"California has completed the highest number of goals to prepare for climate change, followed by Massachusetts and New York, according to a first-of-its-kind 50-state tracking tool unveiled Thursday."
"A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data."
"Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sounded the alarm Thursday in Miami Beach about the potentially crippling effects that climate change and rising sea levels could have on the city, accusing skeptics of 'avoiding reality.'"
Enter your film now to be part of the 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival which includes an Environmental Film Series. Start off your summer early in one of California’s top destinations, the beautiful coastline city of Newport Beach. Located within driving distance of Hollywood, the Festival hosts a large contingent of film industry professionals and creates an environment where filmmakers have the opportunity to interact personally with the best of the business. Final deadline is Jan 30, 2015.
Organised in partnership with the UN Foundation and the Transformational Media Initiative, this summit in Washington, DC will bring together pioneers and innovators in film, journalism, well-being, creativity, business, international development, and new technology.
"As sea ice melts and permafrost thaws, indigenous traditions are being forced to change, say researchers."
"Soccer coach Amy Griffin was in a Seattle hospital visiting a young goalie who was receiving chemotherapy when a nurse said something that made the hair on Griffin’s neck stand up."
"It’s early morning in southeast Alaska. Stars have yet to fade from the night sky. A group of scientists sets out in search of a different kind of star. Sea stars, commonly known as starfish, have been vanishing from North America’s Pacific shoreline."
"President Barack Obama is planning to designate 346,000 acres within the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles as a national monument, a step supporters say will ensure better stewardship in one of the nation's most heavily visited forests but worries some local officials because of potential restrictions."
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent potential changes to the standard for ground-level ozone to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday."
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[7] https://www.sej.org/calendar/2015-newport-beach-film-festival-%E2%80%93-early-bird-deadline-oct-24
[8] https://www.sej.org/calendar/transformational-media-summit-0
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[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-sends-ozone-regulation-white-house-review
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