Drilling for gas and oil can be safe or it can be dangerous.
"Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help supply more than half of the nation's drinking water. In many cases, the Environmental Protection Agency has granted these so-called aquifer exemptions in Western states now stricken by drought and increasingly desperate for water."
SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel explains results of a research project underwritten by the Brainerd Foundation to identify SEJ’s strengths and weaknesses, which served as a basis for a discussion on a strategic path for the organization over the next three years.
Thirteen sponsoring agencies have come together to host in New Orleans the first joint private and federal Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, a forum for the research community in the Gulf of Mexico to share their latest scientific results. Complimentary registration for credentialed members of the media is available.
"ATLANTA -- If disaster strikes a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the utility industry wants the ability to fly in heavy-duty equipment that could avert a meltdown."
"The death rate of many of the biggest and oldest trees around the world is increasing rapidly, scientists report in a new study in Friday’s issue of the journal Science. They warned that research to understand and stem the loss of the trees is urgently needed."
The American chestnut once dominated the forest landscape from Georgia to Maine. Then the blight struck, and by the 1950s, it was all but extinct. Now, after 30 years of breeding and crossbreeding, the American Chestnut Foundation believes it has developed a blight-resistant tree.
"In the streets that surround the New York Stock Exchange, the air is filled with the odor of generator fuel and frustration over the slogging recovery from Hurricane Sandy."
"The federal government has come up with dozens of ways to enhance the diminishing flow of the Colorado River, which has long struggled to keep seven states and roughly 25 million people hydrated."
"An unusually late fire season may bring coal to more than a few Christmases this year. Ongoing drought conditions across much of the West, Midwest and South have left ample fuel for ignition, keeping firefighters on edge and raising alerts in a number of states."
Links
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[2] http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Energy-experts-say-drilling-can-be-made-cleaner-4105516.php
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-feds-let-industry-pollute-nation%E2%80%99s-underground-water-supply
[4] http://www.propublica.org/article/poisoning-the-well-how-the-feds-let-industry-pollute-the-nations-undergroun
[5] https://www.sej.org/sejournal-su-fall12/it-not-strongest-species-survives
[6] https://www.sej.org/calendar/first-joint-private-and-federal-gulf-mexico-oil-spill-ecosystem-science-conference
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/flex-nuclear-industry-disaster-plan-created-meet-nrc-rules
[8] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/flex-nuclear-industry-nrc_n_2267235.html?utm_hp_ref=green
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mighty-old-trees-are-perishing-fast-study-warns
[10] http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/mighty-old-trees-are-perishing-fast-study-warns/?ref=energy-environment
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/blighted-icon-volunteers-aim-revive-chestnut
[12] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hoGcrcbScxlAt3jVMqMFrFzyeY7A?docId=c59697e29857451f914172ccea2d36ca
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lower-manhattan-residents-and-businesses-still-grapple-recovery
[14] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/nyregion/lower-manhattan-continues-to-grapple-with-recovery.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/water-piped-denver-could-ease-stress-river
[16] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/science/earth/federal-plans-for-colorado-river-include-pipeline.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/much-us-fire-hazard-lingers-drought-persists
[18] http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/12/06/2
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[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3764
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[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3768
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3769
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3770
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