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"Kettleman City Toxic Landfill Fight Might Turn on Finances" [1]

"At the doorstep to the largest hazardous waste landfill in the West, Kettleman City has some of California's biggest pollution burdens, the state Environmental Protection Agency says."

Source: Fresno Bee [2], 07/22/2013

"Science for Hire -- Trial Over Plastic Exposes Disclosure Deficit" [3]

A Texas trial is pitting the giant Eastman Chemical against two small labs who said
Eastman's "BPA-free" plastic Tritan still had estrogen-like activity. The trial raises key issues about whether the objectivity of science is skewed by who pays for it -- and whether financial interests should be disclosed.

Source: Reuters [4], 07/22/2013

"June 2013 Was World's Fifth-Hottest June on Record, Says NOAA" [5]

"June 2013 broke monthly records over much of northern Canada, western Russia, southern Japan, the Philippines, part of southwestern China, and central southern Africa."

Source: Reuters [6], 07/22/2013

"Poll: Majority Backs Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Emissions" [7]

"WASHINGTON, DC -- A majority of American voters polled in a nationwide survey say they support President Barack Obama’s new plan to address climate change and protect public health by cutting the amount of carbon emitted in the United States."

Source: ENS [8], 07/22/2013

"Federal Judge Denies BP Bid To Suspend Payments on Oil Spill Claims" [9]

"A federal judge Friday denied British oil giant BP's bid for a preliminary injunction that would have allowed the company to temporarily suspend payments related to claims from the 2010 oil spill until an investigation into alleged fraud in the multibillion-dollar claims payment program is complete."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [10], 07/22/2013

"Oil Spills: Crude Mishaps on Trains Spike as Rail Carries More Oil" [11]

"The number of spills and other accidents from railroad cars carrying crude oil has skyrocketed in recent years, up from one or two a year early in the previous decade to 88 last year."

Source: EnergyWire [12], 07/22/2013

Deal-Making Past Will Serve Mccarthy Well as Controversies Loom [13]

"Having made it through a 136-day wait in the Senate -- the longest for any U.S. EPA administrator nominee -- Gina McCarthy has a tough stacked agenda that will include highly controversial climate regulations."

Source: E&E Daily [14], 07/22/2013

The Society of Environmental Journalists Announces 2013 Annual Conference Fellows [15]

Thanks to generous donations raised by members and friends of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) through a spring crowdfunding campaign, we are pleased to announce full or partial fellowships [15] valued at $3,500 for six journalists to attend SEJ’s Annual Conference in Chattanooga this fall.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Guyana (Or Qatar, or France): How One Freelancer Supports a Travel Addiction [16]

Freelancer Erica Gies shares how she has created a "citizen of the world" reporting portfolio, gets paid to travel, and gains perspective on herself, her country and the common problems we all face.

SEJournal Summer 2013, Vol. 23 No. 2 [17]

In this issue: ESA at 40 — 40 things journalists should know; tangled tale of the endangered wolf; SEJ resources for busy enviro journalists; how one freelancer supports a travel addiction; five book reviews; IJNR institute inspires journalists; watershed tipsheet; and SEJ's 2012 individuals donor list.

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