SEC Poised To Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure by Firms
Federal regulators may require corporations to assess and reveal how the effects of climate change may impact their financial health.
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Dole Sues "Bananas!" Film-Maker For Defamation
Showing of the film, depicting purported harm and claims of sterility by Nicaraguan plantation workers, went ahead at the Los Angeles Film Festival, even though an April 2009 Superior Court ruled that those claims were fraudulent.
EPA's Jackson Calls for More Transparency on Water Quality, Enforcement
Jackson ordered staff to make existing information more accessible and understandable to the public, including posting on the Web state performance reports under the Clean Water Act.
DEADLINE: McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Energy Solutions
This all-expenses-paid conference will convene September 20-22 at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Co-hosted by the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State's Institute for Energy and the Environment, and Battelle.
DEADLINE: USC Annenberg National Health Journalism Fellowship
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's annual reporting grants and health journalism fellowships will be held June 23-26, 2025. Preference given to reporters pursuing collaborative projects between mainstream and ethnic news outlets. Deadline is Apr 30.
"New Heights for Water Recycling"
NASA is taking water recycling -- something necessary for space travel -- to new heights.
Source: Environment Report, 07/15/2009
Report Predicts Hotter Southeast
Middle Georgia summers are going to get hotter, according to a new report on global warming.
Source: Macon Telegraph, 07/15/2009
Survivors of Attacks Fight to Save Sharks
Survivors of shark attacks are in Washington lobbying for new fishing restrictions to protect sharks.
Source: Wash Post, 07/15/2009
"Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae"
"The oil giant Exxon Mobil, whose chief executive once mocked alternative energy by referring to ethanol as “moonshine,” is about to venture into biofuels."
Source: NYTimes, 07/15/2009
"NOAA Bans Commercial Harvesting Of Krill"
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington."
Source: SPX, 07/15/2009
