"Globally, Lakes Warming At An Alarming Rate, Study Finds" [1]
"It’s not in your head. Seattle’s Lake Washington is getting warmer and more comfortable to swim in every year. And it’s not the only lake experiencing a rapid rise in temperature."
"It’s not in your head. Seattle’s Lake Washington is getting warmer and more comfortable to swim in every year. And it’s not the only lake experiencing a rapid rise in temperature."
"A foam to fight burning jet fuel made by 3M and the U.S. Navy smothers fires, but massive use has contaminated drinking water around the U.S. Huge amounts of the foam have been found in soil and water."
"In a victory for the Obama administration, the spending package released by congressional leaders on Wednesday won’t block American financial contributions to an international climate fund for poorer nations."
"It's the big donors who are driving the party's do-nothing policies."
"Pigweed, with its ability to quickly adapt genetically, has developed Roundup herbicide resistance nearly as quickly as the crops altered by scientists to do so."
"A U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday Obama administration regulations limiting emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants can remain in effect while the government revises the rules in response to a recent Supreme Court ruling."
"Lawmakers have agreed to lift the four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports as part of a spending and tax package announced by congressional leadership on Tuesday night, according to a GOP lawmaker. In exchange, Republicans agreed to extend a series of expired or expiring renewable energy tax breaks."
The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following press release on December 15, 2015, after a meeting with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. It is available on their site here. [30]
Representatives for 53 journalism groups met December 15, 2015, with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. The groups have complained about agency press offices obstructing reporters' access. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) President Paul Fletcher said they "asked for a clear statement that government employees are free to speak without interference to members of the press and public." SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force Chairman Tim Wheeler attended. SPJ issued this press release [29].
"Kathryn Sullivan has helped U.S. Navy sailors navigate — literally — through rough seas as an oceanographer in the Navy Reserves. As a NASA astronaut, she’s walked in space, the first American woman to step outside a spacecraft, 140 miles above Earth. These challenges are a world apart from what she’s now confronting in Washington as she leads an agency of federal scientists in the crosshairs of a powerful member of Congress."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/globally-lakes-warming-alarming-rate-study-finds
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[6] http://www.opb.org/news/article/globally-lakes-warming-at-an-alarming-rate/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/toxic-firefighting-foam-has-contaminated-us-drinking-water
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[11] https://theintercept.com/2015/12/16/toxic-firefighting-foam-has-contaminated-u-s-drinking-water-with-pfcs/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/funds-obama-climate-deal-survive-spending-bill
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[14] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/263447-spending-bill-wont-stop-funds-for-obama-climate-deal
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/republican-voters-are-more-pro-climate-you-might-think
[16] http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/12/republican-donors-climate-change
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pigweed-emerging-farmers%E2%80%99-super-pest
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[20] http://www.hillsborofreepress.com/businessfarm/agriculture-news/pigweed-emerging-as-farmers-super-pest
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/appeals-court-leaves-us-mercury-pollution-rules-place
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[24] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-pollution-idUSKBN0TY1QK20151216
[25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/spending-deal-lift-oil-export-ban
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[28] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/263371-spending-and-tax-deal-ends-crude-oil-export-ban-extends-renewable
[29] https://www.sej.org/press-release-december-15-2015-society-professional-journalists
[30] http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=1402
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[32] https://www.sej.org/reps-53-j-groups-meet-wh-press-secretary-seek-more-openness
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/she%E2%80%99s-braved-rough-seas-space-walks-and-now-climate-change-deniers
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[36] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/12/15/shes-braved-rough-seas-and-space-walks-can-she-weather-climate-change-skeptics/
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1225
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1222
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1223
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1224
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1227
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1228
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1229
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=1230
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=2255