"Satellites Reveal Sudden Greenland Ice Melt"
"The surface of Greenland's massive ice sheet has melted this month over an unusually large area, NASA has said."
Source: BBC, 07/25/2012
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"Fishing the Forgotten River in the Nation’s Capital"
"Thousands of people consume fish from Washington, D.C.’s highly polluted Anacostia River, despite safety warnings."
Source: NatGeo, 07/24/2012
"Officials: Illegal Pot Growers Are a Threat To Wildlife"
"Damage done to wildlife and the environment by illegal marijuana growers is causing great concern, especially for officials with the state Department of Fish and Game."
Source: Porterville Recorder, 07/24/2012
"With Warming, Peril Underlies Road to Alaska"
"WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory — In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the Army Corps of Engineers an assignment: Build a road from British Columbia across the Yukon to Alaska — in eight months, before winter sets in."
Source: NY Times, 07/24/2012
"Ob-Gyns Say No To Routine Lead Testing in Pregnancy"
"Expectant and breastfeeding mothers should not routinely be screened for high lead levels in their blood, a leading group of U.S. physicians said Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2012
Zero Option Draws Favor as Govt Reactor Meetings Shift To W. Japan
"OSAKA — The central government-sponsored public hearings on Japan's energy future moved to west Japan on Sunday, with the majority of designated speakers and attendees favoring either a complete withdrawal from nuclear power by 2030 or a near halving of the nation's reliance on it."
Source: Japan Times, 07/24/2012
Enviros Concerned About Effect of EEE Aerial Spraying on Water
"A national environmental protection organization says that state leaders in Massachusetts lacked a permit and adequate monitoring for the weekend’s aerial spraying of pesticides to combat mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis."
Source: Taunton Gazette, 07/24/2012
"Are Mutant Mosquitoes the Answer in Key West?"
"When Hadyn Parry, chief executive officer of the British biotechnology company Oxitec Ltd, appeared at a Key West town hall meeting to present his plan to use genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight to eradicate dengue fever, he came up against familiar resistance."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2012
Enviros Target 5 Republicans Who Question Humans' Impact on Climate
"The League of Conservation Voters will launch a $1.5 million campaign Tuesday targeting five House Republicans who question the connection between human activity and climate change, in an effort to test whether the issue can sway voters."
Source: Wash Post, 07/24/2012
"Can You Really Build a Sustainable Olympics?"
The Summer Olympics which begins Friday, July 27, 2012, in London proudly aims to be the greenest Olympics ever. It's a lofty goal. But critics challenge whether it will succeed, or whether any Olympics can avoid negative environmental impacts.
Source: International Herald Tribune, 07/24/2012
