"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.
"For a few weeks this spring, the Colorado River flowed all the way to the sea for the first time in a half a century. And during that window of opportunity, writer Rowan Jacobsen took the paddleboarding trip of a lifetime."
"The United States has not reached a state of energy security despite the natural gas boom that is sweeping the nation, the new head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Monday."
"John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama here, says he remembers the morning he spotted a well-known colleague at a gathering of climate experts."
"The English Channel is all but fished out, leaving fishermen scraping the bottom of the barrel in their quest for a commercial haul."
The head of the largest union representing Environmental Protection Agency employees says agency leaders are showing a 'failure to manage.' The top of the agency, the union leader said, has a "'country club' mentality" when it comes to dealing with top managers."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-watchdog-finds-no-indications-bias-against-conservatives
[2] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/212431-watchdog-finds-no-indications-of-bias-against-conservatives-at-epa
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-announces-climate-change-initiatives
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/us/politics/white-house-unveils-climate-change-initiatives.html?ref=energy-environment&_r=0
[5] https://www.sej.org/calendar/conference-call-discuss-new-report-hardest-working-river-west-common-sense-solutions
[6] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp14/local-meetups-bring-networking-home
[7] https://www.sej.org/calendar/seattle-area-meet-sej-members-and-friends
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/well-ill-be-un-dammed-colorado-river-briefly-reached-sea
[9] http://www.npr.org/2014/07/12/330727725/well-ill-be-un-dammed-colorado-river-briefly-reached-the-sea
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/natural-gas-boom-hasnt-made-us-energy-secure-warns-iea-chief
[11] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/212126-iea-chief-us-may-not-be-energy-secure
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/skeptic-climate-change-finds-himself-target-suspicion
[13] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/us/skeptic-of-climate-change-john-christy-finds-himself-a-target-of-suspicion.html?_r=0
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-english-channel-all-fished-out
[15] http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/15/study-english-channel-all-fished-out/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-union-protests-treatment-staff-light-recent-controversies
[17] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/epa-union-mccarthy_n_5589007.html?&ir=Green&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000048
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3314
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3311
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3312
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3313
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3316
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3317
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3318
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3319
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4961