"Chicago's two coal-fired power plants will shut down sooner than expected under a deal to be announced today by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and environmental groups."
"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) will introduce legislation Thursday mandating that power companies generate a major portion of the country’s electricity from low-carbon energy sources."
The 14th annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, April 19-22, 2012, in Atlanta, GA, offers skill-building workshops, panel discussions, visits to area research sites, speakers, news briefings, opportunities for freelancers, and more — all to aid reporters, editors and news producers in better covering the latest health issues.
Stormwater becomes a big media story during disasters such as floods and hurricane surges, and it's essential to cover the basics then. But there are dozens of related issues that can contribute to the disaster, and covering them in advance can help your audience understand ways of possibly preventing the peak crises.
The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering travel assistance to journalists to attend their 2012 annual conference, April 19-22, in Atlanta, GA. Apply by Mar 16th.
"An associate of the Heartland Institute, the thinktank devoted to discrediting climate change, taught a course at a top Canadian university that contained more than 140 false, biased and misleading claims about climate science, an expert audit has found."
"Plugging the leaks in water pipes and building new ones to keep up with a growing population could cost the United States $1 trillion over the next 25 years, according to an industry study released Monday."
"New Jersey faces serious water quality challenges, including sewage pollution, but upgrading old infrastructure can help address them, according to federal officials. On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its approval of New Jersey’s latest list of streams, lakes, rivers, bays and other waters that are considered impaired or threatened by pollutants."
"Exposure to certain pollutants early in a rat’s pregnancy can foster disease in her offspring during their adulthood as well as in subsequent generations, a new study shows. A wide range of pollutants elicited such lasting effects, despite future generations never encountering the triggering pollutant."
"GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Chevron Corp. is giving up its experimental oil shale lease in northwest Colorado, saying it wants to free up its resources for other priorities."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chicagos-2-coal-fired-plants-shut-down-sooner-expected
[2] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicagos-two-coalfired-power-plants-to-shut-down-sooner-20120229,0,269023.story
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bingaman-senate-dems-roll-out-clean-energy-standard-today
[4] http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/213341-bingaman-to-unveil-clean-energy-standard-thursday
[5] https://www.sej.org/calendar/health-journalism-2012
[6] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/toolbox-covering-stormwater-pollution-and-control
[7] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-travel-assistance-ahcj-annual-conference-atlanta
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/heartland-associate-taught-biased-climate-course-ottawa-univ
[9] http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/28/heartland-associate-climate-scepticism-ottawa-university
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-us-needs-1-trillion-drinking-water-pipes-next-25-years
[11] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/water-pipe-study-systems_n_1307715.html?ref=green&ir=Green
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-nj-agree-2112-waterways-polluted
[13] http://www.app.com/article/20120228/NJNEWS/302280035/EPA-N-J-agree-2-112-waterways-polluted
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pollutants-long-gone-disease-carries
[15] http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338832/title/Pollutants_long_gone,_but_disease_carries_on
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chevron-giving-oil-shale-lease-colorado
[17] http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_20061466
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3969
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3966
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3967
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3968
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3971
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3972
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3973
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3974
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4930