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"Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Suffers Blackout" [1]

"TOKYO -- A power failure at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant on Monday night has left three fuel storage pools without fresh cooling water for hours, the plant’s operator said."

Source: AP [2], 03/19/2013

"Report: Gov’t Incentives Favor Nuclear Over Renewable Energy in SC" [3]

"COLUMBIA, SC -- As SCE&G and other utilities work to complete atomic power plants, the law that made construction possible gives power companies less incentive to use solar, wind and other forms of alternative energy."

Source: SC State [4], 03/19/2013

"It’s Move It or Lose It in Path of a Nor’easter" [5]

Powerful Atlantic storms threaten long-settled areas on a Massachusetts barrier island.

Source: NY Times [6], 03/19/2013

"Days of Promise Fade for Ethanol" [7]

"MACON, Mo. — Five years ago, rural America was giddy for ethanol."

Source: NY Times [8], 03/19/2013

SEJ Member Spotlight: Jerry Redfern [9]

Jerry Redfern has worked as a professional photojournalist for 20 years. He began his career as a staff photographer at newspapers in Montana and Wyoming, at a time when papers still had darkrooms and photographers still processed their own film. In 2012, Jerry became the first winner in the new SEJ Awards category, Outstanding Photography. Image: A mother paddles her children down the Sepon River in a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US bombers during the Vietnam War. © Jerry Redfern.

"EPA: Fuel Efficiency is Up, While Vehicle Emissions are Down" [10]

"A new report says you’re likely to be feeling less pain at the pump than in years past – and not just because gas prices are down a bit this week. Cars and trucks are getting better mileage than ever, and the air is cleaner as a result."

Source: NPR [11], 03/18/2013

"Ottawa Seeks Emergency Cleanup of Abandoned Northern Mine" [12]

"YELLOWKNIFE -- Federal officials are scrambling to clean up a crumbling, abandoned northern gold mine that is in imminent danger of releasing massive amounts of arsenic, asbestos and other toxins."

Source: Canadian Press [13], 03/18/2013

"Court Rules for Hedge Funder in Challenge To FERC Futures Enforcement" [14]

"Federal judges ruled [Friday] that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does not have the authority to assess fines for manipulating natural gas futures markets."

Source: Greenwire [15], 03/18/2013

"Bay’s Intersex Fish Mystery Remains Unsolved" [16]

"Ten years have gone by since one of the weirdest discoveries in the Chesapeake Bay region, on the south branch of the Potomac River — male smallmouth bass with lady parts, eggs in places where they absolutely should not be."

Source: Wash Post [17], 03/18/2013

"Company Eyes Coal on Montana's Crow Reservation" [18]

"BILLINGS, Mont. -- A mining company plans to start exploratory work this spring on an estimated 400 million tons of coal beneath Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, adding to a spate of recent interest in the region's huge coal reserves despite flagging domestic demand for the fuel."

Source: AP [19], 03/18/2013

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