"Long before wind and solar, water was the nation’s top renewable energy source. Going back some 100 years, the United States built enormous dams — like the Depression-era Hoover Dam in Nevada — to produce tremendous amounts of energy."
"The oil-train boom is waning almost as quickly as it began."
"Husky Energy issued a release on Tuesday afternoon as a "clarification" of the timeline surrounding the leak of 200-250 cubic meters of oil into the North Saskatchewan River."
"The top state prosecutors in New York and Massachusetts said on Tuesday they will refuse to comply with a subpoena from U.S. congressmen for details on their investigations into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors on climate change risks."
From Oct 2-8, 2016, IJNR will lead a select group of journalists on a field trip exploring everything from gas and oil pipelines and trains carrying crude through the Great Lakes region, to a potential new shale gas play in Michigan and Wisconsin’s largest solar array. Apply by Aug 29.
On July 22, 2016, the public joined us for a community conversation about important regional and national environmental and health issues, and a potential conference and reporting project. The event, organized by SEJ with the University of Michigan-Flint, comprised a panel and Q&A with journalists. Find coverage here. [10]
"Donald Trump may have been grabbing headlines in Cleveland [last] week, but over in Europe it looks like he’s just lost an ongoing, albeit more low-profile battle."
"Multi-ethnic nations are vulnerable to armed conflicts after weather disasters such as heatwaves and droughts in a trend that could worsen with global warming, scientists said on Monday."
"Husky Energy Inc has indefinitely closed a pipeline that leaked oil into a major Canadian river, a company official said on Monday, as the spill forced a second city to stop drawing drinking water."
"American fishermen are digging in for a fight over a proposal to shut down the vestiges of the U.S. harvest of shark fins, prized for soup and traditional medicine in Asia, and send a message to the rest of the world."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/renewable-hydro-power-has-surprisingly-bright-future
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/26/the-surprisingly-bright-future-of-americas-overlooked-renewable-energy-source-water/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/crude-slump-pipeline-expansion-mark-end-us-oil-train-boom
[4] http://www.wsj.com/articles/crude-slump-pipeline-expansion-mark-end-of-u-s-oil-train-boom-1469484016?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/did-husky-wait-14-hours-after-spill-discovery-shut-pipeline
[6] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/husky-oil-spill-14-hours-pipeline-1.3696008
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/state-prosecutors-reject-us-lawmakers-subpoena-exxon-probe
[8] http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN1062GX
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-ijnrs-great-lakes-energy-institute
[10] https://www.sej.org/learning-flint-telling-stories-need-be-told
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/donald-trump-loses-his-war-against-scottish-wind-farm
[12] http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/07/donald-trump-loses-battle-over-scottish-wind-farm/492626/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20TheAtlanticCities%20%28CityLab%29
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/weather-disasters-raise-conflict-risk-multi-ethnic-nations-study
[14] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-conflict-idUSKCN10525T
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/husky-shuts-pipeline-indefinitely-after-canadian-oil-spill
[16] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pipeline-spill-husky-energy-idUSKCN1051ZJ
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/shutting-down-shark-finning-us-fishermen-promise-fight
[18] http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/EnvironmentandNature/Article_2016-07-26-US--Shark Finning/id-e4a9b356af434ef7b754f8ff311a75c4
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2799
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2796
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2797
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2798
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2801
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2802
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2803
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2804
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5024