"Strong Winds Coming To Southern California"
"Strong Santa Ana winds, with hurricane-force gusts of 80 mph or more in some areas, could cause dangerous fire conditions and hazardous driving over the next several days."
Source: LA Times, 11/30/2011
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"Global Leaders Call On Canada To Fight Climate Change In New Ad"
"African leaders including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jay Naidoo of former President Nelson Mandela's cabinet, and Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, on Wednesday released an ad calling on Canada to step up the battle against global warming, rather than actively promote the use of its tar sands."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/30/2011
"Massachusetts: Effort to Close Reactor Is Denied"
"A licensing panel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has turned down the state’s effort to block renewal of the operating license of a reactor because of the Fukushima Daichi accident in Japan."
Matthew Wald reports for the New York Times November 29, 2011.
Source: NY Times, 11/30/2011
"Qatar, Greenhouse Gas Titan, Will Host Next U.N. Climate Summit"
"The Persian Gulf nation of Qatar has been selected as the site of next year’s United Nations climate change meeting, edging out South Korea. The announcement came as this year’s meeting opened in Durban, South Africa, with delegates from 194 nations facing growing concerns about rising global temperatures and more frequent climate-related catastrophes."
John M. Broder reports for the New York Times November 29, 2011.
Source: Green/NYT, 11/30/2011
'Solid Conflict' and Superb Writing — On the Daily Beat and for His New Book
Bill Dawson gets the "Inside Story" from The Seattle Times' Craig Welch about his award-winning work as a reporter on the environment beat in the Pacific Northwest’s largest city and on his book Shell Games.
"MSHA Not Catching 'Scofflaw Violators,' Report Says"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General have found that federal regulators are not identifying 'scofflaw violators' who don't pay mine safety and health fines, allowing those mine operators to avoid debt-collection lawsuits or other enforcement actions."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 11/29/2011
"Climate Talks Open Amid Funding Spat"
"Subsistence farmers in Africa, victims of changing weather patterns, are caught in a stormy global debate over a special climate fund for which few want to pay."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 11/29/2011
"Climate Change Boosts a Lethal Disease"
"For 17 years, the Hendra virus smoldered in its host bat population, only rarely crossing to humans. Then it exploded, likely triggered by heavy rains and floods in Australia earlier this year. And that has public health doctors nervous about climate change. "
Nancy Bazilchuk reports for the Daily Climate November 29, 2011.
Source: Daily Climate, 11/29/2011
"Gulf Oil Spill: BP Faces More Citations"
"The Obama administration says BP and two other companies are likely to face new citations for alleged safety and environmental violations stemming from last year's Gulf oil spill.
Michael Bromwich, head of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, says the upcoming notices stem from reviews that go beyond a federal government probe of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blast, which killed 11 workers and resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
Source: AP, 11/29/2011
Ringling Bros Agree To Fine For Alleged Animal Welfare Violations
"Life's no circus for the Ringling Brothers these days. The USDA announced Monday that an agreement was reached where Feld Entertainment, Inc., doing business as Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Feld), will pay a $270,000 fine for allegedly violating the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/29/2011
