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"EPA's McCarthy: 'Responsible' Gas Production Key To Climate Strategy" [1]

"Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy said natural-gas production — with the right safeguards -- is a major piece of Obama administration efforts to combat global warming."

Source: Hill/E2 Wire [2], 08/15/2013

Before Bakken Well Violation, A $22M Fraud Case in the Texas Oil Patch [3]

"A little-known company called Halek Operating ND LLC is facing the largest fine North Dakota has ever levied against an oil and gas producer -- $1.5 million -- for jeopardizing drinking water near Dickinson."

Source: EnergyWire [4], 08/15/2013

"Keystone XL Protest Draws Hundreds To State Department" [5]

"WASHINGTON -- About 200 environmental activists gathered in front of the State Department Monday morning to protest the proposed expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline through the midwestern United States."

Source: Huffington Post [6], 08/15/2013

"After Disaster, the Deadliest Part of Japan's Nuclear Clean-Up" [7]

"The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale."

Source: Reuters [8], 08/15/2013

"Climate Change May Be Speeding Coast Redwood, Giant Sequoia Growth" [9]

"Finally, some good news about the effects of climate change. It may have triggered a growth spurt in two of California's iconic tree species: coast redwoods and giant sequoias."

Source: LA Times [10], 08/15/2013

DEADLINE: Society for Neuroscience Science Journalism Student Award [11]

This award enables students pursuing a science or medical journalism degree to attend the SfN annual meeting. Receive complimentary meeting registration, four nights’ lodging, $750 for expenses and a mentor who is an experienced professional journalist covering the annual meeting. Deadline is Jun 1.

Drillers Buy Silence on Health, Property Impacts of Fracking [12]

One reason proof of harm is hard to find is that drillers pay people to keep quiet. Now the unsealing of a once-confidential settlement in Pennsylvania gives a clear view of how the silencing works. The 17-page, two-year-old settlement agreement includes a $750,000 payment to a family critical of fracking, saying they became sick, as well as a gag order that applies to their 7- and 10-year-old children for the rest of their lives.

12 Tips for Getting Around the Press Office [13]

If you expect nothing from the press office, you will rarely be disappointed. Even getting a callback before your deadline is a major feat. Good stories rarely come from a call to the press office, but there are times when you have to call them. Even public affairs professionals admit that good reporters do their best to circumvent the public affairs people. Try these tips!

Are PAOs a Help or Hindrance? Press Club Debates [14]

Journalists of all stripes heard a panel debate: "Government Public Affairs Offices: More Hindrance Than Help?" August 12, 2013, at the National Press Club, with unsurprising results. The real news may have been presentation of results of a survey conducted by an assistant professor at Kennesaw State University. To risk summarizing in a headline: things are as bad as SEJ members have complained they are.

SEJ Protests Calif. Highway Patrol's Arrest of Photojournalist [15]

SEJ formally objected to the CHP's July 23, 2013, arrest of Willits News' Steve Eberhard for covering an environmental protest of highway bypass construction, saying the arrest is "unacceptable" and "directly contravenes the right to gather news that derives from the First Amendment."

DEADLINE: Society for Neuroscience Science Journalism Student Award [11]

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