"Texas is one of the states leading the fight against the Clean Power Plan. If you ask almost any statewide office holder they'll tell you the plan is bad for the economy. ... It may come as a surprise then, that energy companies here are not as unanimous in their opposition. That's because Texas' energy sector is transforming rapidly."
"Here are the six winners of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, an annual $175,000 award given to honor and support the efforts of activists working to restore or protect the environment in communities around the world — sometimes at substantial personal risk."
"After two months of talks to clear out roadblocks, Senate leaders are looking to wrap up the bipartisan energy bill (S. 2012) this week."
"Canada's longest — and most northern — coastline will soon have to combat vast challenges such as storms, floods, erosion and melting sea ice in the wake of climate change, according to a Natural Resources Canada report."
"The European commission has ordered a ground-breaking moratorium on two endocrine-disrupting weedkillers that have been linked to thyroid cancer, infertility, reproductive problems and foetal malformations."
"Once again the assault came under the cover of night, loud and impressive, and by the time daybreak arrived, Houston and its neighboring communities were literally awash in familiar scenes of misery."
See Friday's agenda for SEJ's 2016 conference in Sacramento, Calif., hosted by Capital Public Radio and UC Davis.
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Concurrent Sessions
Technology Plenary
Mini-Tours
Tastings and Dinner Party
"William Gray, a pioneer in hurricane forecasting at Colorado State University and a skeptic of the science behind human-made global warming models, died on Saturday, the school said in a statement."
"Michigan is not thrilled with the idea of oil moving through more old underwater lines in its Great Lakes waters."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-power-players-sit-out-political-opposition-clean-power-plan
[2] http://www.npr.org/2016/04/16/474462519/texas-power-players-sit-out-political-opposition-to-clean-power-plan
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/goldman-prize-six-bottom-environmental-leaders
[4] http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/goldman-prize-for-six-bottom-up-environmental-leaders/?ref=energy-environment
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/senate-looks-finish-energy-bill-week
[6] http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060035760
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-report-outlines-climate-change-challenges-canadas-arctic-coast
[8] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/report-impact-climate-change-arctic-coastline-1.3540707
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/europe-bans-two-endocrine-disrupting-weedkillers
[10] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/19/europe-bans-two-endocrine-disrupting-weedkillers
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deadly-storms-wreak-havoc-houston-area
[12] http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/article/Deadly-storms-hit-Houston-causing-widespread-7256284.php
[13] https://www.sej.org/sej-annual-conferences/AC2016-agenda-friday
[14] https://www.sej.org/sej-annual-conferences/AC2016-agenda-saturday
[15] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2016-main
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hurricane-forecasting-pioneer-william-gray-dies-86
[17] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-gray-idUSKCN0XE015
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/michigan-thumbs-down-1918-era-st-clair-river-pipelines
[19] http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/04/michigan_is_thumbs_down_on_191.html
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2850
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2847
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2848
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2849
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2852
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2853
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2854
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2855
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4997