"Louisiana Lawsuits Seek Oil & Gas Industry Money To Restore Coastline"
"Louisiana Republicans work to quash lawsuits seeking oil and gas industry funds to restore the coastline."
Source: LA Times, 05/21/2014
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"Obama Plans To Designate New Monument, Republicans Plan To Freak Out"
"President Barack Obama plans to announce a new national monument on Wednesday, protecting nearly half a million acres in southern New Mexico."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/21/2014
53M Gallons Of Nuclear Waste May Soon Be Stored Next To Great Lakes
"A proposed Canadian nuclear waste site near the shores of Lake Huron is facing mounting criticism from Michigan lawmakers who say it's dangerous and called on the federal government to intervene."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/21/2014
Minnesota 1st State To Ban Antibacterial Chemical Triclosan From Soap
"It's widely used nationwide as a germ-killing ingredient in soaps, deodorants and even toothpaste, but it's being banned in Minnesota."
Source: AP, 05/21/2014
"Probe Finds Scant Oversight of Chemical Plants"
"The government has no way of fully knowing which U.S. chemical facilities stock ammonium nitrate, the substance that exploded last year at a Texas fertilizer plant and killed 14 people, congressional investigators say. Outdated federal policies, poor information sharing with states and a raft of industry exemptions point to scant federal oversight, says a new report obtained by The Associated Press."
Source: AP, 05/21/2014
"Power Plant Owners Get EPA Options to Prevent Fish Kills"
"The Obama administration issued rules that give operators of power plant and factories an array of options to prevent fish from being killed when water is used to cool machinery."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/21/2014
Stirring Up Forgotten Lead: Smelters Across US at Risk
"When a mile-wide tornado roared through Joplin, Mo., it killed 158 people and injured thousands. And it also kicked up toxic remnants from the city’s industrial past that are still haunting its residents on the third anniversary of the disaster."
Source: EHN, 05/21/2014
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United Nations Climate Summit 2014: Catalyzing Action
The 2014 Climate Summit in New York is part of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s strategy to engage global leaders and advance climate action and ambition. The Summit is intended to be a solutions-focused Summit that is separate from, but complementary to, the UNFCCC negotiating process. It aims to provide evidence that leaders across sectors and at all levels are taking action, thus expanding the reach of what is possible today, in 2015, and beyond.
Agenda — McCormick SRI on Shale Oil and Gas Development
The Society of Environmental Journalists Presents:
The McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Oil and Gas Development
Pittsburgh, June 22-24, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Conference Hotel:
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center – 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh; (412) 682-6200
