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"BP's Well Control Exec Says He Was Unprepared for U.S. Gulf Blowout" [1]

"BP's manager in charge of controlling the Macondo blowout in 2010 was never trained to permanently plug a ruptured oil well and said in court on Wednesday the British company was not fully prepared for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history."

Source: Reuters [2], 10/03/2013

"Tokyo Electric Says Contaminated Water Leaked at Fukushima" [3]

"The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Tuesday that four tonnes of rainwater contaminated with low levels of radiation leaked during an operation to transfer the water between tank holding areas."

Source: Reuters [4], 10/03/2013

"Lawn Fertilizer Limits Take Effect, But Effectiveness Questioned" [5]

"Among the hundreds of new laws taking effect Tuesday (Oct. 1) is one meant to help the Chesapeake Bay by limiting when, where and how Marylanders should feed their lawns. One scientist, though, suggests homeowners could help the bay better by forgoing lawn fertilizer altogether."

Source: Baltimore Sun [6], 10/03/2013

"More Bad News for Minnesota Moose" [7]

"Minnesota's dwindling moose herd has a year off from human hunters in 2013, but that doesn't mean life for the big north woods critters is a walk in the park. Moose are still being hit hard by disease, injury and parasites, and they are still prey for four-legged hunters who don't need licenses".

Source: Duluth News Tribune [8], 10/03/2013

"Fracking May Be Polluting River with Radioactive Waste" [9]

"Fracking may be contaminating a Pennsylvania river with radioactive waste, a Duke University study to be published this week shows."

Source: Climate Central [10], 10/03/2013

Plowed Grassland Habitat Means Trouble for Wildlife and Hunters [11]

"The thousands of non-resident hunters who will head west this fall -- including to the Dakotas -- to hunt pheasants and waterfowl will find less habitat and fewer places to hunt."

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [12], 10/03/2013

DC Climate: Hot Rhetoric, Cold Comfort as Employees Struggle On [13]

"Astronauts on the International Space Station will not be abandoned by NASA's ground crews. National Science Foundation-supported researchers working on the planet's frozen poles won't be cut off from communications, either. Flood-stricken Colorado will continue to receive aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and if a hurricane approaches U.S. shores, the National Weather Service will be there to tell us about it. But as Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress continue to squabble over which party is to blame for the first government shutdown since 1995, the impact is already being felt in all federal agencies involved with climate- and climate change-related research and policy."

Source: ClimateWire [14], 10/03/2013

Not-so-hidden Resources for Busy Environmental Journalists [15]

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By EDITORS OF THE SEJOURNAL

When SEJ decided last year to survey members about which SEJ programs they value most, a funny thing happened – we discovered that many of the programs most popular among some members aren’t even on the radar screen for others. In fact, in com- ments at the end of the survey, some members expressed a desire for programs ... that SEJ already offers.

We also heard from many members who seemed in responding to the survey to express doubt about how much SEJ can help them. For example:

The Tangled Tale of the Endangered Wolf [16]

"Alternative Flame Retardants Detected In Outdoor Air" [17]

"Environment: Scientists measure organophosphate flame retardants at higher levels than those of the troublesome compounds they are replacing."

Source: C&EN [18], 10/02/2013

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