"The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is investigating the removal of the Carpentersville Dam and has fielded inquiries about eliminating other Fox River dams in North Aurora and Montgomery for public safety and environmental reasons."
"Northern West Virginia coal country will be ground zero for increased deaths and illnesses from the rollback on regulation of harmful emission from the nation's coal power plants."
"When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invited Wyatt Hoback and Douglas Leasure late last year to help it assess the threat farming posed to an endangered beetle they spent years studying, the two biologists jumped at the opportunity. But the job did not turn out as they expected."
"Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said on Tuesday at the opening of climate talks in Bangkok."
"Tropical Storm Gordon is moving quickly across the eastern Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, according to a 10 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center."
Plastic straws might have quickly become this summer’s bogeyman, with bans by Starbucks, hotel chains, resorts and some big cities. But as this week’s TipSheet points out, straws are only a part of the massive marine litter problem facing the world’s oceans. Here’s how to put recent straw bans into broader perspective.
Could U.S. infrastructure go from being a saver of lives to a bringer of disaster? Yes, warns our latest Issue Backgrounder, which looks at vulnerabilities for our drinking water supply, sewage systems, flood control, power grids, pipelines, refineries and even hospitals. Are environmental reporters paying enough attention? Here’s why they should, with suggestions on how to go about it.
A call to confront anti-press sentiment with a crusade for the value of journalism, plus a welcome for the new executive director for the Society of Environmental Journalists, and important housekeeping on voting rights for SEJ’s academic and associate members — all in the new report from SEJ President Bobby Magill.
"The young golden eagle on the operating table showed no outward signs of trauma. An X-ray had revealed no fractures."
"Lyle St. Goddard, 56, is running along a dirt trail on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. ... Being a hotshot is a young man's game and St. Goddard believes he's one of the oldest hotshot crew members in the country."
