"Salt Lake City Air Pollution Prompts Petition From Utah Doctors"
"SALT LAKE CITY -- A group of Utah doctors is declaring a health emergency over the Salt Lake City area's lingering air pollution problem."
Source: AP, 01/24/2013
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"Massive Melting of Andes Glaciers"
"Glaciers in the tropical Andes have shrunk by 30-50% since the 1970s, according to a study."
Source: BBC, 01/24/2013
"Controversial Bird Flu Research To Resume"
"Bird flu researchers end a yearlong moratorium on experiments to determine whether the H5N1 virus can mutate and spread among humans. The work, which was deemed risky, won't resume yet in the U.S."
Source: LA Times, 01/24/2013
"Sierra Club To Engage in Civil Disobedience for First Time"
"How hot is the controversial Keystone Pipeline controversy getting? The Sierra Club is — for the first time in its history — going to engage in civil disobedience on Feb. 17 in Washington, D.C., which is also a day that greenies predict will be 'the largest climate rally in history.'"
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/24/2013
"After Failed Climate Coverage, CNN Reports Americans Don't Understand Climate Change"
"Promoting a recent poll, CNN is treating climate change as a matter of opinion, saying Americans are divided over whether or not it is real. But the network itself has fueled such confusion, often failing to report that manmade emissions are driving climate change or giving credence to those who deny the science behind it."
Source: Media Matters, 01/24/2013
With Legislative Deadlock, Climate Battle Shifts to Executive Branch
"The Obama administration is likely to rely mostly on existing rules and on flexing executive power to execute its second-term environmental agenda, sidestepping Congress as it sets about radically reducing greenhouse gases generated by major polluters."
Source: Reuters, 01/24/2013
SEJournal Winter 2012-13, Vol. 22 No. 4
In this issue: Superstorm Sandy's hidden warning; analysis of pivotal enviro issues to watch; new frontiers in visual journalism; keeping up on chemical databases; members helping members: SEJ's mentoring program; media on the move; and book reviews.
"Sting Operations Reveal Mafia Involvement in Renewable Energy"
"PALERMO, Italy -- Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy."
Source: Wash Post, 01/23/2013
"Pennsylvania Drilling Wastes Might Overwhelm Ohio Injection Wells"
"The volume of drilling wastes from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale is growing and threatening to overwhelm existing waste-handling infrastructure in Ohio and other states, according to a study released Tuesday."
Source: Akron Beacon Journal, 01/23/2013
"Newfound Aquifer May Ease Mexico City's Water Woes"
"The megacity's water shortage could be eased by an aquifer a mile under the surface of Iztapalapa, a neighborhood whose terrible water quality is the butt of local jokes."
Source: LA Times, 01/23/2013
