Fracking Disclosure: Is the Data Half-Disclosed or Half-Hidden?
After backroom lobbying by gas and oil industry groups, the Obama White House watered down the promised fracking-fluid disclosure requirement promised earlier this year — imposing it only after completion of the fracking operation, when the information may have little effect (such as public pressure on BLM to deny a drilling permit).
SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference, Lubbock, TX, Oct. 17-21, 2012
Registration is open for SEJ's 2012 conference — for members only until June 1st. Don't delay; get your choice of the ever-popular tours and other limited-seating events. Texas Tech University is our host and SEJ member Randy Lee Loftis, veteran environment writer for The Dallas Morning News, is conference chair. See the draft agenda, lodging and transportation options, local enviro news, find a roommate, and more. Image: Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park.
SEJ Member Spotlight: Wendee Holtcamp
Houston-based freelance writer and photographer Wendee Holtcamp has covered conservation, adventure travel, environmental issues and science for magazines and websites since 1997. She offers an online writing class, teaching aspiring and established writers everything from improving one's writing through observation journaling to crafting killer queries to the business end of building a successful and lucrative freelance career. Next class starts June 2.
SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event
Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Submit yours. May 30, 2012: Implications of a Data-Driven Built Environment, hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences, will look at the potential data pool for the entire real estate industry and draw out the value between data sets and determine what data should be collected in order achieve sustainability and market transformation goals.
