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"Fracking Moratorium Urged as Doctors Call for Health Study" [1]

"The U.S. should declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in populated areas until the health effects are better understood, doctors said at a conference on the drilling process."

Source: Bloomberg [2], 01/10/2012

Pennsylvania: "DEP's Marcellus Shale Drilling Numbers Do Not Add Up" [3]

Ongoing controversy over Pennsylvania's oversight (or lack thereof) of fracking for gas in the Marcellus Shale has brought a lot of readers to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's "Pipeline" reporting portal. The Post-Gazette offers interactive maps of drilling data from the Department of Environmental Protection. One big problem: "DEP's production data ... says there are 495 more wells producing gas, or ready to produce gas, than DEP has recorded as ever being drilled, and 182 of those wells don't even show up on the state's Marcellus Shale permit list."

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [4], 01/10/2012

EPA's Toxics Release Inventory Doesn't Offer Full Picture of Pollution [5]

EPA's Toxics Releaser Inventory is the foundation of much of what the nation knows about toxic pollution. But it consists of estimates from industry, sometimes dramatically understating the extent of pollution, and omits whole industrial categories.

Source: iWatch News [6], 01/10/2012

"Justices Sympathetic To Idaho Landowners in Wetlands Dispute" [7]

"U.S. EPA faced a hostile Supreme Court today as the agency defended its authority to issue compliance orders under the Clean Water Act without allowing an immediate hearing on the underlying issue."

Source: Greenwire [8], 01/10/2012

"Environmentalists Say 'Good Riddance'" as Daley Resigns [9]

"Don’t look for many environmentalists to mourn the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, who was scorned by some activists for presiding over the controversial decision last year to scuttle tougher Environmental Protection Agency smog rules."

Source: Hill/E2 Wire [10], 01/10/2012

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference, in Lubbock, Texas [11]

This fall, SEJ is headin’ up and movin’ out to Lubbock, Texas [12] for an unparalleled Western adventure on the High Plains, hosted and sponsored by Texas Tech University.

NOAA Climate Services [13]

Explore the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Services, [14] an interactive "dashboard" of climate signals from NOAA. Examine different time periods, choices of measurements, news, maps, videos, images, and more.

"California's Central Valley Slammed By Record Air Pollution" [15]

"FRESNO, Calif. — This is the time of year when residents who often live with the nation's worst pollution often can draw a breath of fresh air. But this winter has not been kind to people who want to play outside in California's Central Valley."

Source: AP [16], 01/09/2012

"Study Finds Cause Of Sudden Aspen Decline" [17]

A new study suggests that Sudden Aspen Decline, which is killing many trees in the Rocky Mountains, is caused by dehydration and drought.

Source: Aspen Daily News [18], 01/09/2012

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Wetlands Case Today [19]

"The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case near and dear to EPA haters. It would seem to be a David-and-Goliath case that pits a middle-class American couple trying to build their dream home against the Environmental Protection Agency. But the couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, is backed by a veritable who's who in American mining, oil, utilities, manufacturing and real estate development, as well as groups opposed to government regulation."

Source: NPR [20], 01/09/2012

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference, in Lubbock, Texas [11]

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