"Fracking Films Reflect Twists in Drilling Debate"
"PITTSBURGH -- The boom in natural gas drilling has cast two opposing documentary filmmakers in unlikely roles."
Source: AP, 07/22/2013
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"Proof of EPA Bias Less Than Solid"
"Critics of the Obama administration have gotten a lot of mileage by claiming ideological bias at the Environmental Protection Agency. But a POLITICO analysis of the evidence shows holes in their case."
Source: Politico, 07/22/2013
"Kettleman City Toxic Landfill Fight Might Turn on Finances"
"At the doorstep to the largest hazardous waste landfill in the West, Kettleman City has some of California's biggest pollution burdens, the state Environmental Protection Agency says."
Source: Fresno Bee, 07/22/2013
"Science for Hire -- Trial Over Plastic Exposes Disclosure Deficit"
A Texas trial is pitting the giant Eastman Chemical against two small labs who said
Eastman's "BPA-free" plastic Tritan still had estrogen-like activity. The trial raises key issues about whether the objectivity of science is skewed by who pays for it -- and whether financial interests should be disclosed.
Source: Reuters, 07/22/2013
"June 2013 Was World's Fifth-Hottest June on Record, Says NOAA"
"June 2013 broke monthly records over much of northern Canada, western Russia, southern Japan, the Philippines, part of southwestern China, and central southern Africa."
Source: Reuters, 07/22/2013
"Poll: Majority Backs Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Emissions"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- A majority of American voters polled in a nationwide survey say they support President Barack Obama’s new plan to address climate change and protect public health by cutting the amount of carbon emitted in the United States."
Source: ENS, 07/22/2013
"Federal Judge Denies BP Bid To Suspend Payments on Oil Spill Claims"
"A federal judge Friday denied British oil giant BP's bid for a preliminary injunction that would have allowed the company to temporarily suspend payments related to claims from the 2010 oil spill until an investigation into alleged fraud in the multibillion-dollar claims payment program is complete."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/22/2013
"Oil Spills: Crude Mishaps on Trains Spike as Rail Carries More Oil"
"The number of spills and other accidents from railroad cars carrying crude oil has skyrocketed in recent years, up from one or two a year early in the previous decade to 88 last year."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/22/2013
Deal-Making Past Will Serve Mccarthy Well as Controversies Loom
"Having made it through a 136-day wait in the Senate -- the longest for any U.S. EPA administrator nominee -- Gina McCarthy has a tough stacked agenda that will include highly controversial climate regulations."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/22/2013
The Society of Environmental Journalists Announces 2013 Annual Conference Fellows
Thanks to generous donations raised by members and friends of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) through a spring crowdfunding campaign, we are pleased to announce full or partial fellowships valued at $3,500 for six journalists to attend SEJ’s Annual Conference in Chattanooga this fall.
