Researchers Fly Over 8,000 Well Pads And Find Hundreds Of Methane Leaks
"As Pennsylvania’s natural gas production continues to expand, so does the possibility of potentially harmful methane emissions."
Source: Public Source, 04/11/2016
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In Iowa Corn Fields, Chinese National's Seed Theft Shows Vulnerability
"Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds."
Source: Reuters, 04/11/2016
"Unable To Compete On Price, Nuclear Power On The Decline In The U.S."
"Renewable energy and new technologies that are making low-carbon power more reliable are growing rapidly in the U.S. Renewables are so cheap in some parts of the country that they're undercutting the price of older sources of electricity such as nuclear power."
Source: NPR, 04/11/2016
"TransCanada Resumes Shipments Through Keystone Pipeline After Leak"
"TransCanada Corp. has resumed sending oil through the Keystone Pipeline after a weeklong shutdown prompted by a leak and oil spill in southeastern South Dakota."
Source: AP, 04/11/2016
Is IOGCC, Created by Congress in 1935, Now a Secret Oil and Gas Lobby?
"In 1978, the DOJ told Congress IOGCC should be disbanded. It wasn't. In 2005, the group claimed credit for Halliburton Loophole after ‘years of hard work.'"
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/11/2016
"Water With Unsafe Lead Amounts Found In Hundreds Of Schools"
"Responding to the crisis in Flint, Michigan, school officials across the country are testing classroom sinks and cafeteria faucets for lead, trying to uncover any concealed problems and to reassure anxious parents."
Source: AP, 04/11/2016
SEJ Member Spotlight: Karen Schaefer
Our April 2016 spotlight is on long-time member Karen Schaefer. Listen as she gives us some great advice on making it as an independent freelance journalist by thinking out of the box and recreating careers in new ways.
"The Sugar Conspiracy"
"In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?"
Source: Guardian, 04/08/2016
"Quebec Moves To Protect Woodland Caribou"
"The Quebec government has announced its plan to preserve the endangered woodland caribou, designating as protected 90-per-cent of the province’s intact forests."
Source: National Observer, 04/08/2016
"Reducing Food Waste Would Mitigate Climate Change, Study Shows"
"Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 04/08/2016
