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Toxic Tide Shows Up Early in Sag Harbor

Tue, 2014-09-09 06:31 — Norea

High levels of Cochlodinium detected in Sag Harbor cove last week could put shellfish and finfish at risk.13 August 2014 - By Mara Certic

Just weeks after blue-green algal blooms were detected in Georgica Pond, extremely high levels of the toxic rust alga Cochlodinium have emerged in Sag Harbor and East Hampton waters.

Cochlodinium first appeared on Long Island in 2004 and has been detected in local waters every summer since. According to Professor Christopher Gobler, who conducts water quality testing and is a professor at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, densities above 500 cells per milliliter can be lethal to both finfish and shellfish. The Gobler Laboratory recorded Cochlodinium at densities exceeding 30,000 cells per milliliter in Sag Harbor Cove, and over 1,000 in Accabonac and Three Mile Harbors.

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Zoetis Granted Conditional License by USDA for PEDv Vaccine

Sun, 2014-09-07 17:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, February 1, 2013.  Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

reuters.com - by P.J. Huffstutter and Tom Polansek - September 3, 2014

(Reuters) - Zoetis Inc has received a conditional license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its vaccine against a deadly piglet virus and will begin selling it this month in the United States, the company said on Wednesday.

Shares of Zoetis, the world's largest animal-health company, reached an all-time high of $36.65 and were up 0.7 percent at $35.73 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

With its new vaccine, Zoetis joins a growing push by both the agriculture and pharmaceutical industries to combat the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), which has killed about 13 percent of the U.S. hog herd over the past year.

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Now Is the Time to Act on Climate Change

Sun, 2014-09-07 01:56 — Maeryn Obley

huffingtonpost.com - September 2nd, 2014 - Ban Ki-moon

Climate change has been one of my top priorities since the day I took office in 2007. I said then that if we care about our legacy for succeeding generations, this is the time for decisive global action. I have been pleased to see climate change rise on the political agenda and in the consciousness of people worldwide.

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Here Is How Much You Spend On Electricity In Each State

Sun, 2014-09-07 01:30 — Maeryn Obley

huffingtonpost.com - August 19th, 2014 - Kevin Short

If you live in Louisiana, you likely use more than twice as much electricity as the average New Yorker does each month. And if you live in Arkansas, you likely pay about half as much as than someone in Vermont does for a unit of electrical power.

The maps below, created using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, show how electricity consumption and costs vary across state lines.

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Water's Edge - The Crisis of Rising Sea Levels

Thu, 2014-09-04 21:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

       

reuters.com - By Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson and Duff Wilson - September 4, 2014

As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at America’s shores

Part 1: A Reuters analysis finds that flooding is increasing along much of the nation’s coastline, forcing many communities into costly, controversial struggles with a relentless foe.

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Épidémie d'Ebola : Appel à Send dans armées d'Afrique de l'Ouest pour aider le trottoir épidémie

Thu, 2014-09-04 18:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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Tête de Médecins sans Frontières dit le monde est "perdre la bataille" comme des cas et décès continuent de surtension

MSF - theguardian.com - par Sarah Boulongne - 2 septembre 2014

Équipes militaires doivent être envoyées à l'Afrique de l'Ouest immédiatement si il doit y avoir un quelconque espoir de maîtriser l'épidémie d'Ebola, médecins sur la ligne de front, a déclaré l'ONU mardi, un tableau saisissant des agents de santé meurent, malades laissés sans soins et organismes infectieux se trouvant dans les rues.

Le Président international de Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Joanne Liu, dit membre déclare que bien que la sonnette d'alarme avait été sonner pendant six mois, la réponse a été trop peu, trop tard, et aucune quantité de vaccins et nouveaux médicaments ne serait en mesure d'empêcher la catastrophe escalade.

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4 Reasons Water Advocates Should Join the People’s Climate March Sept. 21

Tue, 2014-09-02 22:18 — Maeryn Obley

For several decades scientists have known and studied historic “megadroughts” in the Southwest U.S. and Colorado River basin, but not until last week did a scientific paper directly connect potential future megadroughts to climate change.

Image: For several decades scientists have known and studied historic “megadroughts” in the Southwest U.S. and Colorado River basin, but not until last week did a scientific paper directly connect potential future megadroughts to climate change.

www.ecowatch.com - August 31st, 2014 - Gary Wockner

I run organizations that work to protect and restore the Colorado River of the Southwest U.S. and the Cache la Poudre River of Northern Colorado. Both are at extreme risk as global warming increases.

For several decades scientists have known and studied historic “megadroughts” in the Southwest U.S. and Colorado River basin, but not until last week did a scientific paper directly connect potential future megadroughts to climate change.

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New Clean Energy Jobs Report Something to Celebrate This Labor Day

Tue, 2014-09-02 18:00 — Norea

J.P. Nodier via Getty ImagesBy Bob Keefe - Posted: 08/28/2014

Here's something to celebrate this Labor Day weekend: The continued growth of clean energy jobs in America.

Environmental Entrepreneurs' (E2's) just-released quarterly jobs report shows that the number of new clean energy and clean transportation jobs announced in the second quarter of this year doubled from the previous quarter.

More than 12,500 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced in 29 states between April-June. Arizona, California and Michigan led the country in new clean energy job announcements, but other states ranging from Utah to North Carolina rounded out the Top 10. Check out the full report here.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-keefe/new-clean-energy-jobs-rep_b_5732290.html

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HHS contrats avec Mapp biopharmaceutique pour développer Ebola médicament

Tue, 2014-09-02 17:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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travail permettra d'accélérer le développement de médicaments et tests

hhs.gov - News - communiqué de presse - 2 septembre 2014

le développement d'un médicament pour traiter la maladie d'Ebola sera accéléré sous contrat avec l'US Department of Health and Human Services des Bureau du sous-secrétaire pour la préparation et d'intervention ( ERPS). Ce contrat prend en charge la réponse du gouvernement – large à l'épidémie d'Ebola en Afrique de l'Ouest.

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ASPR Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ( BARDA) vont une contribution ainsi que l'accès à l'expertise de l'objet et support technique pour les activités réglementaires et non cliniques de fabrication, grâce à un $ 24,9 millions, 18 mois contrat avec Mapp biopharmaceutique Inc., San Diego, en Californie. ERPS peut prolonger le contrat jusqu'à un total de $ 42,3 millions.

Travaux prévus au contrat prend en charge le développement et la fabrication des médicaments dans le but d'approbation U.S. Food and Drug Administration ZMapp.

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Un autre médecin américain infecté par le virus d'Ebola au Libéria

Tue, 2014-09-02 14:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Médecin missionnaire être traitée à l'hôpital de Monrovia

wsj.com - par Betsy McKay - simusa.org - 2 septembre 2014

un troisième missionnaire américain a été infecté avec le virus d'Ebola alors qu'il travaillait au Libéria et est soigné dans une unité d'isolement à l'hôpital de Monrovia où il travaille.

L'homme, un médecin, a été traiter des patients de l'obstétrique, non des patients Ebola...

. . . On ne sait pas comment le médecin a été infecté, SIM USA a déclaré dans un communiqué mardi.

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cliquez ici - déclaration de SIM - SIM missionnaire médecin au Libéria Tests positifs pour le virus Ebola

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