"SOUTH PORTLAND — A controversial proposal that would ban tar sands oil from coming into the city won the Planning Board’s endorsement Tuesday night."
"Regulators look at raising the limit for radiation amid a rash of illegal dumping."
California, the producer of nearly half of the nation's fruits, veggies, and nuts, plus export crops—four-fifths of the world's almonds, for example—is entering its third driest year on record."
"Government's flagship energy efficiency schemes are found wanting in report by Committee on Climate Change"
"Australia’s Senate voted to scrap the nation’s price on carbon, fulfilling Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s election campaign pledge to abolish a 'toxic tax' he said threatened the nation’s economy."
"The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) internal watchdog found "no indications of bias" after reviewing claims the agency waived public records fees for green groups but not conservative organizations."
"MISSOULA, Mont. — President Obama announced a series of climate change initiatives on Wednesday aimed at guarding the electricity supply; improving local planning for flooding, coastal erosion and storm surges; and better predicting landslide risks as sea levels rise and storms and droughts intensify."
This Thursday (7/17), at 11 a.m. MST/ 10 a.m. PST, Bart Miller, Western Resource Advocates's Water Program Director, and Matt Rice, American Rivers' Director of Colorado Conservation, will host a call to discuss the solutions presented in the new paper. Can't make the call? There's a link to the report available.
Even in these days of cheap, globe-spanning, instant-gratification communications, many journalists are discovering that face-to-face gatherings still play a major part in building our careers — and don't want to wait 12 months between SEJ's annual conferences to recreate that in-the-flesh experience. Find regional groups here.
Join SEJ members and other journalists and friends from 7:30-9 p.m. for a brew and conversation.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/south-portland-planners-endorse-tar-sands-proposal
[2] http://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/15/south-portlands-review-of-tar-sands-proposal-underway/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/north-dakota-wrestles-radioactive-oilfield-waste
[4] http://www.hcn.org/articles/north-dakota-wrestles-with-radioactive-oilfield-waste
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/calif-farms-sucking-enough-groundwater-put-rhode-island-17-feet-under
[6] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/07/california-drought-report-economy-groundwater
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/uk-track-miss-carbon-targets-climate-change-advisers-warn
[8] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/15/uk-miss-carbon-targets-climate-change-advisers
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/australia-scraps-carbon-price-abbott-meets-election-pledge
[10] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-17/australia-scraps-carbon-price-as-abbott-meets-election-pledge.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-watchdog-finds-no-indications-bias-against-conservatives
[12] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/212431-watchdog-finds-no-indications-of-bias-against-conservatives-at-epa
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-announces-climate-change-initiatives
[14] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/us/politics/white-house-unveils-climate-change-initiatives.html?ref=energy-environment&_r=0
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/conference-call-discuss-new-report-hardest-working-river-west-common-sense-solutions
[16] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp14/local-meetups-bring-networking-home
[17] https://www.sej.org/calendar/seattle-area-meet-sej-members-and-friends
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3307
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3304
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3305
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3306
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3309
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3310
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3311
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3312
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4954