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"Chinese Petrochemical Plant Keeps Running Despite Shutdown Order" [1]

"A Chinese petrochemical plant was operating normally on Monday despite a local government order to close it down due to a toxic spill scare, an industry source said."

Source: Reuters [2], 08/16/2011

"NASA Punts on New Scientific Integrity Plan" [3]

NASA is arguing that it doesn't have to come up with any changes in its scientific integrity policy -- including rules limiting how its scientists can talk to reporters. Most federal agencies are under White House orders to come up with new policies, although not all of them have made their draft policies public. Some of the policies for achieving the Obama administration's pledge of scientific openness are still secret.

Kate Sheppard reports for Mother Jones August 15, 2011. [4]

Source: Mother Jones [4], 08/16/2011

"Shell Mum On Flow From Oil Pipeline Leak" [5]

"Royal Dutch Shell said an oil leak from a ruptured pipeline into the North Sea was slowing but refused to say how much oil has already leaked into the sea."

Source: Reuters [6], 08/16/2011

SEJ Toronto Pub Night with Peter Wobschall [7]

All journalists are welcome to join SEJ members at the Harbord House Pub in Toronto for our regular pub night. On September 6, our guest will be Peter Wobschall, executive director of Green Venture (Hamilton-Wentworth).

"NOAA Backs Off Turtle Death Data in the Gulf" [8]

"BILOXI -- NOAA Fisheries has data that shows Gulf shrimpers are now using their turtle-protection devices. Partly because of this, the agency has decided not to impose emergency measures on the shrimping industry in order to stop the unusually high number of sea-turtle deaths in the northern Gulf since the BP oil spill in 2010."

Source: Biloxi Sun-Herald [9], 08/15/2011

"Fecal Risk To Water Found" [10]

"A report blasting Georgia’s environmental oversight of large livestock farms has raised concerns about potential contamination of Georgia waterways with chemicals from manure."

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [11], 08/15/2011

Scientists Study Pacific Coast Fog for Climate Change Clues [12]

"Every summer, hordes of beach-goers seeking California sunshine are attracted to the Central Coast. Clad in bikinis and swim shorts, they hit the beach only to be greeted with a sobering surprise: a dense layer of coastal fog rolling off the bay."

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel [13], 08/15/2011

"China To Double Solar Capacity By Year End: Report" [14]

"China will double its solar capacity to around 2 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the year as the world's largest solar-panel maker ramps up domestic installation, a local paper said on Saturday citing a government-linked think tank."

Source: Reuters [15], 08/15/2011

"'The Lake Left Me. It's Gone.'" [16]

"As mussel numbers explode and fish vanish from Lake Michigan, the last in a long line of Milwaukee commercial fishermen sets course for Alaska."

Dan Egan reports for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel August 13, 2011. [17]

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [17], 08/15/2011

"Their Mission: To Build a Better Toilet" [18]

"NO wonder they are called conveniences. Flush toilets swirl human waste down the drain quickly and neatly. But the convenience comes with a rising price for all that follows the flush — a cost that is often paid by municipal water and sewage treatment systems.

Now some groups are rethinking the venerable technology of the flush toilet, particularly for regions that lack such systems or for places where waste water treatment plants, many of them aging, are overburdened by the demands of fast-growing populations.

Source: NY Times [19], 08/15/2011

SEJ Toronto Pub Night with Peter Wobschall [7]

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