"Obama And Modi Talk Climate in World’s Most Polluted City"
"NEW DELHI — In the world’s most polluted city, a layer of smog hangs over everything, thicker year after year."
Source: McClatchy, 01/26/2015
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"New York Prepares for Blizzard Amid Warnings of Closings and Hazards"
"Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Sunday that the storm approaching on Monday was likely to be one of the biggest to ever strike New York City, and he urged people to stay indoors to avoid powerful winds, low visibility and “treacherous” road conditions."
Source: NY Times, 01/26/2015
"Obama Will Move to Protect Vast Arctic Habitat in Alaska"
"President Obama will ask Congress to increase environmental protections for millions of acres of pristine animal habitat in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, in a move that has already led to fierce opposition from the state’s Republican lawmakers."
Source: NY Times, 01/26/2015
Between the Lines: Scapegoating the Grey Seal — How an Author Fought Government Information Restrictions
In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal, book editor Tom Henry interviews Nova Scotia-based environmental writer Linda Pannozzo about "The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea: An Investigation into the Scapegoating of Canada's Grey Seal." The book explores how the species has been blamed for the decline in cod fisheries. Photo courtesy Zoe Lucas.
Committing to Collaboration: How Two Freelancers Pulled Off a Cross-Pacific Partnership
Winnifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little, a former SEJ mentor program pair, describe (with humor!) the process of how they turned their shared interest in the Fukushima disaster's affect on forest ecosystems and rural communities into a successful writing collaboration.
"Defenders of Tradition in Keystone Pipeline Fight"
Near Bradshaw, Nebraska, the four Harrington sisters fight the Keystone XL pipeline, which they fear could threaten land their family has farmed for 150 years. Their unpainted, solar-powered barn, plastered with slogans, sits smack in the path of the pipeline.
Source: NY Times, 01/23/2015
Obama's EPA Breaks Pledge To Speed Science on Toxic Chemicals
Since taking office, the Obama administration has vowed to restore science as the basis for health findings on the toxic chemicals in commerce. But politics -- based on strong lobbying and finagling by the chemical industry -- seems to have thwarted the administration's declared intentions. "In the past three years, the EPA has assessed fewer chemicals than ever. Last year, it completed only one assessment. Today, the agency has even embraced measures sought by the chemical industry that have led to endless delays."
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 01/23/2015
"Ebola Has Killed Third of World’s Gorillas, Chimpanzees"
"The current Ebola crisis has taken a terrific toll in West Africa, stressing budgets, stretching fragile health systems to the breaking point and leaving more than 8,600 people dead since it returned to the region early last year. But seldom noted is the toll Ebola has taken on some of the world’s most endangered creatures — the great apes."
Source: Aljazeera America, 01/23/2015
