"Dangerous Heat Wave Forecast for Arizona, California Deserts"
"A potentially deadly heat wave is expected to bear down on some Arizona and California desert areas in the next few days, forecasters said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/27/2013
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"This Climate Fix Might Be Decades Ahead Of Its Time"
"Every year, people add 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the air, mostly by burning fossil fuels. That's contributing to climate change. A few scientists have been dreaming about ways to pull some of that CO2 out of the air, but face stiff skepticism and major hurdles. This is the story of one scientist who's pressing ahead."
Source: NPR, 06/27/2013
Takings Decision Confounds Experts, Spurs Charges of Judicial Activism
"[Tuesday's] Supreme Court decision significantly expanding the rights of property owners to challenge the terms of land-use permits has puzzled environmental law experts and has liberal groups accusing the conservative justices of judicial activism."
Source: Greenwire, 06/27/2013
"EPA Defends Chemical Testing of Low-Dose Hormone Effects"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that current testing of hormone-altering chemicals is adequate for detecting low-dose effects that may jeopardize health."
Source: EHN, 06/27/2013
"As Gaza Heads for Water Crisis, Desalination Seen Key"
"A tiny wedge of land jammed between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean sea, the Gaza Strip is heading inexorably into a water crisis that the United Nations says could make the Palestinian enclave unliveable in just a few years."
Source: Reuters, 06/27/2013
"Toxic Chemicals Found in Newborns: Report"
"Detectable levels of a large number of environmental chemicals have been found in the cord blood of some newborns, raising concerns that Canadian children already carry toxins in their bodies at birth, a report says."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/27/2013
"National Institutes of Health To Retire Most Lab Chimpanzees"
"Following the recent federal decision to list captive chimpanzees as an endangered species, the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday it would retire the majority of the approximately 360 government-owned chimpanzees currently held in laboratories."
Source: LA Times, 06/27/2013
"Stormy Weather Boosts Newly Planted U.S. Corn Crop"
"Thunderstorms that brought significant rainfall to the northern U.S. Midwest early this week, accompanied by warm temperatures, bolstered growth prospects for recently planted corn and soybean crops, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/27/2013
Oil Leak Probed By EPA Amid Doubts Over Ohio Chemical Reporting Law
"COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Federal environmental regulators are investigating a January chemical emergency at an Ohio oil well and asking why an inventory of the facility's chemicals wasn't available to local authorities, according to a letter released Wednesday by a coalition of activists."
Source: AP, 06/27/2013
Higher Sea Tritium Levels Near Fukushima Suggest Leaks Not Plugged
"Tokyo Electric Power Co. said radioactive water may still be leaking into the sea from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after enhanced levels of radioactive tritium were detected in the port area in front of the facility."
Source: Asahi Shimbun, 06/26/2013
