Usually, I play ostrich with environmental bad news because it's too depressing and

[No Elephants]

it makes me feel too helpless, but I'll use this post for two headlines. You can read the stories, or not, as you wish.

Antarctica, Greenland ice definitely melting into sea, and speeding up, experts warn

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15518574-antarctica-greenland-ice-definitely-melting-into-sea-and-speeding-up-experts-warn?lite

The pace of melting has tripled from the 1990s and accounts for a 20% rise in sea level over the last twenty years, among other things.

Livestock falling ill {and dying} in fracking regions

By Elizabeth Royte
Food & Environment Reporting Network

http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15547283-livestock-falling-ill-in-fracking-regions?lite