"New Predictions of Phosphorus Shortage Are Cause for Worry"
Phosphorus is essential for current methods of agricultural production -- but limited world supplies may require profound changes in farming.
Source: ScienceLine, 10/15/2013
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"US EPA Says Nothing Final on Ethanol Blend; Industry Group Cries Foul"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday sought to calm a furor over its apparent proposal to reduce ethanol use in gasoline next year, saying that no final decisions had been made about the contentious mandate."
Source: Reuters, 10/15/2013
Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat
SEJ President Don Hopey reminds us it’s good to remember that environmental journalism can play an important role in digging out the information an increasingly distracted public needs to make tough policy decisions about their environment and health.
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Senate Passes Bill To Implement Drilling Pact
"The Senate approved legislation Saturday to implement a U.S.-Mexico pact that would enable offshore drilling cooperation along a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 10/14/2013
"Study Links Warmer Water Temps To Greater Levels of Mercury in Fish"
"Under the watchful eyes of scientists, a little forage fish that lives off the southern coast of Maine developed a strangely large appetite."
Source: Wash Post, 10/14/2013
"Lake Erie Algae a Threat To Ohio Drinking Water"
"TOLEDO, Ohio -- Toxins from blobs of algae on western Lake Erie are infiltrating water treatment plants along the shoreline, forcing cities to spend a lot more money to make sure their drinking water is safe."
Source: AP, 10/14/2013
"Lake Roosevelt: The Dam-Made Lake Holding a Century of Pollution"
"INCHELIUM, Wash. -- Imagine bringing your kids to the lake and wondering if they’d be better off at home, watching TV."
Source: Wenatchee World, 10/14/2013
"Southern Flying Squirrels Land in Canada"
"What happens when a Southern flying squirrel meets a Northern flying squirrel, and the mood is just right?"
Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/14/2013
"Chromium Taints Groundwater Beyond Harbor Point"
"BALTIMORE -- Even as some Fells Point residents worry that building over a capped toxic site at Harbor Point could endanger their health, records show elevated levels of cancer-causing chromium in groundwater just beyond the area targeted for an upscale development."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 10/14/2013
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