"Inside Shell’s Extreme Plan to Drill for Oil in the Arctic"
"A global oil glut has tanked prices and cut profits — so why won’t Shell give up on the north?"
Source: Bloomberg, 08/10/2015
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"Perdue Sharply Cuts Antibiotic Use in Chickens and Jabs at Its Rivals"
"SALISBURY, Md. — The floors are spotless in Hatchery 3 on the sprawling Perdue compound here. Doors have been rehung to open out, and temperature control and ventilation systems have been upgraded, all to minimize the potential for airborne contamination."
Source: NY Times, 08/10/2015
"How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory"
"NEW ORLEANS — Ten years ago, the neighborhood hard by the 17th Street canal in this city was water-blasted. The surges from Hurricane Katrina swept into the canal, broke through its flood walls and forced homes off their foundations. Much of New Orleans remained steeped in brackish filth for weeks until the sodden city could be drained."
Source: NY Times, 08/10/2015
"The King of Coal Reveals $1 Million Bet on Jeb Bush"
"Chris Cline, the billionaire coal baron, revealed himself today as the donor behind a $1 million contribution to a super-PAC supporting Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/10/2015
"EPA's Colorado Mine Disaster Plume Flows West Toward Grand Canyon"
"Three days after EPA workers triggered a huge blowout at a festering mine in southwestern Colorado, a mustard-colored plume — still fed by 548 gallons leaking per minute — stretched more than 100 miles, spreading contaminants including cadmium, arsenic, copper, lead and zinc."
Source: , 08/10/2015
"Typhoon Lashes China's East Coast, 14 Dead And Four Missing: Xinhua"
"A typhoon battered China's east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more."
Source: Reuters, 08/10/2015
Between the Lines: Making ‘Rain’ for the Caring Middle
For this latest installment of “Between the Lines,” a question-and-answer feature with authors, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry interviewed longtime SEJ member Cynthia Barnett about her third book, “RAIN: A Natural and Cultural History,” which came out in April. It’s a unique, ambitious book that goes beyond climate science and water in general to show how rain itself has been perceived around the world by numerous cultures throughout history. Barnett sees rain as “a unifying force in a fractured world.” She also is the author of two other highly acclaimed books,“Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.” and “Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis.
