"New Jersey’s decision to settle a multibillion-dollar pollution lawsuit with Exxon Mobil Corporation has come under broad criticism, as lawmakers and environmentalists have questioned why the state would agree to accept only $225 million — a small fraction of the $8.9 billion in damages it was seeking in court."
"DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopefuls who attended the first Iowa Agriculture Summit this past weekend were divided in their views on what role the government should play in supporting the biofuels industry."
"A Venezuela-bound tanker spilled an unknown amount of gasoline additive MTBE into the Houston Ship Channel after a crash with another vessel, shutting down a portion of the waterway and one container terminal."
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"Turn on the faucet. Fill a glass with water. Drink it. Acts so commonplace you perform them without thinking twice. Flora Barraza cannot. Neither can José Garcia, nor the cooks at Los Pasteles Bakery No. 2, nor the elderly at the Epoca de Oro Adult Day Care. Along the Texas-Mexico border, nearly 90,000 people are believed to still live without running water. An untold number more — likely tens of thousands, but no one is sure — often have running water of such poor quality that they cannot know what poisons or diseases it might carry."
"The European Union agreed to submit the goal of cutting greenhouse gases by at least 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 to a global climate conference in a bid to retain its leading role in the battle against global warming."
"DUBAI -- Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, the mission's official website said."
"MIAMI — The government divers who plunged into the bay near the Port of Miami surfaced with bad news again and again: Large numbers of corals were either dead or dying, suffocated by sediment."
New Mexico's Democratic Senator Tom Udall, who has a reputation as an environmental champion, has surprised environmentalists by his alliance with the chemical industry on toxics reform.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/some-new-jersey%E2%80%99s-money-exxon-settlement-will-go-legal-fees
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/nyregion/chunk-of-new-jerseys-money-from-exxon-settlement-is-to-go-to-legal-fees.html?ref=energy-environment
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iowa-gop-hopefuls-differ-support-ethanol-mandate
[4] http://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1060014667
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mtbe-stretch-houston-ship-channel-closed-after-vessels-collide
[6] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-09/houston-ship-channel-partially-closed-after-crash-spills-mtbe
[7] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-agenda-wednesday
[8] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-agenda
[9] mailto:cmac3054@gmail.com
[10] https://www.sej.org/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-coverage
[11] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-agenda-sunday#brkfst
[12] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-agenda-sunday#bookauthors
[13] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-speakers
[14] https://www.sej.org/sejs-25th-annual-conference-av-contests
[15] https://www.sej.org/sej-annual-conferences/AC2015-coverage#OpeningPlenary
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/many-along-texas-border-still-live-without-safe-drinkable-water
[17] http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/eu-agrees-40-carbon-reduction-pledge-un-climate-summit
[19] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-06/eu-agrees-on-40-carbon-reduction-pledge-for-un-climate-summit
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/first-round-world-solar-flight-takes-uae
[21] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/09/us-emirates-aviation-idUSKBN0M50KP20150309
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/despite-protections-miami-port-project-smothers-coral-reef-silt
[23] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/us/despite-protections-miami-port-project-smothers-coral-reef-in-silt.html?ref=energy-environment&_r=0
[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tom-udall%E2%80%99s-unlikely-alliance-chemical-industry
[25] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/us/tom-udalls-unlikely-alliance-with-the-chemical-industry.html?ref=energy-environment
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3118
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3115
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3116
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3117
[31] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3120
[32] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3121
[33] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3122
[34] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3123
[35] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4947