The National Press Foundation is offering fellowships for What’s Next in Food and Agriculture [2], Sept. 23-26, 2018, in Kansas City, to explore the future of food and agriculture. Journalists will hear from experts on the ways food is grown, marketed, sold and, unfortunately, often wasted. They will learn about labeling, growing methods, GMOs, pesticide and herbicide use, as well as organic farming. Deadline: Jul 30.
"Scientists have created hybrid embryos from the sperm of near-extinct northern white rhinoceroses in the laboratory, hoping they can ultimately help save the species."
"The Senate last Thursday [June 28] unanimously passed H.R. 1029, the Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act, which would reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) that gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to collect fees to maintain the registration of pesticides."
"From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week."
"The newly elected Ontario government announced on Tuesday it would end the province's cap-and-trade program, a policy designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fulfilling one of Premier Doug Ford's election promises."
"The Trump administration is faulting its predecessor for overemphasizing science in writing a 2015 Clean Water Act rule aimed at defining what isolated wetlands and waterways deserve automatic federal regulatory protection."
"The Trump Administration would rather assure the chemical industry that its products are safe from scrutiny, rather than certify they are safe for humans. "
"Shortly after President Trump’s election but before his formal inauguration, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency focused on conducting research to improve workers’ health watered down a website on climate change’s contributions to occupational hazards, a new report has revealed."
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a former political fundraising ally in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents — including details about his meetings with industry lobbyists and taxpayer-funded travels across the U.S. and Europe."
"After leaving the job vacant for nearly 18 months, President Trump is expected to nominate the superintendent of Grand Teton National Park as the 19th director of the National Park Service, according to several sources familiar with the process."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-npf-training-whats-next-food-and-agriculture
[2] http://nationalpress.org/upcoming/whats-next-in-food-and-agriculture/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientists-hope-test-tube-embryos-can-save-near-extinct-white-rhino
[4] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-rhino-embryo/scientists-hope-test-tube-embryos-can-save-near-extinct-white-rhino-idUSKBN1JU2GG
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/senate-unanimously-approves-pesticide-registration-bill
[6] http://www.feedstuffs.com/news/senate-unanimously-approves-pesticide-registration-bill
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-world-during-past-week
[8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/03/hot-planet-all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-the-world-in-last-week/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canadas-ontario-government-scraps-cap-and-trade-program
[10] http://news.trust.org/item/20180703204347-dty35/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-admin-faults-obama-wotus-rules-reliance-science-report
[12] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060087683
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/analysis-asbestos-toll-mounts-trump%E2%80%99s-epa-ignores-it
[14] http://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-weakens-asbestos-standards-2582366096.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/phrase-%E2%80%98climate-change%E2%80%99-mysteriously-vanishes-cdc-website
[16] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/07/02/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-the-phrase-climate-change-from-a-cdc-website/?utm_term=.cb7317f0cf75
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pruitt-ally-decides-which-his-records-see-light-day
[18] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/03/pruitt-pac-treasurer-public-records-releases-667031
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/national-parks-sources-grand-teton-chief-trumps-pick-lead-nps
[20] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060087691
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2163
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2160
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2161
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2162
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2165
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2166
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2167
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2168
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4931