"Report: Global Warming Didn't Cause Big US Drought"
"WASHINGTON -- Last year's huge drought was a freak of nature that wasn't caused by man-made global warming, a new federal science study finds."
Source: AP, 04/12/2013
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"Storms Bring Heavy Snow, Hail, Rains To Central U.S"
"High winds and heavy snow and rain whipped through parts of the central United States on Wednesday, knocking out power for thousands of people and closing schools and businesses."
Source: Reuters, 04/11/2013
"NRC Proposes No Safety Threat Finding With San Onofre"
"Edison International’s request for a license amendment for a proposed restart of its crippled California nuclear reactor doesn’t pose significant safety risks, federal regulators said in a preliminary finding."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/11/2013
"Top U.S. Storm Team Sees Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season"
"The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season will be 'above average' with 18 tropical storms, nine of which will intensify into hurricanes, forecasters at Colorado State University predicted on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 04/11/2013
"Arctic Drilling: ConocoPhillips Scratches 2014 Exploration Plans"
"Oil industry efforts to develop the American Arctic took another hit today as ConocoPhillips scrapped plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea in 2014."
Source: Greenwire, 04/11/2013
Exxon "Unified Command" Locks Down Ark. Spill Site; Threatens Reporter
The March 29, 2013, spill from ExxonMobil's Pegasus Pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas is a big deal for several reasons. But the most important thing about the Mayflower spill may be that ExxonMobil and the federal agencies involved seem to be trying to keep news media from getting close enough to see what is going on. Read SEJ's letter protesting the media treatment, and EPA's response.
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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
"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
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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