"Canada Only UN Member To Pull Out of Droughts and Deserts Convention"
"Canada has become the first country to drop out of the UN convention to combat desertification."
Source: CTV News, 03/29/2013
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"As Fracking Proliferates, So Do Wastewater Wells"
"GONZALES, Tex. -- In a dusty lot off the main highway in this South Texas town, Vern Sartin pointed to a collection of hose hookups and large storage tanks used for collecting wastewater from hydraulic fracturing jobs."
Source: Texas Tribune, 03/29/2013
"Court: EPA Can Stop Some Power Plant Modifications"
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Government regulators can try to halt construction projects at power plants if they think the companies didn't properly calculate whether the changes would increase air pollution, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, marking the latest twist in a decades-long fight over the Clean Air Act."
Source: AP, 03/29/2013
Obama Admin Moves Ahead With Sweeping Rules Requiring Cleaner Gasoline
"The Environmental Protection Agency will move ahead Friday with a rule requiring cleaner gasoline and lower-pollution vehicles nationwide, amounting to one of President Obama’s most significant air pollution initiatives, according to people briefed on the decision."
Source: Wash Post, 03/29/2013
Duwamish Residents Face Health Threat As EPA Chooses Superfund Cleanup
"The residents of south Seattle's 98108 ZIP code, some living cheek-by-jowl with the Duwamish River Superfund site, face a high degree of environmental health threats and are likely to live sicker and die younger than residents of other Seattle neighborhoods, says a new report by two nonprofit groups."
Source: Investigate West, 03/28/2013
Firms Settle for $20 Million in St. Lawrence River Mohawk Pollution
"AKWESASNE — A $20 million settlement may remedy nearly 60 years of environmental pollution to the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation."
Source: Plattsburgh Press-Republican, 03/28/2013
"High Levels of Flame Retardants Found on Airliners"
"Spending about 100 hours each month in the air, flight attendants are bombarded with pesticides, radiation, ozone and any illnesses passengers carry on board. Now new research shows that they also fly along with some of the highest levels ever measured for some flame retardants."
Source: EHN, 03/28/2013
"Oklahoma Earthquakes Linked To Injection Wells"
"HOUSTON -- Oklahoma's largest-recorded earthquake was triggered by injection wells used by the oil and gas industry, according to a report released this week."
Source: LA Times, 03/28/2013
"Sierra Snowpack Falls Short"
"Snow-surveying crews across the Sierra are seeing bad news up close this week. California has about half a snowpack."
Source: Fresno Bee, 03/28/2013
"Justice Department Is Investigating Shell's Arctic Drilling"
"The Coast Guard has asked the Justice Department to investigate possible pollution violations by both the drilling rigs Shell used in its botched efforts to explore for oil last year in the Arctic Ocean waters off the northern coast of Alaska."
Source: McClatchy, 03/28/2013
