"Dirty Secrets In Abandoned SE Portland Landfill"
"Just south of Johnson Creek sits an abandoned landfill that time, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, forgot."
Source: Portland Tribune, 09/09/2016
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"EPA Sued Over Clean Water Rules To Curb Ocean Acidification"
"Environmentalists sued the Obama administration on Thursday seeking new federal water-quality standards designed to protect marine life against the corrosive effects of carbon emissions absorbed into the ocean from the burning of fossil fuels."
Source: Reuters, 09/09/2016
"Fish Escapes From Marine Farms Raise Concerns About Wildlife"
"Scientists worry that the runaways could harm native species".
Source: Science News, 09/09/2016
"Paradise Lost: Study Documents Big Decline In Earth's Wilderness"
"Unspoiled lands are disappearing from the face of the Earth at an alarming pace, with about 10 percent of wilderness regions - an area double the size of Alaska - lost in the past two decades amid unrelenting human development, researchers said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 09/09/2016
"Superbug Explosion Triggers U.N. General Assembly Meeting"
"Antibiotic resistance has grown so dire that it will be the subject of a dedicated global summit later this month".
Source: Scientific American, 09/09/2016
California Tightens Climate Change Rules Under Bills Signed By Governor
"California will tighten controls on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, factories and public utilities under a pair of bills signed on Thursday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown."
Source: Reuters, 09/09/2016
Guard Put On Alert As Protesters Await Decision On N Dakota Pipeline
"The governor of North Dakota has activated the state's National Guard ahead of a U.S. District judge's decision Friday morning that could inflame protesters who have been gathered here for weeks in an effort to block a pipeline project."
Source: LA Times, 09/09/2016
Letter from the Editor: SEJournal Goes Digital
Starting this fall, we’ll be producing a new SEJournal weekly e-newsletter that will continue the same high-quality news and features you’ve been getting in the print publication, only with a vastly shorter time from pen to (web) publication and in a way that’s easier to search, find, bookmark and share. Not only that, we’re re-imagining the print SEJournal as a topically focused issue worthy of keeping as a reference work, and published as (or almost as) regularly. Read more from SEJournal editor Adam Glenn (pictured).
"Green Party's Jill Stein Charged With Trespassing, Mischief"
"A North Dakota judge issued a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is accused of spray-painting construction equipment during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline."
Source: AP, 09/08/2016
Yosemite Announces Biggest Expansion In 70 Years, Adds Meadows, Forest
"In its biggest expansion in decades, Yosemite National Park on Wednesday broadened its western boundary by adding 400 acres of lush meadowlands edged with cedars and ponderosa pines that provide habitat for some of California’s most threatened wildlife."
Source: LA Times, 09/08/2016
