"This Mine Threatens America’s Largest Wild Salmon Run"
"July 4 marks the peak of the largest, most valuable wild salmon run left in America."
Source: Mother Jones, 07/02/2018
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"U.S. Backs Off Trump Tweet on Saudis Helping Lower Oil Price"
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration backed off an assertion he made earlier indicating he persuaded Saudi Arabia to effectively boost oil production to its maximum capacity, which would have threatened to blow up a fragile truce agreed by OPEC and inflamed the Saudi-Iran rivalry."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/02/2018
"The Dirty Little Secret Behind 'Clean Energy' Wood Pellets"
"US communities near pellet mills complain of fumes while experts say burning wood is a ‘disaster’ for climate change",
Source: Guardian, 07/02/2018
"West Virginia Labor Battle Site Regains Historic Designation"
"The National Register of Historic Places has placed a protected designation on the site of a West Virginia battle that broke out in the 1920s when coal miners tried to unionize."
Source: AP, 07/02/2018
"Report: Oil Line Makes Nearly 400 Michigan Water Crossings"
"An oil pipeline that runs through the area where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet also crosses other Michigan waterways at nearly 400 locations, dozens of which are considered particularly sensitive, a report disclosed Friday."
Source: AP, 07/02/2018
"Trump Administration Looks To Boost Case To Repeal Obama Water Rule"
"The Trump administration acted Friday to try to bolster its case to repeal the Obama administration’s controversial water pollution regulation."
Source: The Hill, 07/02/2018
EPA Ethics Official: He Has Urged Additional Investigations Into Pruitt
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s chief ethics officer, who initially had approved a $50-a-night condo rental and other decisions by administrator Scott Pruitt, disclosed this week that he has urged the agency’s inspector general to investigate various allegations that Pruitt misused his government position."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2018
IG Will Review Zinke’s Role In Land Deal Backed By Halliburton Chairman
"The Interior Department’s inspector general has opened an investigative complaint regarding Secretary Ryan Zinke’s involvement in a Montana land development deal backed by the chairman of the oil services firm Halliburton, according to a letter sent to three Democratic lawmakers."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2018
Emails Reveal Close Rapport Between Top EPA Officials, Those They Regulate
"On the morning of April 1, 2017, Environmental Protection Agency appointee Mandy Gunasekara welcomed to her office a team of lobbyists representing the makers of portable generators."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2018
Capital Gazette Murders: SEJ Responds
The Society of Environmental Journalists is devastated and saddened by the brutal murder of five Capital Gazette employees and the injuries of many others when a lone gunman opened fire Thursday, June 28 in the Gazette's newsroom in Annapolis, Md. This heinous act, an apparent act of retaliation against the Gazette for reporting the news, is a reminder of the risks journalists face in doing their jobs every day. We are heartbroken for the families whose losses from this horrific act will change their lives forever. Photo: Gazette reporter Wendi Winters
