"Environmental Justice Pioneer Plans Overhaul of Beleaguered Division"
"When Kenneth Olden discusses environmental justice, he knows what he is talking about."
Source: Greenwire, 09/11/2012
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"First Purebred Bison Calf Born After Disease-Washing Embryo Transfer"
New techniques may allow purebred bison calves bearing the genes of the animals that originally populated North America to be reproduced disease-free. Most of today's bison descended from animals cross-bred with domestic cattle.
Source: Mother Jones, 09/11/2012
"When Heat Kills: Global Warming As Public Health Threat"
"The current poster child for global warming is a polar bear, sitting on a melting iceberg. Some health officials argue the symbol should, instead, be a child."
Source: NPR, 09/11/2012
"Wildfires Threaten Homes in Northern Rockies, Eastern Cascades"
"Wildfires burning across the northern Rockies threatened hundreds of homes on Monday in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, while firefighters in Washington state scrambled to battle scores of blazes sparked by weekend lightning storms across the eastern Cascades."
Source: Reuters, 09/11/2012
"Shell Halts Arctic Drilling Right After It Began"
"A day after it began drilling its first well in the Arctic Ocean, Shell has been forced to temporarily abandon the work because of sea ice moving into the area."
Source: Green/NYT, 09/11/2012
"In U.S., 2012 So Far Is Hottest Year on Record"
"The first eight months of 2012 have been the warmest of any year on record in the contiguous United States, and this has been the third-hottest summer since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Climate Data Center said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 09/11/2012
Expansion Covers 50 More Cancer Types for Those Who Toiled on the Pile
"For years they were alone as their strength was sapped and their bank accounts drained by the cancers they caught at Ground Zero. Now, finally, New York’s 9/11 heroes have gotten some backup."
Source: NY Daily News, 09/11/2012
"Climate Scientists Face Organized Harassment in U.S."
"The harassment faced by U.S.-based climate scientists has been well documented in the media -- but not the harassment of scientists in Europe, Canada or the rest of the world. That's because there hasn't been much to report."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/11/2012
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Supreme Court Review & Preview
This panel, convened by the Environmental Law Institute, will discuss the potential significance for environmental lawyers of the Court's decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the Court's ruling and likely rulings in a series of Clean Water Act cases decided last term and to be argued this term, and several other environmental cases pending before the Court. Attend in Cambridge, MA or via webcast.
