"Ogallala Aquifer in Texas Panhandle Suffers Big Drop"
"The Ogallala Aquifer suffered its second-worst drop since at least 2000 in a large swath of the Texas Panhandle, new measurements show."
Source: Texas Tribune, 05/23/2013
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"Frog, Toad and Salamander Populations Plummeting, U.S. Survey Finds"
"Frogs, toads and salamanders continue to vanish from the American landscape at an alarming pace, with seven species — including Colorado’s boreal toad and Nevada’s yellow-legged frog — facing 50 percent drops in their numbers within seven years if the current rate of decline continues, according to new government research."
Source: Wash Post, 05/23/2013
"Grassroots Greens Challenge Environmental Defense Fund on Fracking"
"A coalition of grassroots environmental groups—plus a few professors and celebrities—issued a public message to the Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday: You don't speak for us on fracking."
Source: Mother Jones, 05/23/2013
As Jet Stream Moved North, Deadly Moist Air Barreled Into Plains
"Until an outbreak of tornadoes in the past week, this year had been a relatively quiet one for twisters in the Midwest and Plains states."
Source: NY Times, 05/23/2013
"Public Employees Sue Over ‘Political Deals’ Behind Wolf Delisting"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- The Obama Administration’s plan to remove the gray wolf from the protections of the Endangered Species Act, as detailed in a draft Federal Register notice released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, is temporarily on hold."
Source: ENS, 05/23/2013
"Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Give EPA Power To Ban Dangerous Chemicals"
"In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force harmful compounds off the market."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/23/2013
"Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Identified"
"Scientists have used plant samples collected in the mid-19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine."
Source: BBC, 05/23/2013
"House Votes To Force Approval of Keystone Pipeline"
"The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on the project away from the Obama administration."
Source: Reuters, 05/23/2013
"Schools, Hospitals and People Near Ammonium Nitrate Storage"
"At least 800,000 people across the United States live near hundreds of sites that store large amounts of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, which investigators are blaming as the source of last month's deadly blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, a Reuters analysis shows."
Source: Reuters, 05/23/2013
State 'Ag-Gag' Laws Spreading, Protect Misdeeds from Scrutiny
While a Tennessee governor vetoed "ag-gag" legislation in that state, bills criminalizing the collection of information about abuses in livestock operations are still being pushed in other states — and the mechanism may be extended to stifle reporting on other environmental abuses.
