"Texas has proposed re-writing school text books to incorporate passages denying the existence of climate change and promoting the discredited views of an ultra-conservative think tank."
"Coal has been transported around the country by rail for decades. But very little research has been done on what coal does to the environment when it escapes from trains.With two large coal export terminals proposed for Washington state, one federal agency is hoping to add good science to the debate over coal in the Northwest."
"A Reuters analysis finds that flooding is increasing along much of the nation’s coastline, forcing many communities into costly, controversial struggles with a relentless foe."
"The International Whaling Commission voted Thursday against Japan’s plans to resume “scientific” whaling in the Antarctic next year, but Japan said it would go ahead regardless."
"More residents of Northern California mountain communities were told to leave their homes on Thursday after an out-of-control wildfire doubled in size overnight, scorching more than 100 square miles of drought-parched timber and brush."
"President Barack Obama will highlight strides the United States has made on climate change when he addresses a major U.N. climate summit next week, senior administration officials said on Thursday."
"The Obama administration on Thursday announced measures to tackle the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, outlining a national strategy that includes incentives for the development of new drugs, tighter stewardship of existing ones, and improvements in tracking the use of antibiotics and the microbes that are resistant to them."
The Environmental Law Institute's 2014 Policy Forum, taking place in Washington, DC, will focus on state leadership in environmental protection, examining the inherent tension underlying state-federal partnerships and inconsistencies in state approaches to cooperative federalism. Register by Oct 14th.
The Environmental Law Institute's annual U.S. Supreme Court update for the 2014 term will feature ELI President John Cruden leading a discussion (in Washington, DC and via teleconference) with two of the most distinguished environmental law school professors in the nation to review the important Clean Air Act cases decided this year, and forecast their implications for future rule making, particularly in the greenhouse gas arena. Register by Sep 26.
The National Press Foundation is accepting applications until Oct 14th for its 6th all-expenses-paid Cancer Issues program for journalists. The Cancer Issues 2014 program takes place December 7 – 10, 2014 at the NPF office in Washington, DC.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-plans-rewriting-school-text-books-deny-manmade-climate-change
[2] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/16/texas-proposes-rewriting-school-text-books-to-deny-manmade-climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-dust-risky-scientists-are-looking-it
[4] http://nwpr.org/post/coal-dust-risky-scientists-are-looking-it
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/reuters-investigates-waters-edge
[6] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/10/us-usa-sealevel-flood-idUSKBN0FF20220140710
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/japan-defies-whaling-commission-vows-resume-antarctic-hunt
[8] http://ens-newswire.com/2014/09/18/japan-defies-whaling-commission-vows-to-resume-antarctic-hunt/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-evacuations-ordered-california-wildfire-doubles-size
[10] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/18/us-usa-wildfires-idUSKBN0HC21P20140918
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-tout-us-climate-plan-un-summit
[12] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/72218
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-aims-curb-peril-antibiotic-resistance
[14] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/health/us-lays-out-strategy-to-combat-crisis-of-antibiotic-resistance.html?_r=0
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/policy-forum-role-state-leadership-cooperative-federalism
[16] https://www.sej.org/calendar/supreme-court-review-preview-0
[17] https://www.sej.org/calendar/national-press-foundation-6th-all-expenses-paid-cancer-issues-program-journalists
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[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3316
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