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System Turns US Fishing Rights Into Commodity, Squeezes Small Fishermen

"SAN FRANCISCO – For centuries, men like Larry Collins, a garrulous crab and sole fisherman, were free to harvest the seas. But sweeping across the globe is a system that slowly and steadily hands over a $400 billion ocean fishing industry to corporations. The system, called catch shares, in most cases favors large fishing fleets, a review of the systems operating across the United States shows."

Source: Center for Investigative Reporting, 03/20/2013

"Scientists Puzzled By Manatee Deaths on Florida's East Coast"

"Even as a Red Tide algae bloom is wiping out a record number of manatees in southwest Florida, a mysterious ailment is killing dozens more manatees on the state's east coast. So far, state biologists have been unable to pinpoint the cause."

Source: Tampa Bay Times, 03/20/2013

"Billionaire Joins Fight Against Keystone XL"

"The Keystone XL pipeline faces a new, formidable and deep-pocketed foe: Tom Steyer, a California billionaire, has targeted the controversial Canadian project to funnel Alberta’s landlocked heavy crude to Texas refineries on the Gulf Coast."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 03/20/2013

"The Miner's Daughter"

"Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest—and most controversial—billionaire."

Source: New Yorker, 03/20/2013

"Unwanted Electronic Gear Rising in Toxic Piles"

"Last year, two inspectors from California’s hazardous waste agency were visiting an electronics recycling company near Fresno for a routine review of paperwork when they came across a warehouse the size of a football field, packed with tens of thousands of old computer monitors and televisions."

Source: NY Times, 03/20/2013

"Major Fuel, Emissions Savings Unlikely in Autos -- Report"

"Efforts to cut emissions and fossil fuel use by 80 percent by 2050 deemed 'extremely challenging' by a panel of experts: 'On its own, the market would not make this transition.'"

Source: Daily Climate, 03/20/2013

"N.R.C. Votes for Upgrades to Some Reactor Vents"

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday to require improvements to the emergency vents at 31 American reactors that share design similarities with the Japanese reactors that melted down two years ago. The agency stopped short, however, of requiring filters to scrub out radioactive particles coming through those vents."

Source: NY Times, 03/20/2013

SEJ Celebrates Kathie Durbin's Life, 1944-2013

SEJ members and staff mourn the loss of award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin, an SEJ member since 1996. A dedicated reporter and author, determined to make her final deadline, Kathie completed her last book before passing on March 15, 2013; The Columbia River Gorge: Bridging a Great Divide is scheduled to be published by OSU Press. Read Cascadia Times colleague Paul Koberstein's tribute to Kathie, as well as other coverage, and post your remembrances here. © Image: Courtesy Elizabeth Feryl.

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"High Court To Rule on Forest Plan Challenge"

"The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether environmental groups can challenge a federal government plan that has led to increased logging in California forests throughout the Sierra."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 03/19/2013

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