarbonate plastics and other products, is an endocrine disruptor with potential adverse health effects involving reproduction, metabolism, and cancer."
Source: EHP, 08/02/2013
"TransCanada Plans Pipeline to East Coast"
"OTTAWA — Faced with uncertainty over its proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would link Canada’s oil sands with the American Gulf Coast, TransCanada said on Thursday that it would build a pipeline to eastern Canada."
Source: NY Times, 08/02/2013
"During Domestic Drilling Boom, Why Are Gas Prices Still High?"
"The drilling processes of hydraulic fracturing – or 'fracking' — and horizontal drilling have made it possible to access previously unreachable deposits of fossil fuels, creating a surge in domestic oil and natural gas production. So why are prices at the gas pump still relatively high? (Last week, the average national gas price was $3.68 per gallon.)"
Source: StateImpact Texas, 08/02/2013
"Report: Wildlife Agency Ignored Whistle-Blowers"
"WASHINGTON -- Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe failed for more than a year to discipline two supervisors who retaliated against whistle-blowers at an Oklahoma field office, the Interior Department's inspector general says in a harshly worded letter that accuses Ashe of damaging the agency's credibility and integrity."
Source: AP, 08/02/2013
"Aviation Climate Pollution Flying Under the Radar"
"Climate change pollution from the airline industry is massive. Each plane that takes off emits about the same amount of carbon as 3,500 cars."
Source: Huffington Post, 08/02/2013
"The Great Burning: How Wildfires Are Threatening the West"
"Terrifying blazes are the new normal in the West, where a mix of climate change and Tea Party politics has put an entire region at risk."
Source: Rolling Stone, 08/02/2013
