Summer algal blooms, seafood advisories, and beach closures remind us that water pollution has not gone away, and environmental journalists can still find loads of local and regional stories about it — if they dig. Here's a tool that can help. Image: © Clipart.com [2].
In addition to nuisance smells, confined animal feeding operations (aka CAFOs) can present serious air and water pollution problems. They are weakly regulated. Now a federal appeals court says information on who owns those feedlots can be kept secret. Image: © Clipart.com [4].
Miami-Dade county had stiff-armed a request from the Herald for the information, and denied a FOIA request. The county claimed the information was exempt for public health reasons. Photo: © Clipart.com. [6]
Should a federal agency be able to tell a science reporter whom they can — and can't — interview? The issue exploded in September with publication of a deeply reported piece on the "close-hold embargo" by Scientific American. Photo: © Clipart.com. [8]
"Scientists found that lobster larvae struggled to survive when water temperatures rose 5 degrees F. warmer than current temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, a key lobster fishing area off of New England."
"Fast-growing aviation powerhouse India is not ready to join the world's first climate deal to curb pollution from commercial flights because it fears that talks beginning on Tuesday may not lead to a fair agreement, its civil aviation minister said."
"Firefighters worked to control a wildfire on Tuesday in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco Bay area that has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate, despite its relatively small size, officials said."
"The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been called one of the worst environmental disasters in American history — and more than six years later, scientists are still investigating how much damage it actually caused. Now, a new study suggests the spill may have permanently marred one of the Gulf shore’s most important ecosystems. "
"A sprawling network of flood barricades erected in Iowa's second-largest city of Cedar Rapids largely succeeded in holding back water from the rain-swollen Cedar River, city officials said on Tuesday."
"Some 92% of the population live in places where air pollution exceeds WHO limits, which can contribute to lung cancer, heart disease, and strokes."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/impaired-waters-lists-tool-water-pollution-reporting
[2] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=3681143
[3] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/pork-producers-win-appeal-cafo-disclosure-case
[4] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=5270130
[5] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/miami-herald-sues-county-location-zika-mosquitoes-gets-it
[6] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=14333763
[7] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/close-hold-embargos-control-journalists-fda-other-agencies
[8] http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=11496259
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/global-warming-may-mean-fewer-maine-lobsters-says-study
[10] http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0924/Global-warming-may-mean-fewer-Maine-lobsters-says-study
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/talks-aviation-climate-deal-begin-india-holds-out
[12] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-aviation-india-idUSKCN11X0SK
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/northern-california-wildfire-forces-100s-evacuate-mountainous-area
[14] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wildfires-idUSKCN11X21Y
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deepwater-horizon-spill-may-have-irreversibly-damaged-gulf-coast-marshes
[16] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/27/the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-may-have-caused-irreversible-damage-to-marshes-along-the-gulf-coast/?utm_term=.55755377b0d0
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iowa-city-flood-prevention-system-holds-back-cedar-river
[18] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iowa-floods-idUSKCN11X0GX
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/polluted-air-affects-92-global-population-says-who
[20] http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37483616
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2753
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2750
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2751
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2752
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2755
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2756
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2757
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2758
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5027