"The New Panama Canal: A Risky Bet"
"How a $3.1 Billion Expansion Collided With Reality"
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2016
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"Environmental Groups Unite To Oppose Energy Bill"
"Nearly two dozen environmental groups on Wednesday urged senators not to work with the House on an energy policy reform bill this session."
Source: The Hill, 06/23/2016
"Cancer Is Contagious Among Clams. What About Us?"
"The ocean contains a vast number of living things, including many, many pathogens — from bacteria that thrive on coral to fungi that infect lobsters. A drop of seawater may hold 10 million viruses. Recently, a team of scientists revealed a frightening member of this menagerie: free-floating cancer cells that cause contagious tumors in shellfish."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2016
"Zika Deal in Congress Likely to Be Delayed Until After Recess"
"Emergency financing to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus appeared likely to be delayed until after Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess, as Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized a new Republican proposal to provide $1.1 billion, but with $750 million redirected from other federal programs."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2016
"Obama Signs TSCA Reform Into Law"
"President Obama signed into law [Wednesday] the first overhaul to the nation's chemical laws in nearly 40 years, a milestone in the history of environmental legislation and a feather in the caps of Democrats and Republicans alike."
Source: Greenwire, 06/23/2016
"Cities Forge World's Largest Alliance To Curb Climate Change"
"Cities in six continents joined up to form the world's largest alliance to combat climate change on Wednesday, a move intended to help making ground-level changes to slow global warming."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2016
"Raging Wildfires in the Southwest Stretch Resources"
"Firefighters across Arizona and New Mexico battled 31 wildfires on Wednesday, their efforts complicated by a relentless heat wave and bone-dry conditions. And in the Angeles National Forest, on the northern edge of Los Angeles, two fires kept more than 300 families from their homes as the fires threatened to merge into one."
Source: NY Times, 06/23/2016
Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat
Here are some recent Congressional Research Service reports relevant to the environment and energy beat, thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project.
Canadian Government Drafts New 3-Year Open Government Plan
Overall goals of the new draft plan are to make all government data and information open by default and to eliminate all fees except for an initial $5 filing fee. The Canadian government invites comments on the plan before June 30, 2016.
Some Steps Forward on Open Data
Don't get us wrong: the U.S. federal government's openness to public scrutiny leaves much to be desired. Still, it's worth noting that some improvements have taken place. Here are a few prominent ones. Image: Clipart.com.
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