"Florida Rescuers Struggle To Save Manatees Hit By Deadly Algae"
Rescuers are struggling to save manatees in Florida, there a Red Tide algal bloom has killed 181 of the mammals so far this year.
Source: Reuters, 03/15/2013
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"Wyoming Towns Eye Private Funds To Plow Yellowstone Roads"
"With government snow plows idled by federal budget cuts known as the 'sequester,' small Wyoming towns on the fringe of Yellowstone are organizing a private fund-raising drive for this year's spring road-clearing operation inside the national park."
Source: Reuters, 03/15/2013
"Hoping to Save Bees, Europe to Vote on Pesticide Ban"
"PARIS -- Will Brussels try to give bees a break? In a case closely watched on both sides of the Atlantic, European officials plan to vote Friday on a proposal to sharply restrict the use of pesticides that had been implicated in the decline of global bee populations."
Source: NY Times, 03/15/2013
"Interior Dept. Warns Shell on Arctic Drilling"
"WASHINGTON -- The Shell Oil Company must provide a detailed plan addressing numerous safety and operational issues that plagued its efforts to extract oil beneath the Arctic Ocean last year if it wants to resume drilling off the coast of Alaska, the Interior Department said Thursday."
Source: NY Times, 03/15/2013
Republicans Press Obama on KXL Pipeline; He Remains Noncommittal
"Republican lawmakers pressed President Barack Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline in a meeting on Wednesday. Initial reports suggested Obama would approve the pipeline, but he did not offer a definitive answer."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/14/2013
"Growing Mounds of Petroleum Coke Raise Fears Along Detroit River"
"Hulking, pitch-black mounds resembling coal have grown exponentially in the last week along the banks of the Detroit River in southwest Detroit, prompting concern about potential pollution from residents and legislators on both sides of the river."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 03/14/2013
"Dead Pigs in China River Spotlight Heedless Industry"
"The rotting bodies of about 6,000 pigs in a river that supplies tap water to Shanghai has drawn attention to an ugly truth -- China's pig farms are often riddled with disease and one way or another, sick animals often end up in the food chain."
Source: Reuters, 03/14/2013
"Key West Health Officer Responds To CDC Dengue Report"
After CDC researchers confirmed that dengue fever had returned to the U.S., a Key West health officer said no new cases had been reported since October 2010.
Source: LA Times, 03/14/2013
Did Uranium Lobbyist Reverse EPA Stand Against Polluting TX Water?
"When Uranium Energy Corp. sought permission to launch a large-scale mining project in Goliad County, Texas, it seemed as if the Environmental Protection Agency would stand in its way. To get the ore out of the ground, the company needed a permit to pollute a pristine supply of underground drinking water in an area already parched by drought."
Source: ProPublica, 03/14/2013
"Monarch Butterflies Drop Ominously in Mexico"
"MEXICO CITY -- The number of Monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday."
Source: AP, 03/14/2013
