The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, in association with the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, presents panelists (including 3 SEJ members) from a wide range of media who will discuss the state of environmental journalism, addressing questions about the future of investigative reporting, evolving media and why we should care about the environment. Moderated by National Geographic's Edwin Dobb.
"Federal regulators have reached a tentative deal with Carnival Corp. on a plan to reduce air pollution from nearly a third of its cruise ships, but the accord comes too late to reverse at least a temporary loss of lucrative cruise business for Baltimore."
"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Polluted air causes roughly 200,000 early deaths each year across the United States, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology conclude after tracking emissions from industrial smokestacks, vehicle tailpipes, marine and rail transport, and commercial and residential heating."
"Prescription drugs are contaminating Lake Michigan two miles from Milwaukee’s sewage outfalls, suggesting that the lake is not diluting the compounds as most scientists expected, according to new research."
"Fearing the city's primary drinking water source could be at risk of contamination in the years ahead, Ann Arbor officials took action Tuesday night to send a message to the state."
"More than 50 years into the age of nuclear energy, one of the biggest growth opportunities may be junking old reactors."
"WASHINGTON -- A giant of coal-fired power won a $1.6 million lease to build the first wind farm off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday, a development that renewable energy advocates are cheering."
"Investing in a massive coal-burning power plant in southern Illinois has saddled some towns with similarly large electricity rates."
"A theoretical 9.1 quake off Alaska could flood Long Beach and parts of O.C., and force 750,000 to evacuate."
"The World Bank said on Tuesday it was planning 'aggressive action' to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human health and aid crop growth."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/does-environment-matter
[2] https://www.sej.org/headlines/carnival-epa-reach-pact-curb-cruise-ship-air-pollution
[3] http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-gr-carnival-cruise-pollution-20130905,0,1021101.story
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/air-pollution-blamed-200000-early-us-deaths-each-year
[5] http://ens-newswire.com/2013/09/04/air-pollution-blamed-for-200000-early-u-s-deaths-each-year/
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drugs-found-lake-michigan-miles-sewage-outfalls
[7] http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/drugs-in-lake-michigan
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ann-arbor-calls-deq-tighten-standards-dioxane-cleanup
[9] http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/09/ann_arbor_calls_on_deq_to_tigh.html
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nuclear-trashmen-gain-record-us-reactor-shutdowns
[11] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-04/nuclear-trashmen-gain-from-record-u-s-reactor-shutdowns.html
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/offshore-wind-lease-near-virginia-won-coal-power-giant-dominion
[13] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/offshore-wind-lease-virginia_n_3869363.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/towns-pay-high-price-power
[15] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-costly-coal-plant-20130904,0,7359618.story
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tsunami-study-finds-southern-california-risk
[17] http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tsunami-study-20130905,0,1877440.story
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/world-bank-targets-air-pollution-climate-battle
[19] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/69656
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3573
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3570
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3571
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3572
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3575
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3576
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3577
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3578
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4972