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The Year Ahead in Environment and Energy — 2014

SEJ and Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program presented the 2nd Annual "Year Ahead in Environment and Energy" event, January 24, 2014, in Washington, DC. Watch the archived webcast here. Bloomberg BNA's Larry Pearl began with an overview of the key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments expected in 2014, followed by a roundtable with six top journalists covering local, national, and international environmental issues, moderated by Douglas Fischer, editor of The Daily Climate (pictured).

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"Mold, Mice And Zip Codes: Inside the Childhood Asthma Epidemic"

"Javier Sepulveda watches the cockroaches skitter across the floor of his Harlem apartment with a mixture of anger and angst. For him they are more than just a nauseating nuisance: They’re one of the main reasons his 12-year-old daughter, Melissa, sometimes struggles to breathe with the scary sensation that she’s suffocating."

Source: NBC News, 01/06/2014

"Report: Great Lakes Only Region To Gain Wetlands"

"MONROE, Mich. -- Honking geese soar overhead in a V formation, buffeted by bitter gusts off nearby Lake Erie, while flocks of mallards bob along the shore. Even blanketed in snow, the sprawling wetland in southeastern Michigan is a magnet for water birds — one reason a public-private project is underway to improve it."

Source: AP, 01/06/2014

"U.S. Sailors Sue Japanese Nuclear Plant Owner TEPCO"

"SAN DIEGO, California -- Seventy-one U.S. Navy sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan are filing suit against the Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, after they were allegedly exposed to radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when they arrived in Japan with aid."

Source: ENS, 01/06/2014

After Typhoon, Philippines Faces Profound Resettlement Crisis

"TACLOBAN, Philippines -- The typhoon that recently barreled through the Philippines has left in its wake one of the most profound resettlement crises in decades, with the number of newly homeless far exceeding the capacity of aid groups and the government to respond."

Source: Wash Post, 01/06/2014

"Despite Reports, Response Slow To Danger of Oil Fires on Rail Tankers"

"WASHINGTON -- Five years before a train loaded with crude oil derailed and exploded last year in Quebec, killing 47 people, another derailment in Oklahoma should have given federal regulators an early warning that the type of oil both trains carried was more flammable than authorities realized."

Source: McClatcht, 01/06/2014

EPA Unlikely To Step Up Fracking Enforcement Efforts for Now: Analysts

"Federal regulators are unlikely to step up enforcement of potential water contamination cases linked to natural gas drilling -- despite new concerns about water safety -- given a lack of political will and limited resources to pursue such cases, analysts said."

Source: Reuters, 01/06/2014

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