"Canada's Ozone Science Group Falls Victim To Government Cuts"
"Budget cuts to the ozone monitoring department were $13.3m this year, the 25th anniversary of the Montreal protocol."
Source: Guardian, 10/10/2012
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"Treasury Watchdog Probes Solar Tax Grant Program"
"The Treasury Department's inspector general is investigating a popular stimulus program that allowed rooftop solar panel projects to turn tax credits into cash grants, according to a regulatory filing."
Source: Reuters, 10/10/2012
"Most Americans Link Weather To Global Warming: Survey"
"Nearly three-quarters of Americans say global warming influences U.S. weather and made this year's record-hot summer worse, a survey said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 10/10/2012
"Raese Built Golf Course Without Required Permits, Regulators Say"
"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Republican Senate candidate John Raese filled in wetlands and damaged more than 2 miles of streams when he rerouted them to create waterfalls on a private, 18-hole West Virginia golf course that federal regulators say he built without the required permits."
Source: AP, 10/10/2012
"Ohio Dems Seek Coal-Firm Probe"
"COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Democratic Party on Monday urged federal and state prosecutors to investigate whether the largest privately owned coal company in the country illegally forced employees and vendors to contribute to presidential contender Mitt Romney and other mostly Republican candidates."
Source: Toledo Blade, 10/10/2012
"Top U.S. Court Rejects Chevron’s Appeal in Ecuador Pollution Case"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- Chevron [Tuesday] lost its U.S. Supreme Court bid to block global enforcement of a $19 billion judgment by an Ecuadorean court in a long legal fight over contamination of the Amazon rainforest."
Source: Greenwire, 10/10/2012
Communicating Climate Change Workshop, at UNFCCC Climate Change Summit
Join journalists, bloggers, and scientists to discuss innovative ways to communicate about climate change at the UNFCCC Climate Change Summit in Qatar.
Social Media One-Night Stand at Continuing Ed. Unit of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism
A special, advanced social-media class will be given by Professor Sree Sreenivasan (@sree), one of Poynter.org's 35 most influential people in social media and one of AdAge's 20 media people to follow on Twitter. In-person and via a live webcast and online chat, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. EST
"We're No. 1! (In Climate Denier Coverage)"
"America is unique when it comes to giving a platform to climate deniers and skeptics. According to a new analysis of data released last year, American newspapers are far more likely to publish uncontested claims from climate deniers, many of whom challenge whether the planet is warming at all and are 'almost exclusively found' in the U.S. media. The study was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters."
Source: Grist, 10/09/2012
"Dam Inspectors Fear the Deluge"
"The floodwaters are swelling, but the resources needed to confront them are shriveling up. That's the frustrating reality that state dam officials face as they confront added stress to the thousands of structures they regulate."
Source: StateLine, 10/09/2012
