"The Threatening March of Coffee Rust"
"As Central American coffee growers are staggered by a spreading fungal disease, the price and availability of good coffee hangs in the balance."
Source: Burlington Free Press, 06/24/2013
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"Mackenzie River, the 'Amazon of North,' Under Threat"
"Scientists say the Mackenzie River and its tributaries play a crucial role in cooling a warming climate, acting as a 'climate stabilizer.'"
Source: Toronto Star, 06/24/2013
"$84-Million Removal of a Dam on Carmel River Set To Begin"
"Dismantling of the silt-filled San Clemente, to start next month, is being called California's largest-ever dam removal."
Source: LA Times, 06/24/2013
"Tenaska Drops Taylorville Coal-Plant Project"
"TAYLORVILLE, Ill. -- A Nebraska company dropped plans to build a $3.5 billion coal-based power plant in central Illinois, saying it instead will focus on developing natural gas-fueled and renewable facilities elsewhere."
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 06/24/2013
Obama To Announce Climate Plan in Speech Tuesday
"President Obama will announce his intention to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, increase appliance efficiency standards and promote renewable energy development on public lands in a speech Tuesday outlining his plan to use executive powers to address climate change."
Source: Wash Post, 06/24/2013
Seattle Adopts Carbon Plan — But Will Pot Growers Get in the Way?
"Seattle has set itself an 86-page to-do list to help it reach carbon neutrality by 2050."
Source: Grist, 06/21/2013
"Goodbye, Miami"
"By century's end, rising sea levels will turn the nation's urban fantasyland into an American Atlantis. But long before the city is completely underwater, chaos will begin."
Source: Rolling Stone, 06/21/2013
New Scrutiny of 'Longwall' Mining Finds Damage in Pennsylvania Streams
"The brutally efficient coal-extraction method known as 'longwall mining' has permanently damaged a half dozen streams in Pennsylvania, state regulators have found — a finding that could trigger deeper waves for such operations in the state."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 06/21/2013
"Smog in Singapore From Indonesia Fires Could Last for Weeks"
"Haze from fires in Indonesia blanketing Singapore could persist for weeks or longer, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday, as the smoke drove air quality to "hazardous" levels and disrupted business and travel in the region."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/21/2013
"House Spending Panel Votes to Gut Clean-Energy Research"
"Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives made manifest yesterday how much they dislike President Barack Obama's clean-energy agenda as a House spending panel voted for massive cuts in clean-energy research."
Source: Science, 06/21/2013
