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"The Miner's Daughter" [1]

"Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest—and most controversial—billionaire."

Source: New Yorker [2], 03/20/2013

"Unwanted Electronic Gear Rising in Toxic Piles" [3]

"Last year, two inspectors from California’s hazardous waste agency were visiting an electronics recycling company near Fresno for a routine review of paperwork when they came across a warehouse the size of a football field, packed with tens of thousands of old computer monitors and televisions."

Source: NY Times [4], 03/20/2013

"Major Fuel, Emissions Savings Unlikely in Autos -- Report" [5]

"Efforts to cut emissions and fossil fuel use by 80 percent by 2050 deemed 'extremely challenging' by a panel of experts: 'On its own, the market would not make this transition.'"

Source: Daily Climate [6], 03/20/2013

"N.R.C. Votes for Upgrades to Some Reactor Vents" [7]

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday to require improvements to the emergency vents at 31 American reactors that share design similarities with the Japanese reactors that melted down two years ago. The agency stopped short, however, of requiring filters to scrub out radioactive particles coming through those vents."

Source: NY Times [8], 03/20/2013

SEJ Celebrates Kathie Durbin's Life, 1944-2013 [9]

SEJ members and staff mourn the loss of award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin, an SEJ member since 1996. A dedicated reporter and author, determined to make her final deadline, Kathie completed her last book before passing on March 15, 2013; The Columbia River Gorge: Bridging a Great Divide is scheduled to be published by OSU Press. Read Cascadia Times colleague Paul Koberstein's tribute to Kathie, as well as other coverage, and post your remembrances here. [10] © Image: Courtesy Elizabeth Feryl.

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"High Court To Rule on Forest Plan Challenge" [13]

"The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether environmental groups can challenge a federal government plan that has led to increased logging in California forests throughout the Sierra."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle [14], 03/19/2013

Parachute Creek Spill Continues Uncontained in Colo.; Source Unknown [15]

"An underground plume of toxic hydrocarbons from an oil spill north of the Colorado River near Parachute has been spreading for 10 days, threatening to contaminate spring runoff."

Source: Denver Post [16], 03/19/2013

"Sen. Roy Blunt Placing a Hold On Obama's EPA Nominee" [17]

"Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said on Monday that he is placing a hold on Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay a full Senate vote on the nominee."

Source: LA Times [18], 03/19/2013

"Bird Group Calls for Halt To Widely Applied Insecticide" [19]

"The American Bird Conservancy is calling for a ban on using one of the globe's most widely used classes of insecticides in seed treatments and for a suspension of all other uses, pending an independent review of its impact on birds and other wildlife."

Source: USA TODAY [20], 03/19/2013

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