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"U.S. Weather Extremes Show "New Normal" Climate" [1]

"Heavy rains, deep snowfalls, monster floods and killing droughts are signs of a 'new normal' of extreme U.S. weather events fueled by climate change, scientists and government planners said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [2], 05/19/2011

Senate Rejects GOP Proposal on Offshore Drilling [3]

"The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to accelerate offshore drilling by requiring regulators to speed up decisions on permits and forcing the government to reschedule canceled lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico."

Source: Hearst [4], 05/19/2011

EPA Releases Coal Ash Pond Survey in Database Form [5]

The spreadsheet covers 676 coal combustion waste impoundments at 240 facilities — making it much easier to cover the issue. After assessing many ponds, EPA rated at least 50 of the ponds as having high hazard potential.

Cool But Unsung EPA Databases Can Help Environmental Reporters [6]

There has been a data renaissance going on at EPA for the past two years, and not all reporters have gotten the news that data-driven reporting has become a time-saver instead of a time-suck.

NRC Publishes List of FOIA Requests Related to Japan Nuke Meltdown [7]

By publishing the list promptly, NRC lived up to the "reading room" provisions of FOIA — which require agencies to actively publish information likely to be the subject of multiple FOIA requests. As a reporter, see what your competitors are doing. As a FOIA requester, you may learn a lot about how to write a FOIA letter that is realistic yet effective.

EPA Suspends Chemical Reporting After Industry Complaints [8]

Reporting of potentially toxic chemicals in commerce under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)will not be required during the next reporting period, which runs from June through September.

Groups Recommend Measures for "Environmental Right-to-Know" [9]

More access was urged for records on oil and gas leasing, government-issued permits and leases related to metal mining, grazing livestock on public lands, harvesting ocean fish, operating chemical plants, drilling for oil, logging, building roads or strip malls, coal mining, filling wetlands, and more.

Fracking Companies Withhold Baseline Well-Water Data [10]

ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten (left) revealed that some of the biggest fracking companies have been collecting extensive baseline data since 2008, keeping it concealed from public knowledge — including denying Duke University researchers the data when asked for it. The withheld data could either exonerate the companies or prove them responsible for pollution.

"Canada Lynx Threatened By Rising Temperatures In Maine" [11]

"The rare Canada lynx, whose range has shrunk considerably in recent decades, faces a grave threat from rising temperatures in Maine, federal wildlife experts said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters [12], 05/18/2011

"National Plan Attacks White-Nose Syndrome in Bats" [13]

"[On Tuesday] the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a national management plan to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed more than a million hibernating bats in eastern North America since it was discovered in caves near Albany, New York in 2006."

Source: ENS [14], 05/18/2011

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