"Bumblebees Getting Stung Bad By Honeybee Sickness" [1]
"Wild bumblebees worldwide are in trouble, likely contracting deadly diseases from their commercialized honeybee cousins, a new study shows."
Source: AP [2], 02/20/2014
"Wild bumblebees worldwide are in trouble, likely contracting deadly diseases from their commercialized honeybee cousins, a new study shows."
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper was again rebuffed in his bid to press U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline when he raised the issue during a North American leaders’ summit in Toluca, Mexico."
"A Nebraska court on Wednesday invalidated the governor's decision to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to pass through the Midwestern state, casting new uncertainty over the controversial project to link Alberta's oil sands with refineries in Texas."
A new USGS database gives you downloadable information on some 47,000 wind turbines in the United States. This allows environmental journalists to come up with all kinds of local, regional, or national stories about wind energy and its impacts.
The oil and gas industry is not currently required to report toxic emissions from certain smaller operations — such as wells — because they do not fit EPA's definition of a TRI "facility." Yet 14 groups, led by the Environmental Integrity Project, have compiled and released data showing that oil and gas extraction facilities in just six states emitted ~8.5 million tons of toxic chemicals yearly.
Will the Federal Aviation Administration make drone journalism illegal? The first answer is likely to come soon. Connecticut journalist Pedro Rivera filed suit February 18, 2014, against Hartford police officers who he said violated his First Amendment rights to gather news.
A federal appeals court created a sweeping and dangerous precedent January 22, 2014, when it ruled the U.S. public had no right to know whether it is endangered by failures of federal dam safety agencies to do their jobs. If the ruling stands, federal agencies could withhold from disclosure almost any information showing federal failure to protect the public from infrastructure dangers.
"Glowing reindeer can be spotted in northern Finland thanks to a reflective spray which makes them more visible in a bid to prevent car accidents, Finnish reindeer breeders said on Tuesday."
"Top advisers to Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) were aware of a plan that the state's Department of Natural Resources was undertaking to target the "eco-left" as it pushed forward on efforts to promote drilling in state parks and forests, the Associated Press reports."
"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s frustration with U.S. President Barack Obama’s failure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline may make this installment of the North America summit, known as the “Three Amigos,” the frostiest since the annual meetings began almost a decade ago."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bumblebees-getting-stung-bad-honeybee-sickness
[2] http://www.boston.com/news/science/2014/02/19/bumblebees-getting-stung-bad-honeybee-sickness/dENBc4AiUn1f4UzlvJrFBI/story.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-unswayed-keystone-harper-rebuffed-mexico
[4] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-presses-obama-on-keystone/article16991253/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nebraska-court-invalidates-states-keystone-pipeline-approval
[6] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-usa-keystone-court-idUSBREA1I24520140219
[7] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/more-data-resources-reporting-energy
[8] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/groups-urge-tri-reporting-oil-and-gas-extraction
[9] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/legal-battle-looms-drone-newsgathering
[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/appeals-court-radically-expands-foia-safety-exemption
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/finnish-spray-reindeer-glow-dark-liquid-prevent-accidents
[12] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/18/finland-reindeer-glow-spray-night
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/kasich-camp-knew-plan-target-eco-left-oh-promoted-fracking
[14] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/john-kasich-fracking_n_4809433.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-heads-mexico-amigos-meeting-strained-keystone
[16] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-18/obama-heads-to-mexico-meeting-with-amigos-strained-by-keystone.html
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[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3525
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3528
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[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3531
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