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1. Environmental Good News Stories By Dr. Norman D Yan
2. Phragmites: A fluffy path to global rule.
3. Playing God: With so many creatures under threat of extinction, and so
little money to fund conservation efforts, some say it’s time to pick who
will survive.
4. Fracking hearing Friday could draw big crowd
5. State backs off plans to test for WNC natural gas potential
Green groups say fracking still threat to region
6. Water testing cannot explain dirty well water for Susquehanna County woman
7. Neighbors: Report shows threat Pascagoula residents face from nearby industry
8. China may be ready to kick coal habit
9. Canada’s oil sands: The steam from below
New technologies are being used to extract bitumen from oil sands
10. Freeing the Arteries of the Planet
11. Wildfires threaten Yosemite, other western communities
12. ‘Haboob’ in Coachella Valley highlights dust trend
13. Is this the end of the ‘war on trees’? UN members pledge to restore woodland
14. More than 40 percent of Pittsburgh residents in danger zone for crude oil train derailment.
15. Iowa’s pipeline safety record spotty
16. Valley’s summer without water: ‘How can they let this happen?’
17. They were the last word in glamour, but has the sun set on LA’s swimming pools?
As the state tackles a three-year water crisis, artists and academics
condemn ‘backyard oases’ as selfish and wasteful
18. Brazil drought crisis leads to rationing and tensions
Water rationed in 19 cities in southeast and central regions after usually
abundant supplies run dry
20. See the world’s biggest island, now
21. Deadly Cocktail: Investigation finds people exposed to toxic chemicals after
22. Pesticide drift from conventional farms is a persistent problem for organic and
23. Just 13, And Working Risky 12-Hour Shifts In The Tobacco Fields
24. Lavender farmers rebel against EU chemical rules
25. Britain’s nuclear clean-up bill to soar by billions ‘because of Government incompetence’
26. Water Shortages Lead To ‘Tanker Mafia’ In India
27. Difference engine: Where gadgets go to die
A growing mountain of electronic waste needs to be disposed of responsibly
by rich nations rather than shipped to poorer countries to do the dirty work
28. See the world’s biggest island, now
1. Colorado researchers probe Parkinson’s disease causes, treatments
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2. Dubbed Terrorists, Mayans Fight Back Against Guatemalan Mining Projects
3. Desperately Dry California Tries to Curb Private Drilling for Water
4. Large ‘dead zone’ signals more problems for Chesapeake Bay
5. Asbestos: The Killer That Still Surrounds Us
6. Dialing Back On Cell Phone Waste
Academics and technology firms seek to reduce the growing problem of
electronic waste from old cell phones
7. Food security faces growing pest advance
8. Cowichan’s peaceful waters hide a growing threat
9. California drought: Why doesn’t California build big dams any more?
New Melones Dam on the Stanislaus River near Sonora.
(AP Photo/Bureau of Reclamation, File)
10. Dumpster dining: Environmentalist raises awareness about food waste
11. Thailand heading for a waste crisis
12. More Than 1,000 in Aceh Protest Ban on Illegal Gold Mining
Fish Deaths: Miners in Aceh dispute claims that their activities cause
destruction to the environment
13. Bacteria offers bowel cancer clue
14. There were 13 new nesting territories where eagles had not been
15. Puget Sound’s endangered killer whales continue decline
Number of whales drops to 78, a figure not seen since 1985, with two deaths
this year and no new calves since 2012
1. Developers file $37 million federal suit over Fort Detrick contamination
Say high TCE levels in groundwater have thwarted residential development
2. Evolution in the Age of Mass Extinction
3. China’s generation green: waste, food safety, pollution & the China dream.
4. Delhi not alone, 25 other Indian cities have higher air pollution levels than Beijing: WHO
5. Researchers: No Fukushima radiation found in West Coast kelp
6. $20 Million Fight Threatened Over Pig Smell on Farm
7. ‘Missing’ mud in Hudson River holds climate change clue
8. From Wal-Mart to the White House, Obama talks up expansion of solar power
9. California drought: El Niño probability raised to 78 percent for next winter
11. Funeral parlours contaminate drinking water
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