"Shell Begins Production At World's Deepest Underwater Oilfield"
"Royal Dutch Shell has started production at the world’s deepest underwater oil and gas field, 1.8 miles beneath the sea surface in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Guardian, 09/13/2016
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With U.S. Election in Sight, Ban Seeks Quick Action on Climate Accord
"As the United Nations General Assembly converges in New York on Tuesday, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is using the gathering of world leaders to rush the 2015 Paris climate change accord into legal force this year, hoping to bind all countries to its strictures for at least the next four years — regardless of the outcome of the presidential election in the United States."
Source: NY Times, 09/13/2016
BLM Advisory Panel Votes To Slaughter 45,000 Wild Horses Now Being Held
"Last Friday, the Bureau of Land Management‘s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board made the decision to use euthanasia to kill 45,000 wild horses currently captive in government holding facilities throughout the US. The decision has come under great scrutiny by organizations who argue for using birth control to minimize population growth, instead."
Source: inhabitat, 09/13/2016
"Trial to Begin in Standoff at Oregon Wildlife Refuge"
"PORTLAND, Ore. — The trial of Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan and five of their followers, antigovernment protesters charged in the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge earlier this year, will begin here on Tuesday in a federal court."
Source: NY Times, 09/13/2016
SEJ Joins J-Groups Writing White House on Transparency
The Society of Environmental Journalists joined some 40 other journalism groups in a letter urging the White House to do more on improving the transparency of federal agencies. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest (pictured) had recently claimed President Obama had a good record on transparency in an August 30 letter to the New York Times. But journalism and open-government groups said plenty of problems remained — particularly press office interference with journalists' access to agency officials. See this WatchDog story.
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SEJ Mourns Charter Member Michael Frome
SEJ members were saddened by the Sept. 4, 2016 death of Michael Frome, at age 96, in Port Washington, Wisc. A gifted advocate for national parks and wilderness areas, Frome’s writing spanned both the post-WWII conservation movement and the environmental movement of the latter 20th century. He authored a dozen books and received numerous conservation writing awards.
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Push For Ban On Domestic Ivory Trade Spurs Feud At International Summit
"As coalition of countries, including the US, push for resolution to end ivory trade, Japan, Namibia, South Africa and Canada raise concerns at Hawaii meeting".
Source: Guardian, 09/12/2016
"Week Ahead: Senate Poised To Pass $220M In Flint Aid"
"The Senate is set to vote on a bill providing aid for the Flint, Mich., water crisis and other threats to drinking water around the United States."
Source: The Hill, 09/12/2016
"House Panel Votes To Weaken Obama’s Coal Moratorium"
"A House committee on Thursday voted to exempt some leases from the White House's moratorium on leasing federal land for coal mining."
Source: The Hill, 09/12/2016
"VW Engineer Pleads Guilty in U.S. Criminal Case Over Diesel Emissions"
"A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to defraud regulators and car owners, in the first criminal charges stemming from the American investigation into the German carmaker’s emissions deception."
Source: NY Times, 09/12/2016
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