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"Decision Due Soon on Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling" [1]

"Opponents of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic are making a last-ditch effort to convince the Obama administration to impose the same kind of moratorium on oil and gas development that it did on major commercial fishing in the Far North."
Natural Resources [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: LA Times [5], 09/22/2009

"Fed Judge Says Grizzlies Still Threatened" [6]

"BILLINGS, Mont. -- Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday."
Biodiversity [7]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: AP [9], 09/22/2009

"States Can Sue Utilities Over Emissions" [10]

"A two-judge panel of a federal appeals court has ruled that big power companies can be sued by states and land trusts for emitting carbon dioxide. The decision, issued Monday, overturns a 2005 District Court decision that the question was political, not judicial."
Climate Change [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [12], 09/22/2009

"As U.N. Meets on Climate, Momentum Is Elusive" [13]

"The world leaders who are meeting at the United Nations to discuss climate change on Tuesday, are faced with an intricate challenge: building momentum for an international climate treaty at a time when global temperatures have been stable for a decade and may even drop in the next few years."
Climate Change [11]
Public [3]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 09/22/2009

Report: "The Dangers for Journalists Who Expose Environmental Issues" [16]

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Around the world, journalists face considerable risks when they expose environmental misdeeds. A new report from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened or censored for reporting on the environment.
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Public [3]
International [14]
Asia [18]
Europe [19]
Africa [20]
South America [21]
Journalism & Media [22]

Nieman Reports Fall 2009: "Let's Talk: Journalism and Social Media" [23]

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In this issue of the quarterly magazine of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, journalists describe changes in how they work and what they produce, explore emerging ethical issues, and propose principles of active engagement.

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Public [3]
International [14]
National (U.S.) [4]
Journalism & Media [22]

Court Finds EPA Fails To Investigate Civil Rights Complaints [24]

"U.S. EPA's Office of Civil Rights has shown a systemic refusal to address allegations of discrimination in the use of agency funds, according to a unanimous three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals."
People & Population [25]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [26], 09/21/2009

"Weed Heroes: The War on the Invader Cogongrass" [27]

"Alabama is fighting an invasive weed, 'the killer weed, the nearly indestructible weed,' cogongrass."
Biodiversity [7]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: NYTimes [29], 09/21/2009

"Ivory Coast Toxic-Dump Case Settled, Company Says" [30]

"Trafigura, an independent trading company, said Sunday that it had settled a long-running toxic dumping case, agreeing to pay £950 to each of as many as 30,000 residents of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, who said they were injured by a dump in 2006."
Waste [31]
Public [3]
Africa [20]
Source: NYTimes [32], 09/21/2009

"Firms Start to See Climate Change as Barrier to Profit" [33]

"Companies are beginning to show increased willingness to disclose the extent to which they're contributing to global warming and what they're doing to keep it from harming their business."
Economy & Business [34]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [35], 09/21/2009

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