"Lobbying: K Street Work Expands For Pruitt's Pals"
"Business has been good for U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's friends from his political days in Oklahoma."
Source: Greenwire, 07/13/2017
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"New Harvard Analysis Highlights How Media Failed the People of Flint"
"More than two years have passed since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan hit the national headlines. But the water crisis itself unfolded over three years ago in 2014—not 2015 when the rest of the country found out about it."
Source: Colorlines, 07/13/2017
Green Groups Sue U.S. EPA Over Smog Rule Delay
"Environmental and public health groups asked a U.S. Appeals Court in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reverse its decision to delay issuing a set of smog cleanup rules."
Source: Reuters, 07/13/2017
7th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations
Top leaders from NOAA, the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and more will discuss critical impacts of an ice-diminishing Arctic on Naval and maritime operations. This free event takes place at the U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center in Washington and will also be live streamed.
DEADLINE: Illuminating Today's Japan for American Audiences
One U.S.-based journalist will be selected on the quality of story idea for a 19-day reporting trip in Japan in the fall 2017, organized by the International Center for Journalists. Examples of issues that journalists could explore include business, trade, energy, culture, immigration and climate change.
"EPA Chief Wants Scientists To Debate Climate On TV"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the early stages of launching a debate about climate change that could air on television – challenging scientists to prove the widespread view that global warming is a serious threat, the head of the agency said."
Source: Reuters, 07/12/2017
Biotech Industry Cultivates Positive Media — and Discourages Criticism
"In April 2016, Monica Eng of WBEZ, Chicago’s NPR station, published a critical story revealing that the agrichemical giant Monsanto had quietly paid a professor at the University of Illinois to travel, write, and speak about genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and even to lobby federal officials to halt further GMO regulation."
Source: Progressive, 07/12/2017
"U.S. Cities, States and Businesses Pledge to Measure Emissions"
"A coalition of American states, cities and businesses that have pledged to stick with the Paris climate pact will team up with experts to quantify their climate commitments and share their plans with the United Nations, vowing to act in spite of the Trump administration’s exit from the accord."
Source: NY Times, 07/12/2017
"Trump Triggers Fight Over Yucca Waste Site"
"Supporters and opponents of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Nevada are ramping up their advocacy efforts in hopes of swaying Congress and the Trump administration."
Source: The Hill, 07/12/2017
Mining Firm Gets Federal OK to Dump Tailings in B.C. Trout Streams
"Two fish-bearing creeks will be used for 2.3 billion tonnes of toxic tailings from the proposed Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) mine in northwest B.C., wiping out habitat for several populations of small Dolly Varden fish."
Source: DeSmog, 07/12/2017
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