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BEJournal's International Short Story Contest [1]

Earth Endeavours, publisher of BEJournal, announces its first International Short Story Contest for storytellers who love nature! BEJournal is calling on writers of all ages to share their original short stories for a chance to be published in a special volume of the Journal inset with an image by an award-winning photographer, as well as receive mentoring from international bestselling author Michelle Worthington.

Mario Molina, Nobel Laureate Who Showed Threat To Ozone Layer, Dies At 77 [2]

"Mario Molina, who shared a Nobel Prize in chemistry for demonstrating the threat to the ozone layer posed by CFCs, chemical compounds often found in refrigerants and hair sprays and whose use was later curtailed by a landmark international accord, died Oct. 7 at his home in Mexico City. He was 77."

Source: Washington Post [3], 10/09/2020

"Udall Leads Short List of Candidates for Biden’s Interior Secretary" [4]

"Retiring Senator Tom Udall is leading a short list of candidates to run the Interior Department if Joe Biden wins the presidency next month -- a role that would put him to work in a building named for his father."

Source: Bloomberg [5], 10/09/2020

"Smoky Skies Are The New Normal. Are They Making Us Sick?" [6]

"Ariel Kinzinger had a headache. Clark Brinkman coughed and wheezed. LaNesha Collins, feeling physically fine, was frustrated by another day mostly trapped inside looking out at a sepia sun, in Portland, Ore."

Source: NPR [7], 10/09/2020

Feds Sued Over Not Letting Polluters Pay For Environmental Projects [8]

"A conservation group sued the federal government on Thursday over an action taken this year to no longer allow polluters to reduce their fines by paying for projects to help the environment."

Source: The Hill [9], 10/09/2020

Court Tosses Obama Rule Cutting Methane Leaks From Public Lands Drilling [10]

"A federal court on Thursday struck down an Obama-era regulation targeting methane leaks from drilling on public lands, arguing that it went beyond the scope of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which promulgated the rule."

Source: The Hill [11], 10/09/2020

Watchdog Dings Trump Administration For Pandemic Relief For Oil Companies [12]

"The Trump administration mismanaged its efforts to provide relief to oil and gas producers during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, failing to ensure aid went to those that needed it, according to a new congressional report.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan watchdog office of Congress, said the government flouted its own goals when giving struggling producers a break this spring on payments to the government for oil and gas pumped from federal lands.

Source: Washington Post [13], 10/09/2020

"Endangered Species: FWS Pulls Wolverine Protection Proposal" [14]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service today clawed back a high-profile proposal to list the North American wolverine under the Endangered Species Act, reigniting a fight that's previously entangled climate science and politics."

Source: E&E News [15], 10/09/2020

"Social Media: Climate Falsehoods Reached Millions On Facebook" [16]

"Climate denial groups have used Facebook to spread disinformation to millions of people in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, according to a new report."

Source: E&E News [17], 10/09/2020

"Forests: Concerns Grow About Herbicide Use In Wildfires' Wake" [18]

"First, the wildfires came to California and Oregon, scorching hundreds of thousands of acres of national forests. Next, weeds will sprout on those blackened lands. They'll be followed quickly by chemical weedkillers like glyphosate, as the Forest Service tries to make trees grow again."

Source: E&E News [19], 10/09/2020

BEJournal's International Short Story Contest [1]

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