"President Obama To Visit Site of Deadly Washington State Landslide"
"One month after the Washington state landslide that killed at least 34, President Obama is planning to survey the destruction firsthand."
Source: LA Times, 04/09/2014
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"2014 Arctic Sea Ice Peak Is 5th Lowest on Record"
"Despite a late-season boost from the cold weather patterns similar to those that blasted England with terrific storms in February, Arctic sea ice is still on a long-term decline, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center."
Source: LiveScience, 04/09/2014
Do Kochs Hold Most Canadian Oil Sands Leases? It’s Complicated
"A March 20 Washington Post Web article and a March 21 print article stated that Koch Industries was the largest leaseholder in Canada’s oil sands. Further reporting has indicated that Koch Industries on a net acreage basis is the largest American and foreign holder of leases in Canada’s oil sands but it might narrowly trail two Canadian companies overall. ..."
Source: Wash Post, 04/09/2014
"Are Secret, Dangerous Ingredients in Your Food?"
"Food manufacturers are routinely exploiting a 'legal loophole' that allows them to use new chemicals in their products, based on their own safety studies, without ever notifying the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group."
Source: Wash Post, 04/09/2014
UPDATE April 9: Gainer Responds to SEJ Letter on Police Detention of Energy Reporter
April 9, 2014 — One of the officials who oversees the U.S. Capitol Police responded April 9 to SEJ's letter complaining about the brief detention of a reporter trying to ask a question of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a hallway. Terry Gainer, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, wrote the following:
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UPDATE: SEJ "Condemns" Military Treatment of Blade Reporters
The Society of Environmental Journalists has written Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, condemning "in the strongest terms" the treatment of two Toledo Blade journalists March 28 by military police outside a Lima, Ohio, tank plant. The journalists were on public property when they were detained by military police. Photographer Jetta Fraser's camera was confiscated, even though she was taking pictures of what was in plain public view.
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"U.S. Sailors Sue Tepco for $1 Billion Over Alleged Radiation Exposure"
"SAN DIEGO – Nearly 80 U.S. sailors are seeking $1 billion from Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, alleging the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission following a tsunami that touched off a nuclear crisis three years ago."
Source: AP, 04/08/2014
3/4 of World Bank Projects Still Don't Evaluate Climate Risks: Report
"The World Bank is still failing to take climate change into account as it makes decisions about the projects it finances, according to a new report from the nonprofit World Resources Institute. The impacts of climate change were only taken into consideration in a quarter of all projects the bank approved between January 2012 and June 2013."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/08/2014
"Senate Dem: Oil Industry Paying 'Lip Service' To Freight Rail Safety"
"The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees transportation issues said Monday that oil companies are dragging their feet on providing data to regulators about the safety of freight trains that are used to carry crude oil."
Source: The Hill, 04/08/2014
"Documents Show Pilot Failed To Disclose Herbicides Used On Timberland"
"The helicopter pilot at the center of an aerial herbicide-spraying controversy in Southern Oregon applied a far wider variety of toxic chemicals than what he originally reported, according to newly released documents."
Source: Jefferson Public Radio, 04/08/2014
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