"Louisiana Lawsuits Seek Oil & Gas Industry Money To Restore Coastline"
"Louisiana Republicans work to quash lawsuits seeking oil and gas industry funds to restore the coastline."
Source: LA Times, 05/21/2014
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"Waters Will Flood Part Of Colorado River, For Just A Few Weeks
"Millions of gallons of water used to flow every day from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California. Now, the Colorado River ends at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border. Below it, one of North America's largest wetlands is dry."
Source: NPR, 04/08/2014
"Water, Wildlife Surge Back Into Once-Parched Colorado River Delta"
"LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — Osvel Hinojosa knew that an infusion of water would bring the Colorado River delta back to life. But in just a few days, a U.S.-Mexican experiment to revive the delta environment has exceeded his expectations."
Source: LA Times, 03/28/2014
EPA Proposes Greater Protections for Streams, Wetlands Under Water Act
"The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule Tuesday that would give the federal government regulatory authority over millions of acres of wetlands and about 2 million miles of streams."
Source: Wash Post, 03/26/2014
Oil Spill in Houston Ship Channel Blocks Traffic; Size Unknown
"TEXAS CITY, Texas -- The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked the movement Sunday of about 60 ships, including three cruise ships, between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways."
Source: AP, 03/24/2014
"In Plan to Dump Contaminated Soil, Classic New Jersey Politics Emerge"
New Jersey's GOP Gov. Chris Christie wants to put millions of tons of petroleum-contaminated soil in a place where scientists say it is sure to leak into the environment and threaten public health.
Source: NY Times, 02/25/2014
"Yukon Government Opens Vast Peel River Watershed to Mining"
"First Nations and conservation groups sue administration claiming violation of land treaty."
Source: Earth Island Journal, 02/07/2014
"Environment Loses Out in Russia's Race To Sochi"
"Sochi — Just outside the Olympic Park in Sochi, where the Winter Games open on Friday, is a green space with benches, artificial ponds and a couple of hides. 'Ornithological Park', the sign declares. The problem is that there is not a bird in sight in the park, which was set up as a replacement for sensitive wetlands that were covered over for the construction of Games venues."
Source: AFP, 02/04/2014
"Washington Senator, Chefs Protest Proposed Pebble Mine"
"SEATTLE — Eight days after the federal government declared that a proposed mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay would have a devastating effect on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery, a Washington senator and 250 chefs and food professionals demanded that the Obama administration stop Pebble Mine."
Source: LA Times, 01/24/2014
"Funding Cuts Spell End of Oilsands Peatlands Research"
"EDMONTON - The study of how oilsands pollution is affecting the massive peatlands in the northeast will come to an abrupt halt this spring as two scientists found out last week their funding has been cut."
Source: Edmonton Journal, 01/16/2014
