"Why Seas Are Rising Ahead of Predictions"
"Sea levels are rising faster than expected from global warming, and University of Colorado geologist Bill Hay has a good idea why."
Source: SPX, 11/02/2012
Water & Oceans
"In Flooded New Jersey, No Oversight For Levees"
"Residents of Moonachie and Little Ferry, N.J., are beginning to clear the damage after their communities were inundated by floodwaters. The flooding occurred when a system of levees and berms was unable to control the storm surge pushed ashore by Superstorm Sandy."
Source: NPR, 11/02/2012
"Nations Fail To Agree on Plan To Protect Seas Around Antarctica"
"Major nations failed to reach agreement on Thursday to set up huge marine protected areas off Antarctica under a plan to step up conservation of creatures such as whales and penguins around the frozen continent."
Source: Reuters, 11/02/2012
Sandy Stormwater Hits U.S. With Pollution Mess
(Photo: AP)
Floodwaters have not yet receded from many parts of the Northeast after Sandy's inundation. Those waters are often quite polluted, and people's health will depend on public understanding of the threat. Here are some resources for journalists to use in covering it.
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Groups Petition EPA To Disclose Fracking Emissions
The gas industry won itself an exemption from disclosure requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2005. But now environmentalists have a new angle, claiming EPA has authority to compel disclosure under a different law (the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act) — and urging EPA to use it.
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Enviros Urge EPA Not To Weaken Drinking Water Reports
Fifteen environmental and public health groups say EPA had not allowed sufficient time for public review, only put relevant information into its docket at the last minute, and emphasized easing a "burden" utilities had lived with for years at the expense of protecting the public.
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"National Ocean Policy Sparks Partisan Fight"
"Partisan battles are engulfing the nation’s ocean policy, showing that polarization over environmental issues doesn’t stop at the water’s edge."
Source: Wash Post, 10/29/2012
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