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Many Man-Made Earthquakes in Western Canada Now Linked to Fracking [1]

"New study says at least 39 fracked wells in Alberta and British Columbia likely triggered earthquakes in recent years."

Source: InsideClimate News [2], 03/31/2016

"Trump Finds Common Ground With Cruz in Opposition to Carbon Tax" [3]

"Donald Trump and Ted Cruz oppose a carbon tax, putting them in league with the Republican National Committee on the issue but at odds with some oil companies and economists who view a levy on those heat-trapping emissions as an effective way to combat climate change."

Source: Bloomberg [4], 03/31/2016

"Toxic Chemical Still in Can Linings of Popular Foods" [5]

"A new report from six health and environmental groups finds 67 percent of nearly 200 food cans from dozens of brands and retailers tested positive for Bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical linked to increased risk of breast and prostate cancers, infertility and type-2 diabetes."

Source: ENS [6], 03/31/2016

"Supreme Court Sympathetic To Property Owner In Wetlands Dispute" [7]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to rule that property owners can challenge the federal government in court over the need for permits under a national water protection law in a case involving a company's plans for a Minnesota peat mine."

Source: Reuters [8], 03/31/2016

Climate Forecasts Underestimate Sea-Rise From Antarctic Thaw: Study [9]

"Sea levels could rise 50 cm (20 inches) more this century than had been expected, according to a report published on Wednesday which found that Antarctic ice will melt faster than previously thought."

Source: Reuters [10], 03/31/2016

"Climate Policy’s Advocates Take Page From Same-Sex Marriage Playbook" [11]

"Two months ahead of a federal court hearing on President Obama’s signature climate change rule, a coordinated public relations offensive has begun — modeled after the same-sex marriage campaign — to influence the outcome of the case."

Source: NY Times [12], 03/31/2016

"Nuclear Terrorism Fears Loom Over Obama's Final Atomic Summit" [13]

"Just as fears of nuclear terrorism are rising, U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to lock down vulnerable atomic materials worldwide seems to have lost momentum and could slow further."

Source: Reuters [14], 03/31/2016

Toxic Chemicals in a Pinch: Some Help for Journalists [15]

If you are an environmental reporter, it is only a matter of time before a reader asks you, "What's up with pentachlorophenol?" Or a grouchy editor demands to know, "What's the difference between trichloroethylene and trichloroethane?" Help is on the way. Read on.

Pavillion, Wyo., Fracking Study Unplugged with FOIA [16]

In 2011, EPA produced — and subsequently buried — a draft report on fracking contamination at Pavillion, Wyoming. Now one of the authors of the original draft has co-published a review of the research in the independent journal Environmental Science & Technology. The new study, based on FOIA'd documents, links fracking and polluted wells.

Nine Years After Request for FEMA Katrina Records: Nothing [17]

The Project on Government Oversight FOIA'd FEMA/DHS in 2006 for documents that might reveal hanky-panky with billions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery contracts. In December 2015, DHS finally wrote POGO to say that disclosing the records would constitute an "unwarranted invasion of privacy."

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