#SEJSpotlight: John R. Platt, Editor, The Revelator
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SEJ Calls on EPA To Restore 'Fishbowl' Transparency for Press
July 14, 2021 — SEJ wrote a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan calling on him to make clear that EPA scientists and staff are permitted and even encouraged to share their expertise and work with journalists. This comes on the heels of a leaked internal email reminding EPA employees in one of the agency's offices that they are not allowed to respond directly to press queries, after Regan had pledged earlier this year that the agency would operate "in a fishbowl."
"The Climate-Safe Houses of the Future"
"When Brandon Jorgensen picked up the phone, he was in the middle of staging his latest house in Napa, California. “We are getting very very close to, I wouldn’t say fireproofing, but fire-resisting a house,” Jorgensen, an architect, said, speaking from the home’s driveway."
Source: Earther, 07/14/2021
"Rare Whooping Cranes Raised For Wild as COVID Rules Relax"
"A year after pandemic precautions all but halted work to raise the world’s most endangered cranes for release into the wild, the efforts are back in gear. Fourteen long-legged, fuzzy brown whooping crane chicks — one more than in 2019 — are following their parents or costumed surrogates in facilities from New Orleans to Calgary, Canada."
Source: AP, 07/14/2021
Denver Children Aren’t Tested Enough For Blood Lead Levels: Officials
"Doctors test only a fraction of Denver children for levels of lead in their blood each year, even though federal law requires the tests for thousands of them."
Source: Denver Post, 07/14/2021
"WTO Seeks To Land Big Prize After 20 Years Of Fish Talks"
"Negotiators are hoping the World Trade Organization will on Thursday not only deal a major blow to overfishing after 20 years of trying, but in doing so also dispel doubts about its own usefulness."
Source: Reuters, 07/14/2021
"Water Crisis Reaches Boiling Point On Oregon-California Line"
"Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon border and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust devils whirled around him and birds flitted between empty irrigation pipes. DuVal’s family has farmed the land for three generations, and this summer, for the first time ever, he and hundreds of others who rely on irrigation from a depleted, federally managed lake aren’t getting any water from it at all."
Source: AP, 07/14/2021
"No Red Tide Relief In Sight As Dead Fish Overwhelm St. Petersburg"
"A toxic algal bloom is plaguing Tampa Bay and befouling St. Petersburg’s shores. It could stick around for a while."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 07/14/2021
"Extreme Heat Chips Away at Effectiveness of Ozone Air Standards"
"Unrelenting heat waves are boiling cities across the U.S. this summer, spiking ozone pollution levels and threatening the fighting power of air quality safeguards."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/14/2021
"EPA Scientist To Lead National Climate Review"
"The White House science office announced today that Allison Crimmins will lead the next mammoth report on climate change. The fifth National Climate Assessment is expected to be released in 2023 and stands to be more expansive than past editions, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) said in a statement today."
Source: E&E News, 07/14/2021
