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"Avian Malaria in Alaska: The Climate Change Connection" [1]

"A team of biologists has just announced the first documented case of bird-to-bird malaria transmission in Alaska. Writing in the journal PLOS ONE, they've shown that this frequently fatal avian illness, which is normally associated with the tropics and temperate areas, may be expanding its range. Fortunately, avian malaria doesn't affect humans, co-author Ravinder Sehgal of San Francisco State University said, but the findings are particularly significant from a bird conservation as well as a climate change standpoint."

Source: Climate Central [2], 09/21/2012

"Koch Brothers Cashing In 220,000 Acres of Tar Sands Holdings" [3]

"Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in Canada's oil sands industry."

Source: InsideClimate News [4], 09/21/2012

Loophole: Lax Rules for Drillers that Inject Pollutants Into the Earth [5]

"Injection wells used to dispose of the nation's most toxic waste are showing increasing signs of stress as regulatory oversight falls short and scientific assumptions prove flawed."

Source: ProPublica [6], 09/21/2012

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program — What Journalists Need to Know [7]

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalists and SEJ present a free webinar on California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program, which starts Nov. 14. Don’t miss this informative, hour-long webinar with University of California, Los Angeles economist Matthew Kahn.

Lewis M. Branscomb Science and Democracy Forum-Sept 19th, 25th [8]

Join the Union of Concerned Scientists (USC) Center for Science and Democracy for a forum on barriers to citizen access to governmental scientific information. Attend the symposium via webcast or in person at the Newseum (limited seating) from 8:30 to Noon EDT. The session is free but requires registration.

"Agent Orange Chemical in GM War on Resistant Weeds" [9]

"A US pharmaceutical company is set to introduce a controversial new genetically modified corn to help farmers fight resistant weeds. Dow Agrosciences says its new GM product will use a chemical that was once a component of the Vietnam war defoliant, Agent Orange."

Source: BBC [10], 09/20/2012

Coal Exec Dresses Up Like Miner for House Candidate's Campaign [11]

Appearance trumps reality in campaign ads as the GOP's war on the "war on coal" heats up.

Source: Mother Jones [12], 09/20/2012

"Health Concerns. Pollution. The Case for Closing Reid Gardner" [13]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has called on NV Energy to close the coal-biurning Reid Gardner electric power plant near Las Vegas.

Source: Las Vegas City Life [14], 09/20/2012

Montana Coal Plant To Be Mothballed Due To EPA Rules: Company [15]

"A coal-fired power plant in Billings, Montana, will be mothballed starting in April 2015 because it will cost too much to comply with new emissions reductions required by the government, plant owner and operator PPL Montana said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [16], 09/20/2012

School Tuna Contains Excessive Mercury, Environmentalists' Report Says [17]

"Canned albacore tuna purchased by U.S. schools contains more mercury than what government officials have reported, raising the risks for some tuna-loving kids, according to a new study from a coalition of advocacy groups."

Source: EHN [18], 09/20/2012

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program — What Journalists Need to Know [7]

Lewis M. Branscomb Science and Democracy Forum-Sept 19th, 25th [8]

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