Debra Schwartz, Veteran SEJ Member, Found Dead Near Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona
SEJ mourns the death of Debra Schwartz, SEJ member since 1995. Debra was found dead on Sunday, May 8, after an apparent fall into a canyon.
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"African Countries Deeply Divided Over Ivory Trade Before U.N. Meeting"
"Member states of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are not meeting until September, but some African countries have already drawn their battle lines on divisive issues such as the ivory trade."
Source: Reuters, 05/09/2016
"Senators Reach Compromise On Chemical Safety Bill"
"The two leading senators working to reform the country’s 40-year-old toxic chemicals law say they’ve come to an initial agreement on how to move forward."
Source: The Hill, 05/09/2016
"Baby Starfish Stage Comeback In Oregon And California"
"Young starfish are staging a comeback in Oregon and Northern California, after a virus that melts the animal devastated adult populations along the northern West Coast starting in 2013."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/09/2016
CA Coastal Commission Pushed Scientists To Change Views On Big Project
"The future of the Newport Banning Ranch site, where developers want to build a hotel and hundreds of homes, now rests with the California Coastal Commission — which is engaged in its own struggle for identity."
Source: LA Times, 05/09/2016
"Mobil's Chief Executive Warned of CO2 From Oil Sands Fuels in 1982"
"Concerned that carbon-heavy fuels would speed up global warming, the CEO put his trust in the United Nations and federal scientists to point the way to solutions."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/09/2016
"EPA Chief Says Carbon Rule Not Killing Coal Country"
"The top U.S. environmental regulator said Friday that federal rules to curb power plant pollution are not the cause of the economic decline of coal country after presidential candidates confronted anger on the campaign trail this week from laid-off West Virginia miners."
Source: Reuters, 05/09/2016
"Fire Crews Hope To Get A 'Death Grip' On Fort McMurray Wildfire"
"Good news hasn’t been easy to come by at Alberta’s emergency management centre. ... Finally, on Sunday, there was some relief."
Source: Edmonton Journal, 05/09/2016
"OPEC Set to Hold Fast on Policy Following Saudi Oil Minister’s Exit"
"The dismissal of Ali al-Naimi as Saudi Arabia’s oil minister puts the country’s deputy crown prince firmly in control of energy policy and makes an agreement to freeze oil production less likely when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets next month, OPEC officials said."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 05/09/2016
The FDA Is About To Begin Regulating The Booming E-Cigarette Market
"The federal government on Thursday banned the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18 and required manufacturers to disclose their ingredients and submit their products to the government for approval."
Source: Wash Post, 05/06/2016
