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"Nitrite Pollution Puts Warming Waters At Risk" [1]

"Nitrite pollution caused by rising temperatures is changing the chemistry of coastal waters, threatening more algal blooms and zones devoid of fish."

Source: Climate News Network [2], 05/02/2017

New York Plan to Dump Chlorine Into Sewers Worries Environmentalists [3]

"Facing a chronic problem of raw sewage emptying into city waterways during rainfalls, and struggling to meet health regulations, New York City environmental officials are turning to a new method of treating bacteria in sewage: dumping chlorine into sewer pipes leading to the waterways."

Source: NY Times [4], 05/02/2017

Sea-Level Rise: Gentrification As High Ground Becomes Hot Property [5]

"MIAMI — One of the first sea-level rise maps Broadway Harewood saw was a few years back, when climate activists gathered in his neighborhood to talk about how global warming would affect people in less-affluent South Florida communities."

Source: ClimateWire [6], 05/02/2017

"Justices Deny Review Of Case Challenging Polar Bear Habitat" [7]

"The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to designate 187,000 square miles of Alaska’s coast and waters a critical habitat for the threatened polar bear."

Source: The Hill [8], 05/02/2017

USDA Secretary Rolls Back Obama Nutrition Standards For School Lunches [9]

"Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday that he would roll back part of former First Lady Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative: stricter nutritional standards for school lunches."

Source: LA Times [10], 05/02/2017

Fire in Georgia Wildlife Refuge Could Take Months To Fight: Officials [11]

"A wildfire that has burned more than 100,000 acres (40,469 hectares) at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia could take until November before it is put out, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Monday."

Source: Reuters [12], 05/02/2017

"Appropriations: 2 Contentious Air Provisions Hitch Ride On Omnibus" [13]

"The broad fiscal 2017 spending bill released overnight includes contentious language to require the federal government to treat emissions from forest biomass as carbon neutral."

Source: Greenwire [14], 05/02/2017

"Appropriations: Omnibus Boosts Most Interior Programs But Cuts LWCF" [15]

"Most of the Interior Department's programs would receive more money under the fiscal 2017 omnibus funding bill lawmakers released earlier today, with one notable exception: the Land and Water Conservation Fund."

Source: Greenwire [16], 05/02/2017

Appropriations Deal Ignores Trump Calls For Deep Energy, Enviro Cuts [17]

"Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal last night to fund the government through the rest of the year that avoids steep cuts for U.S. EPA and renewable energy programs sought by the Trump administration."

Source: E&E Daily [18], 05/02/2017

DEADLINE: Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay Fellowship Program [19]

In summer 2017, the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay will award fellowships ($5,000 each) to ~10 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in their partnership institutions. The fellowship was created with scientists in mind; however they are open to proposals from journalists. So if you are a journalist in NYC or the surrounding area with a proposal you would like to submit, the deadline is May 16.

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