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"Vets Hit VA With Federal Lawsuit Over Camp Lejeune Water Poisoning"
"The quest for answers for thousands of veterans sickened -- in some cases terminally -- by contaminated water at Camp Lejuene has been stymied by a federal agency that refuses to hand over key documents, attorneys from Yale Law School charged Wednesday."
Source: Fox, 04/29/2016
Money Woes Weaken Media's Ability To Defend 1st Amendment: Editors
A survey of 66 top-level U.S. editors suggests that the media's ability to defend the First Amendment is wilting — and that lack of money is one of the problems. The survey was conducted by a partnership of Knight Foundation, the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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"Climate Scientists Are Now Grading Climate Journalism"
Climate Feedback provides a venue for climate scientists to evaluate the accuracy of climate news stories".
"The internet represents an extraordinary opportunity for democracy. Never before has it been possible for people from all over the world to access the latest information and collectively seek solutions to the challenges which face our planet, and not a moment too soon: the year 2015 was the hottest in human history, and the Great Barrier Reef is suffering the consequences of warming oceans right now.
Source: Guardian, 04/27/2016
"It’s Earth Day. Time To Buy A Bunch Of Junk."
"Earth Day isn’t just an occasion to make a tiny dent in the crises hitting our planet. It’s also a day to celebrate consumerism, as evidenced by my inbox, which is overflowing with marketers who want me to write about their products."
Source: Grist, 04/22/2016
"This Was The Climate Debate We’Ve Been Waiting For"
"Savor it, climate hawks. Global warming had its short and sweet 15 minutes of fame in the ninth — and likely final — Democratic primary debate on Thursday night."
Source: Grist, 04/18/2016
"Exxon: Charges Of Lying About Climate Change Are 'Preposterous'"
"ExxonMobil Corp. is fighting a subpoena request by the US Virgin Islands, which is claiming that the oil company could have violated the territory's anti-racketeering law by knowingly misleading the government and the public about the likelihood that its fossil fuel business impacted climate change and thus defrauding them. But Exxon vehemently opposes the notion that it knew about climate change before the rest of the world did."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/15/2016
"‘Blackout Blackmail’: New Report Casts Doubt On Utility’s Claims"
"A new report calls into question — again — California’s handling of this winter’s historic natural gas leak, this time suggesting that regulators and the gas company are purposely scaring the community and legislature into putting the storage facility back online."
Source: Climate Progress, 04/13/2016
WA State Seeks Millions In Damages From Grocery Manufacturers In Trial
"The [Washington] state attorney general's office is taking a powerful Washington, D.C., lobby, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, to court, seeking damages over money laundering in a 2013 initiative campaign."
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 04/12/2016
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