GaiaGram # 155 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

-Chicago sees a “pneumonia front” is a rare weather event -Stifling heat wave enveloping the Pacific Northwest -A deluge of rain in the Denver metro area broke a record -Asia remains in the grip of a blistering heat wave -Spain is running out of water due to Drought -Florida and regions of the Caribbean see influxes of Sargassum -Treaty regulating hazardous pollutants agrees to add three new chemicals -Avian flu is devastating the poultry industry in the US, Europe. -Oregon the 10th state in the U.S. to ban polystyrene foam food containers