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Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) [1]

SEJ members are saddened at the passing of Walter Cronkite, a member of our Advisory Board. He was a consummate professional, who redefined the role of television anchorman, and who inspired many of us to become reporters.

Its Economy in Shambles, The Midwest Goes Green [2]

It took awhile, but the U.S. Midwest finally has recognized that the industries that once powered its economy will never return. Now leaders in the region are looking to renewable energy manufacturing and technologies as key to the heartland’s renaissance.
Source: YaleE360 [3], 07/17/2009

"43 New Coal Plants Would Escape Climate Bill CO2 Standards" [4]

"A new burst of coal-fired power plant construction now underway -- the largest in decades -- will put 43 new coal plants on American soil in the next five years, and all of them will escape the performance standards written into the climate bill now moving through Congress."
Source: SolveClimate [5], 07/17/2009

Navajos Mark Uranium Spill 30 Years Later [6]

"Thirty years ago today, an earthen tailings dam near the United Nuclear Corp. Church Rock Uranium mine collapsed, spilling ninety million gallons of liquid radioactive waste and eleven hundred tons of solid mill wastes into the Rio Puerco. The spill contaminated water, land and air at least 50 miles downstream on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico and Arizona."
Source: New Mexico Independent [7], 07/17/2009

"Biobutanol Creeps Toward the Market" [8]

"A type of fuel once used in Japanese aircraft during World War II is slowly making its way again toward the market, and its backers say that it will work better in automobiles than ethanol."
Source: NYTimes [9], 07/17/2009

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