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"US-Backed Mexico Dam Project Triggered Protest, Rare Defeat" [1]

"SANTA URSULA, Mexico — People in the hamlet of Santa Ursula began to worry when the logging started. In a few short weeks, more than a mile of densely forested riverbank was stripped from the Arroyo Sal to make way for heavy dredging equipment."

Source: AP [2], 01/30/2015

"Battle Over Climate Science Curriculum Heats Up" [3]

"A fierce debate is raging in West Virginia over a new set of science standards for public schools that would acknowledge climate change as real and man-made."

Source: Aljazeera America [4], 01/30/2015

"Scientists See Shrinking California Snowpack as a Harbinger" [5]

"State workers performed a California winter ritual Thursday, poking hollow aluminum tubes into Sierra Nevada meadows to measure the snowpack. In what scientists see as a harbinger, they didn't find much."

Source: LA Times [6], 01/30/2015

"Pennsylvania Governor Bans New Oil/Gas Leases on State Land" [7]

"Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Thursday signed an executive order reinstating a moratorium on new leases for oil and natural gas development in state parks and forests."

Source: Reuters [8], 01/30/2015

"Flooding Leaves Mess in Oceanfront Massachusetts After Storm" [9]

"Ocean Street in the waterfront Massachusetts town of Marshfield was littered with lobster traps, downed wires and chunks of houses on Wednesday, after a massive blizzard hammered New England."

Source: Reuters [10], 01/30/2015

"Offshore Wind Farm Leases Draw Few Bids From Wary Industry" [11]

"Not too long ago, in 2013, the Obama administration began auctioning off leases for offshore wind farms up and down the Eastern Seaboard, hoping to spur a nascent industry."

Source: NY Times [12], 01/30/2015

"NJ Lead Poisoning Fund To Get Hearing" [13]

"New Jersey's depleted lead poisoning prevention fund, raided to pay other government bills, is poised to get a full public airing, following an Asbury Park Press investigation."

Source: Asbury Park Press [14], 01/30/2015

"Oil Cash Waning, Venezuelan Shelves Lie Bare" [15]

"CARACAS, Venezuela — Mary Noriega heard there would be chicken."

Source: NY Times [16], 01/30/2015

"Senate Approves Keystone XL Pipeline Bill, Testing Obama" [17]

"The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which President Obama is certain to veto in his first official clash with the new Republican-majority Congress."

Source: NY Times [18], 01/30/2015

Celebrate with SEJ! [19]

Twenty-five years ago, the Society of Environmental Journalists was born, created by visionary journalists to improve the quality, accuracy and visibility of environmental reporting. Through the years the organization has provided a beacon for journalists covering the environment, to illuminate and strengthen this tribe of scribes, and the coverage they provide, reminding all who care about the environment beat, you are not alone. SEJ has been loyal and true to its founding principles through 25 years. Please be a sweetheart, make a donation, [20] and see your name here. [19] Artwork credit: "red texture with hearts [21]" by sure2talk [22] / CC BY [23] / modified.

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