Environmental Justice For Indigenous People In Canada’s Chemical Valley
"Home is both refuge and prison for citizens of Canada’s Chemical Valley."
Source: EHN, 10/10/2016
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Big Soda Sponsored 96 Health Groups — A Big Conflict Of Interest: Study
"Nearly 100 national health and medical groups — including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — enjoy sponsorships by Coca-Cola Co. or PepsiCo, according to a new study by two Boston University researchers."
Source: Wash Post, 10/10/2016
SEJ's 27th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 4-8, 2017
Environmental Journalism 2017 was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh/Swanson School of Engineering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Find coverage here, peruse the agenda or read speaker bios.
"What’s The Best Way To Save The Whales?"
"Nearly 90 years have passed since North Atlantic right whales became a protected species following their devastation by whalers, but their populations have yet to recover. A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine lays out some of the reasons why."
Source: Wash Post, 10/10/2016
EIA: US Residential Electric Prices Set To Drop For 1st Time Since 2002
"After years of slow, steady growth, residential electric prices are poised to decline for the first time in nearly a decade and a half."
Source: Utility Dive, 10/10/2016
"Americans Bought More EVs Last Month Than Ever Before"
"US plug-in vehicle sales reached a quarterly record for the three-month period that ended September 30, as demand improved for plug-in models such as the Tesla Model S battery-electric vehicle and the Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)."
Source: Autoblog, 10/10/2016
"SF Bay Ecosystem Collapsing As Rivers Diverted, Scientists Report"
"Evidence of what scientists are calling the planet’s Sixth Mass Extinction is appearing in San Francisco Bay and its estuary, the largest on the Pacific Coast of North and South America, according to a major new study."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 10/10/2016
World Aims To Curb Planet-Warming HFCs This Week
World environmental leaders gather in Kigali, Rwanda, October 10-14 in an effort to finalize an agreement on limiting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), gases used as refrigerants that also boost greenhouse warming.
Source: ClimateWire, 10/10/2016
"Federal Court Denies Tribe's Request to Halt Dakota Access Pipeline"
"A federal court on Sunday rejected the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request to halt construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which the tribe says would destroy some of its sacred sites."
Source: NBC News, 10/10/2016
"Climate Change Treated as Afterthought in Second Presidential Debate"
"Following the devastation from Hurricane Matthew and a campaign urging moderators to ask a climate question, the issue was again ignored."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/10/2016
