"Cape Cod’s Big Drinking Water Problem"
"When you live on what’s essentially a sandbar, pollution, septic systems, and political roadblocks add up to one tough challenge."
Source: Boston Globe, 08/04/2016
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"The Price Of Pork: Cheap Meat Comes At High Cost In Illinois"
"When the sickening odor swept across Matt Heissinger's farmstead, his daughter would sprint from their home to the car. Clinging to the girl's clothes and hair, the smell drove her to tears as she feared becoming a high school outcast."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/04/2016
Texas: "Tiny Nordheim Sues State Over Drilling Waste Dump"
"A tiny South Texas town is continuing to fight plans for an oil and gas waste site half its size, even after state regulators gave developers the go-ahead to build it."
Source: Texas Tribune, 08/04/2016
"Thirteen States Sue Over EPA Methane Rule"
"More than a dozen states have sued the Obama administration over a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to limit methane emissions at oil and natural gas sites."
Source: The Hill, 08/04/2016
"Australia Orders Climate Change U-Turn At Peak Science Body"
"Australia's re-elected conservative government has announced a U-turn in its climate change policy, reinstating climate science as the bedrock of its peak science body [CSIRO] just months after slashing its funding and axing hundreds of jobs."
Source: Reuters, 08/04/2016
"NHC Says Earl Weakening As It Moves Farther Inland Over Belize"
"Hurricane Earl is forecast to weaken to a tropical storm later Thursday morning and to a tropical depression by Friday morning as it moves farther inland over Belize, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 08/04/2016
Canadian Journo Forces Release of Docs on Pipeline Impact
Previously secret information about the safety and environmental impact of Enbridge pipeline operations was released in July as a result of efforts by journalist Mike De Souza (pictured), managing editor of the National Observer, and an independent Canadian government watchdog.
Secret Sugar Can Claim "Confidentiality" in Food Recall
Consumers learned in late July of a "voluntary" recall of some processed food products due to possible metal fragments in sugar used to make them. The source of the contaminated sugar remains unknown, because federal law protects "trade secrets" — putting protection of companies above protection of the public. Image: © Clipart.com.
Big FOIA Issue: Should Release To One Mean Release To All?
Journalists are sometimes competitive — and even secretive about the exclusive "scoops" they may be working on, lest their competitors beat them to publication. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is conducting a survey to get journalists' opinions on the Obama admin's proposed release-to-one-release-to-all policy.
How Do 2016 Presidential Candidates Stand on Open Government?
The news media often defend the freedom-of-information principles that allow them to hold government accountable for their audiences. But will they ask presidential candidates during the 2016 presidential debates how they stand on government transparency? Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton (pictured) doesn't do press conferences.
