"European Officials Move to Curb Overfishing"
"PARIS — The European Union on Thursday agreed to an overhaul of the region's fisheries policy, a deal intended to make commercial fishing more sustainable."
Source: NY Times, 05/31/2013
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"Presence of Explosive Chemicals Often Kept Secret"
"Fears of terrorism have made it harder than ever for citizens to find out what dangerous chemicals lurk in their backyards, The Associated Press has found. Secrecy and shoddy record-keeping have kept the public and emergency workers in the dark about stockpiles of explosive material."
Source: AP, 05/31/2013
Canadian Science in Crisis: Research, Responsibility and the Right to Speak
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression presents renowned Canadian climatologist Dr. Gordon McBean in conversation with journalist Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC’s “The Current”, about the importance of free expression to the scientific field and what happens to scientific endeavours when the right to free expression is restricted. The event will be filmed and posted to their website the following day.
ECOS Conference - "The Path To New Energy: Hydraulic Fracturing In Focus"
The Environmental Council of the States sponsors this event in Washington, DC.
"Former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Heads To Apple"
"Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson has been hired by Apple as vice president of environmental initiatives."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 05/30/2013
"Senator Boxer Seeks Criminal Probe of San Onofre Nuclear Plant"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer of California is asking the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Southern California Edison’s statements to nuclear regulators about replacing steam generators at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant."
Source: ENS, 05/30/2013
"Ice Levels, Rule Changes To Boost Arctic Northern Sea Route"
"Shipping along the Arctic northern sea route is set to grow more than 30-fold over the next eight years and could account for a quarter of the cargo traffic between Europe and Asia by 2030, experts said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/30/2013
"Breathing Easier: How Houston Is Working To Clean Up Its Air"
"The Houston area produces about a quarter of the nation's gasoline, and about a third of the plastics that are in our cars, cupboards and just about everywhere else. So it is no surprise that this heavily industrial area has a problem with air pollution. But in the past decade, Houston's air has improved dramatically."
Source: NPR, 05/30/2013
"Judge Gives Patriot Coal OK To Cut Benefits"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal bankruptcy judge in St. Louis ruled Wednesday that Patriot Coal can cut health benefits for retired coal miners and their spouses as part of a plan for the company to emerge from bankruptcy."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 05/30/2013
"Battery Recycler Exide's Problems Aren't Just Local"
"Exide has closed or suspended operations at its Vernon plant and two others. Since 2010, seven plants nationally have been linked to health-risk levels of airborne lead."
Source: LA Times, 05/30/2013
