"Radio Disney's Pro-Fracking Elementary School Tour Sparks Outrage"
"Radio Disney made 26 stops across Ohio with a pro-fracking group to promote oil and gas to elementary school students."
Source: Aljazeera, 01/09/2014
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"First Fatal Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu In North America Reported"
"TORONTO -- Canadian health officials said Wednesday a fatal case of H5N1 bird flu has been reported in Canada, the first such case in North America. The victim was travelling from China when symptoms first appeared."
Source: AP, 01/09/2014
Thousands of Railcars Need Updating After Crude Crashes: Greenbriar CEO
"Some 80,000 tank cars that don't meet current industry safety standards need to be replaced or retrofitted after several crashes of trains carrying crude oil, the head of railcar maker The Greenbriar Companies said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/09/2014
"Coalition Calls On Obama To Speed Up Regulation Review"
"WASHINGTON -- A coalition representing environmental groups, consumer advocates and unions is calling on the White House to reform the process for reviewing new regulations, a process that has reportedly been gummed up for years."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/09/2014
Secret CRS Reports on Environment Published
Taxpayers' money funds the Congressional Research Service as it produces objective and authoritative reports on issues facing Congress — many on subjects of interest to environmental journalists. Congress, however, does not share these reports with the public who paid for them. Thanks to the Project on Government Secrecy, another batch of the reports has been leaked and published.
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Environment Canada Denied 22% of Requests for Scientist Interviews in 2013
The startling admission only bolsters critics who say the conservative Harper government is suppressing science which does not support its politics — for example, its policies on global warming or oil sands.
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Elsevier Pushes To Keep Academics from Sharing Their Research
Free online publication of peer-reviewed scientific articles is essential to environmental journalists. One publisher, Elsevier, caused a stir recently by demanding that several universities take their own scholars' research down from the web or social media.
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Dark Money Dominates Climate Change Denial Discourse
Much of the public discourse denying the science of climate change and the need to take action to slow it seems to be funded by shadowy oil companies and conservative billionaires funneling hundreds of millions of dollars secretly through dummy organizations, according to a new report.
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"Energy Reporters Criticize 60 Minutes' 'Poor Piece of Journalism'"
"A 60 Minutes segment claiming that federal government efforts to encourage clean tech -- the production and use of alternative energy sources and more efficient technology -- have failed drew some harsh disagreement among reporters covering the energy beat who say the negative report ignored many successes and focused too narrowly on a few unsuccessful companies."
Source: Media Matters, 01/08/2014
"Urban Nature: How to Foster Biodiversity in World’s Cities"
"As the world becomes more urbanized, researchers and city managers from Baltimore to Britain are recognizing the importance of providing urban habitat that can support biodiversity. It just may be the start of an urban wildlife movement."
Source: YaleE360, 01/08/2014
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