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Between the Lines: Scientist Finds Nature’s Art Beneath the Seas [1]

In a unique initiative, an evolutionary biologist uses a collection of exquisite glass models to help people translate natural history to a human scale and to see living living things as masterpieces of nature. In our new Between the Lines, SEJournal speaks with SEJ award-winning author Drew Harvell about her volume “A Sea of Glass” and the power of art to inspire.

IG: EPA Can Do More To Find Emissions Cheating After Volkswagen Scandal [2]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has improved its car emissions testing following the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal, but it could still take more steps, the agency’s internal watchdog said Tuesday."

Source: The Hill [3], 05/16/2018

Battered By Bleaching, Florida's Coral Reefs Now Face Mystery Disease [4]

"At Mote Marine Lab's Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration in the Florida Keys, Joey Mandara is like a baby sitter. But instead of children he tends to thousands of baby corals, growing in large, shallow tanks called raceways."

Source: NPR [5], 05/16/2018

"US Judge Scraps Oakland, California, Ban On Coal Shipments" [6]

"A federal judge in California on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland’s ban on coal shipments at a proposed cargo terminal, siding with a developer who wants to use the site to transport Utah coal to Asia."

Source: AP [7], 05/16/2018

"Court Vacates Key Federal Permit For Atlantic Coast Pipeline" [8]

"RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appellate court vacated a key permit granted to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, saying Tuesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided no specific limits for the allowable impact on threatened and endangered species."

Source: AP [9], 05/16/2018

"House Lawmakers Vote To Give Modest Budget Cuts to EPA, Interior" [10]

"House lawmakers voted Tuesday night to give modest budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Interior Department."

Source: The Hill [11], 05/16/2018

"Ash Cloud From Hawaii Volcano Sparks Red Alert For Aviation" [12]

"Explosions intensified on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, spewing ash and triggering a red alert for aircraft for the first time since the latest eruption began 12 days ago."

Source: Reuters [13], 05/16/2018

"Top Advisors Pan Pruitt's Science Transparency Rule, Seek SAB Review" [14]

"Top EPA science advisors, including Administrator Scott Pruitt's hand-picked chair of the agency's Science Advisory Board (SAB), are strongly criticizing the administrator's controversial plan to require only publicly available research to justify its regulations, charging it will undermine rules' integrity and was developed without adequate review."

Source: Inside EPA [15], 05/16/2018

For Coming Drought Season, Flood of Info [16]

Drought is an urgent environmental story, both as it emerges in its seasonal form and as part of larger related issues of allocation and climate change. As the drought season gets underway, this week’s TipSheet offers story angles and more than a dozen key resources for your coverage.

Female Scientist Who Identified Greenhouse-Gas Effect Never Got Credit [17]

"John Tyndall, an Irish physicist, is usually recognized as the first person to prove the greenhouse-gas effect. But some of the credit should have gone to Eunice Foote, an American scientist, who, save a few mentions, remains largely unknown today."

Source: Quartz [18], 05/15/2018

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