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Obama is imposing new speed limits on oil trains. -

Crude-carrying choo-choos will have to slow to 40 miles per hour near major cities. The emergency order is a response to a spate of major accidentsThe Hill

Endangered bighorn sheep numbers get a lift from helicopters. -

California's Fish and Wildlife Department is bringing the animals back to their historic range by using whirlybirds to bypass the forests and mountain lions en route to the sheeps' rocky, open habitat. The population for this subspecies in the Sierra Nevada has already grown from 100 to 600. National Geographic

Climate change can no longer be denied—or ignored. The world is looking to the United States—to us—to lead. And that’s what we’re doing.  

President Obama, who used his weekly radio address this morning to speak about the threat of climate change and the need to protect the planet for future generations

Rubber plantations are putting tropical forests at risk. -

A new study estimates that by 2024, the rising demand for tires will clear an additional 8.5 milion hectares—an area the size of Austria—of forest in southeast Asia, threatening wildlife such as the clouded leopard and white-shouldered ibis. BBC

CEOs are asking the United Nations for an ambitious climate agreement. -

In a letter to the intergovernmental organization, 43 CEOs with operations in more than 150 countries pledged to cut the emissions of their own companies—including Ikea, Unilever, and Toshiba—and called for countries to put a price on carbon dioxide. The Hill

Mexico announces better protections for endangered porpoises. -

The country will crack down on illegal fishing, which often accidentally ensares these small cetaceans, and ban gill nets for two years while safer alternatives are developed. Fewer than 100 vaquitas remain. New York Times