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Pakistan Floods Raise Spectre of Climate Refugees, Security Threat

A fifth of Pakistan is under water, and more than 14 million victims are flooded out. The Taliban and terror-linked groups are helping people more rapidly than the U.N. and western nations. The floods seem to be verifying predictions of climate refugees and climate change as a threat to global and U.S. security. The current government of Pakistan may be failing. Will global warming cause a nuclear-armed nation to be taken over by terrorists?

Source: AFP, 08/13/2010

Montana Journalists Conference Fellowships

The University of Montana - Missoula has provided funds to help defray conference costs for five Montana journalists. The fellowship will cover registration costs (not including Wednesday workshops) plus a $100 travel stipend.

Only SEJ members can apply, so first, apply for membership in SEJ. Membership is open to journalists, professors and students, and your first year is only $20.

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"Hollywood Greens Up With Environmental Database"

"Television and movie makers have no excuse for not jumping on the 'green' movement bandwagon. A new website with resources on everything from recycling sets to cruelty-free mascara makes it simple to do so."

Source: Reuters, 08/12/2010

"Interior Releases More of Leaked List of Potential National Monuments"

"The Interior Department has released the rest of a partially leaked document listing potential sites for new national monuments, but the move did nothing to quell Republican accusations that the Obama administration is plotting to lock up public lands."

Source: Greenwire, 08/12/2010

Drywall Deal Offers Small Payouts to Victims, Big Fees for Attorneys

"Lowe’s Companies Inc., the nation’s No. 2 home improvement chain, has set off a legal firestorm by agreeing to a national settlement over tainted drywall in a class-action suit being decided in a Georgia state court. The $6.5 million settlement would pay relatively small amounts to individuals who had the tainted drywall in their homes. But the handful of attorneys who quietly negotiated the deal will receive a separate payment of $2.1 million."

Source: ProPublica, 08/12/2010

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Pakistan Floods Raise Spectre of Climate Refugees, Security Threat

Montana Journalists Conference Fellowships

"Hollywood Greens Up With Environmental Database"

"Interior Releases More of Leaked List of Potential National Monuments"

Drywall Deal Offers Small Payouts to Victims, Big Fees for Attorneys

"OMB Reviewing Regulations on Underground CO2 Storage"

"Climate Regulation's Newest Foe: Enviros?"

"After Court Rejects Appeal, Russian Crop Collection Faces Destruction"

"Disease That Rots Shells Threatens Northeast Lobster Industry"

"Suit Sees Lead Risk in Bounce Houses"

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