"Southern Flying Squirrels Land in Canada"
"What happens when a Southern flying squirrel meets a Northern flying squirrel, and the mood is just right?"
Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/14/2013
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"Chromium Taints Groundwater Beyond Harbor Point"
"BALTIMORE -- Even as some Fells Point residents worry that building over a capped toxic site at Harbor Point could endanger their health, records show elevated levels of cancer-causing chromium in groundwater just beyond the area targeted for an upscale development."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 10/14/2013
"Europe’s Electricity Providers Face An Existential Threat"
"On June 16th something very peculiar happened in Germany’s electricity market. The wholesale price of electricity fell to minus €100 per megawatt hour (MWh). That is, generating companies were having to pay the managers of the grid to take their electricity."
Source: Economist, 10/14/2013
FDA Confirms All Routine Food Safety Inspections Stopped in Shutdown
"The Food and Drug Administration has been forced to suspend all routine food safety inspections for the duration of the government shutdown, FDA spokesman Steven Immergut confirmed to The Huffington Post on Friday afternoon. Until funding is restored, the FDA will be inspecting only those facilities that it has cause to believe 'present an immediate threat to public health.'"
Source: Huffington Post, 10/14/2013
"States Pay Up To Reopen National Parks"
"The National Park Service (NPS) entered into agreements late Friday to reopen certain national parks in Colorado, Arizona, and South Dakota."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 10/14/2013
"North Dakota's Delay In Reporting Oil Spill Raises Questions"
"The handling of an oil spill in North Dakota is raising questions, after a state agency waited to tell the public it had taken place. A wheat farmer was the first to recognize the spill had happened; it became public knowledge nearly two weeks later."
Source: NPR, 10/14/2013
Book Author Pitch Slam in Seattle
Is there a topic you've been covering in depth that is screaming for further, more in-depth exploration? Is there an untold story or piece of environmental science or history that is unique to this region and its people that you've been pondering? Now is the time to bring out your ideas. Come to the first University of Washington Press/SEJ book pitch slam Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 6-8 pm in Seattle.
