"Oil Producers’ Ugly Duckling Refineries Just Turned Into Swans"
"Oil companies’ least-loved business over the past five years is proving to be their lifeline."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/27/2015
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"Honeybees Show Evidence of Insecticide"
"More than 70 percent of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contained neonicotinoids, a type of insecticide that has been linked to colony collapse disorder, researchers are reporting. The disorder causes adult bees to abandon their hives in winter."
Source: NY Times, 07/27/2015
"Damaged Shell Icebreaker Arrives in Oregon for Repairs"
"Environmental activists in Portland are protesting the arrival of the Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project after it’s repaired."
Source: AP, 07/27/2015
"Enbridge Anniversary: Profiles From the Frontlines of an Oil Spill"
"The Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich. today teems with kayakers paddling amid swimming turtles, buzzing dragonflies and fish that leap from the water—with few visible scars of the environmental disaster that struck the riverside community five years ago."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/27/2015
US Companies Pledge Financial, Political Support For U.N. Climate Deal
"Thirteen big name American companies on Monday were to announce $140 billion in low-carbon investments to lend support to a global climate change deal in Paris in December, the White House said."
Source: Reuters, 07/27/2015
"The Great Plains’ Invisible Water Crisis"
"JOHNSON, Kan. -- The prairie wind buffeted Brant Peterson as he stood in a half-dead field of winter wheat."
Source: McClatchy, 07/27/2015
"House Passes Bill To Prevent Mandatory GMO Labeling"
"Food companies would not have to disclose whether their products include genetically modified ingredients under legislation passed by the House Thursday."
Source: AP, 07/27/2015
DEADLINE: IJNR Chesapeake Bay Institute
The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will take journalists to Maryland, Sep 15-20, 2015, to explore threats to the Chesapeake Bay region, including nonpoint source pollution, depleted fisheries, and a population that grows by 100,000 residents each year. Apply by Aug 12.
Whiplash Warning When Climate Science is Publicized Before Peer Review
"Who wins when a scary, but edge-pushing new climate study led by one of the world’s most prominent climate scientists makes headlines before it is either peer reviewed or published? Everybody, and nobody. Let me explain what I mean."
Source: Dot Earth, 07/24/2015
"Outrage Over EPA Emissions Regulations Fades as States Find Fixes"
"HAZARD, Ky. — Even after years of talk about a “war on coal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell startled some of his constituents in March when he urged open rebellion against a White House proposal for cutting pollution from coal-fired power plants."
Source: Wash Post, 07/24/2015
