"'They Figured Our Neighborhood Is Black, So They'll Do It'"
"Residents of Southside Syracuse put up a fierce, well-organized fight to stop construction of a sewage plant and still lost".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 08/13/2015
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Enviros: Feds Ignored Evidence That Killing Cormorants Won't Save Salmon
"Conservation groups are accusing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of withholding research showing a federal plan to kill seabirds on the Columbia River would not actually benefit salmon and steelhead."
Source: EarthFix/OPB, 08/13/2015
"Australia’s Weak Climate Pledge Draws Instant Derision"
"Long recognized as a laggard on climate, Australia does little to burnish its image with a meek plan to reduce emissions."
Source: InsideClimate News, 08/13/2015
"Walruses in the Arctic Are Running Out of Sea Ice This Year — Again"
"Last September, the remote community of Point Lay on Alaska’s North Slope became the focus of headline news when a staggering 35,000 walruses crowded onto the shore nearby. And now, some scientists are saying a similar event could happen this summer — in fact, any time now."
Source: Wash Post, 08/13/2015
"Judge Approves Exxon Mobil Settlement Over 2013 Arkansas Spill"
"A federal judge on Wednesday approved Exxon Mobil Corp's $5.07 million settlement of charges that it violated the federal Clean Water Act and state environmental laws in connection with a 2013 oil spill in central Arkansas."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2015
GOP Hopefuls Reap $62m in Support From Donors With Fossil Fuel Ties
"Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and Rick Perry among candidates poised to see biggest benefits from handful of wealthy individuals and corporations".
Source: Guardian, 08/13/2015
Shell Spills Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Toxic Gas in Deer Park
"On Sunday morning, hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic gas were accidentally released from the Shell Oil facility in Deer Park [Texas]."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/13/2015
"At Least 50 Dead as Huge Warehouse Blasts Hit Chinese Port"
"Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 50 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday about whether the materials had been properly stored."
Source: AP, 08/13/2015
US Waterways at Risk From 1000s of Defunct Mines Lacking Cleanup Funds
"While crews begin the arduous task of cleaning up Colorado’s Animas River — where contamination by heavy metals and toxins leaked from an abandoned hard rock mine turning the water orange — thousands of other natural sites across the American West remain at risk from similarly hazardous defunct quarries."
Source: Aljazeera America, 08/13/2015
Lustgarten Says Data on Who Gets Ag Subsidies Is Rare as Hens' Teeth
Abrahm Lustgarten (left) wrote a nine-part series delving into farm subsidies and water policy. But his efforts to get the actual names of farm subsidy recipients or individual water users were largely thwarted. Read how info flows less quickly to the public than money and water flow to farmers in SPJ's FOI blog. Photo credit: Lars Klove.
