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View it in your browser May 18, 2014 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING EPA Asked to Regulate Fracking's Toxic Emissions Seeking to close what a lawyer called "serious gaps" in regulation, 64 environmental and community groups on Tuesday petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to clamp down on toxic air emissions from oil and gas operations. By Jim Morris, Center for Public Integrity Report Says Fewer Bees Perished Over The Winter, But Reason Still A Mystery A survey published last week found that the loss of managed honeybee colonies from all causes dropped to 23.2 percent nationwide over the winter that just ended, down from 30.5 percent the year before. Losses reported by some individual beekeepers were even higher. But the reason for this positive development remains a mystery. By John Schwartz, New York Times Will the Next Coal Ash Disaster Be in Your Neighborhood? Guess what - you might be living near a toxic coal ash dump that threatens your local water supply, without even knowing it. Today, the Sierra Club and Earthjustice are releasing a new report called "Dangerous Waters: America's Coal Ash Crisis" that highlights some of the most unsafe coal ash sites in the nation. By Mary Anne Hitt, Sierra Club Proposed Canadian Pipeline Puts Humpback Whales At Risk Environmentaliusts worry that a 730-mile, $8 billion pipeline to the Pacific Ocean, culminating in the British Columbia town of Kitimat on the Douglas Channel, could hurt already struggling humbpack whale populations. By Nate Schweber, Aljazeera America ON THE BLOGS At-Risk Wilderness In Your Backyard? The non-profit Wilderness Society shines its light on seven wilderness areas -- 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act -- across the U.S. in dire need of protection from development interests. By Roddy Scheer EARTHTALK Q&A Is BPA As Dangerous As We Thought? A February 2014 study by FDA researchers found that low doses of the compound did not affect the health of rats over a 90-day study period. While study rats exposed to higher doses of BPA had lower body weights, abnormal female reproductive development and altered hormone levels, there were no such effects in rats exposed to lower doses more akin to what humans experience. By Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss               This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851