"Secret Funding Helped Build Vast Network of Climate Denial Thinktanks"
"Anonymous billionaires donated $120m to more than 100 anti-climate groups working to discredit climate change science."
Source: Guardian, 02/15/2013
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"Judge: BLM Must Disclose Names of Entities in Drilling Nominations"
"A U.S. District Court in Denver handed down a precedent-setting decision on Wednesday, ruling that the Bureau of Land Management must reveal the names of companies or individuals nominating public land for oil and gas drilling."
Source: Denver Post, 02/15/2013
"Asteroid To Pass Close By Earth On Friday"
"A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, giving scientists a rare opportunity for close-up observations without launching a probe."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2013
"Tesla vs. New York Times: How Well Do Electric Cars Stand Up To Cold?"
"Tesla Motors and The New York Times are at odds over one reporter's account of an ill-fated winter test drive of the Model S electric car. Many blame winter, but Tesla Motors blames gross inaccuracies in the Times report."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 02/15/2013
Supreme Court Rejects Sea Shepherd's Plea To Lift Whaling Ship Ban
"The US Supreme Court has denied a plea from anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on its movement as Japan's whalers accused the activists of violating orders to stay away."
Source: AFP, 02/15/2013
Transocean Found Guilty of Clean Water Act Violation, Will Pay $400M
"Transocean Deepwater Inc. was found guilty by a federal judge Thursday of violating the federal Clean Water Act, based on the company's role in causing the uncontrolled release of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's Macondo well after Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank in April 2010."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/15/2013
"U.S. Government Risks Financial Exposure From Climate Change -- GAO"
"The U.S. government is at high risk of financial exposure from climate change, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday, two days after President Barack Obama vowed to tackle the issue with or without Congress' help."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2013
Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm?
Francesca Lyman asks "What does Hurricane Sandy tell us about coping with human health and consequences of climate change?"
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"Chevron Workers Faulted in Refinery Leak"
"A lab analysis released by federal investigators Wednesday confirmed suspicions that a Chevron firefighter's sharp, pole-mounted device punctured an already leaking oil pipe at the company's Richmond refinery before the line caught fire in August."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 02/14/2013
"SARS-Like Virus May Have Spread Person-to-Person"
"LONDON -- British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it from a family member."
Source: AP, 02/14/2013
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