"Modernizing The Grid: A Tugboat 'Trying To Turn A Big Ocean Liner'"
"The U.S. electric power grid is one of the biggest, most costly machines on Earth."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/07/2016
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"Agency OK With Race Through Nevada Desert; Critics Cry Foul"
"Conservationists are crying foul over U.S. land managers' initial conclusion that there are no environmental concerns with an off-road race that will cross 650 miles of Nevada desert and cut through a new national monument."
Source: AP, 07/07/2016
TCEQ: Contested Coal Mine Can Release Wastewater Into Drinking Supply
"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved expanding a wastewater permit for a South Texas coal mine over vocal opposition from locals Wednesday."
Source: Texas Observer, 07/07/2016
"The Alabama Landfill That Brought Noise, Health Woes, and a Lawsuit"
"The mostly working-class, black neighborhood of Uniontown, Ala., claimed a coal ash landfill was ruining their community. They got sued for it."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/07/2016
"GMO Labeling Bill Advances In The Senate Over Dem Objections"
"A bill to block states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for products that contain genetically modified ingredients overcame a major hurdle in the Senate on Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 07/07/2016
Reporters Committee Calls for Federal Anti-SLAPP Law
"Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" are legal bullying, using the resources of well-heeled business or political groups to harass smaller citizens' groups or (sometimes) news media who can barely afford lawyers. Now some are calling for a federal law to counter them.
Enviros Want To See Fired New Brunswick Scientist's Glyphosate Report
The Council of Canadians, an environmental group, is calling for release of a report on the herbicide glyphosate that New Brunswick's chief medical officer was working on when she was dismissed six months ago.
U.S. Appeals Court Rules Private Emails Not Always Exempt from FOIA
When a government official sends work-related emails over a private or personal email account, the emails are not necessarily exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, a federal appeals court ruled July 5, 2016.
Obama Signs FOIA Improvement Legislation into Law
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the original Freedom of Information Act, President Obama June 30, 2016, signed into law a package of amendments to strengthen it. The bill codifies the "presumption of openness."
Harlem Heat Project
SEJ members Adam Glenn and Julia Kumari Drapkin partner with New York public radio flagship WNYC on a new participatory sensor reporting project exploring urban heat islands and health impacts in Harlem.
