"New Teaching Standards Delve More Deeply Into Climate Change"
"Under proposed new national science standards, students would learn concepts more thoroughly, including how human activity is driving global warming."
Source: LA Times, 04/10/2013
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"Did Keystone XL Contractor Hide Its Conflict of Interest?"
"The environmental consulting firm hired to evaluate the impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline should have been barred from working on the project, according to a group of environmentalists. On Monday, representatives from 13 environmental organizations asked State Department's Inspector General to investigate whether the firm's previous relationships with TransCanada should have qualified as a conflict of interest."
Source: Mother Jones, 04/10/2013
"California Court Ruling Gives Hope To Foes of Fracking"
"A court ruling that the U.S. government must consider the environmental impact of 'fracking' on federal lands leased to oil companies offers opponents of the technique a useful weapon in the fierce public debate in California and other parts of the country."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2013
EPA Eases Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents
"After years of internal deliberation and controversy, the Obama administration has issued a document suggesting that when dealing with the aftermath of an accident or attack involving radioactive materials, public health guidelines can be made thousands of times less stringent than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would normally allow."
Source: Global Security Newswire, 04/10/2013
"With Help From Nature, a Town Aims to Be a Solar Capital"
"LANCASTER, Calif. — There are at least two things to know about this high desert city. One, the sun just keeps on shining. Two, the city’s mayor, a class-action lawyer named R. Rex Parris, just keeps on competing."
Source: NY Times, 04/10/2013
"Quake Hits Near Iran's Nuclear City Bushehr, 37 Dead"
"DUBAI -- A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2013
"Jury Finds Exxon Liable for $236.4 Million in U.S. Pollution Suit"
"LITTLETON, New Hampshire -- A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive used to reduce smog in the 1970s and 1980s."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2013
Energy Nominee Ernest Moniz Backs Increased Use of Natural Gas
"President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even as the nation seeks to boost domestic energy production."
Source: AP, 04/10/2013
SEJ Member Spotlight: Elizabeth McGowan
SEJ member Elizabeth H. McGowan and her InsideClimate News colleagues Lisa Song and David Hasemyer won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their “The Dilbit Disaster” entry, an investigative piece uncovering what really happened when millions of gallons of tar sands oil from Canada poured into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River after a pipe burst. They were also named as a finalist in the Environmental Reporting category of the 2012 Scripps Howard Awards competition; earned an honorable mention in the 2012 John B. Oakes Award contest presented by the Columbia University School of Journalism; and won the 2012 James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism presented by Hunter College.
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"Rare Fungal Illness Follows Tornado"
"More than 1,000 people were injured when a severe tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, on 22 May 2011, and 158 eventually died. Within a few days of the tornado, several of the injured began to suffer from a fungal infection suspected to be cutaneous necrotizing mucormycosis."
Source: EHP, 04/09/2013
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