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"Rivers in Wintry Cities Remain Salty Year-Round"

"As winter sets in across the northern United States, the road salt that keeps people out of ditches is flowing into rivers at levels that could harm fish and other creatures. With billions of pounds of salt spread on U.S. roads every year, researchers say that rivers, streams and lakes in the nation’s wintry cities are getting saltier. And, according to new research, the salt, or sodium chloride, in rivers remains toxic not just in winter, but throughout two-thirds of the year."

Source: EHN, 12/19/2013

"Exide Ordered To Clean Up Toxic Substances Near Vernon Plant"

"Department of Toxic Substances Control sets urgent deadline for battery recycler, saying rains could wash lead and other metals into Los Angeles River."

Source: LA Times, 12/19/2013

Reports Hit USDA for 'Serious Weaknesses' in Food Inspection Measures

"Recent salmonella outbreaks that sickened at least 523 people and sent dozens to the hospital underscore 'serious weaknesses' in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight of poultry plants, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which also criticized the government’s failure to push more aggressively for recalls of contaminated meat."

Source: Wash Post, 12/19/2013

"Obama and Climate Change: The Real Story"

"The president has said the right things about climate change – and has taken some positive steps. But we're drilling for more oil and digging up more carbon than ever."

Source: Rolling Stone, 12/19/2013

"Climate Change: the Warmest November Worldwide Since 1880"

"How hot was November? NOAA says average global temperature, for water and land surfaces combined, was 56.6 degrees F (13.7 Celsius). It was the 37th consecutive November with above-average temperatures."

Source: AP, 12/19/2013

"Oil Trains Raise Concerns in Small Towns, Cities"

"WOLF POINT, Mont. -- It's tough to miss the trains hauling crude oil out of the Northern Plains. They are growing more frequent by the day, mile-long processions of black tank cars that rumble through wheat fields and towns, along rivers and national parks."

Source: AP, 12/19/2013

"Study Links BP Oil Spill To Dolphin Deaths"

"US government scientists have for the first time found direct evidence of toxic exposure in the Gulf of Mexico."

Source: Guardian, 12/19/2013

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Database: Fracking Yields Gushers of Cash to Congress Power Brokers

A study issued by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) using campaign contribution data found the fracking industry gave increasingly more in districts hosting fracking than in nonfracking districts between 2004 and 2012.

J-Groups Challenge Utah Ag-Gag Law on First Amendment Grounds

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 other journalism organizations, including the publishers of two major Utah newspapers, filed a friend-of-the-court brief December 10, 2013, arguing that Utah's ag-gag law infringes on constitutionally protected newsgathering rights.

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