"Trump Tells California 'There Is No Drought'"
"Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring, 'There is no drought.'"
Source: AP, 05/30/2016
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"Developer Rejects Trump’s Keystone Pipeline Proposal"
"The company hoping to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline is rejecting Donald Trump’s proposed deal to approve its construction."
Source: The Hill, 05/30/2016
"A Challenge to Donald Trump’s Energy Claims: Economic Reality"
"In his pledge to aggressively expand American oil and gas production, and his framing of that push as a salvation for the nation’s economic and fiscal health, Donald J. Trump is following in the footsteps of decades of Republican politicians. But in a market where domestic oil production is already higher than it has been in 40 years, and natural gas production is at a historic high, those proposals have run up against a major problem: the global economy."
Source: NY Times, 05/30/2016
DEADLINE: AHCJ Regional Health Journalism Fellowship: Great Lakes
The Association of Health Care Journalists selects a small number of journalists annually from a specific region of the country for this opportunity. The 2016-17 fellowship class will come from Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Deadline: Jun 17.
DEADLINE: IWMF's African Great Lakes Reporting Fellowships (South Sudan)
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) invites women journalists to apply for a reporting trip in Juba, South Sudan, from August 8 to 24, 2018, including a 4-day Hostile Environments and First-Aid Training (HEFAT) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 9 to 12. This reporting trip theme will include topics around civil society and civic engagement. Deadline: Jun 3.
"On The Trail Of The Wily Wild Hog"
"Andrew Herrington slips on a battered green backpack, stashes a .308 bolt-action rifle under his arm and steps off a boat onto the steep, rocky shores of Great Smoky Mountains National Park."
Source: NPR, 05/27/2016
Officials: 'Dirt Brokers' With Mob Ties Dumped Polluted Soil Across NJ
"'Rogue dirt brokers' with mob ties and criminal histories used fake documents to haul hundreds of truckloads of tainted soil and construction debris that were then dumped illegally onto environmentally sensitive sites in New Jersey, state investigators alleged Wednesday."
Source: Bergen Record, 05/27/2016
Oil Sands Found To Be A Leading Source Of Air Pollution In N. America
"A cloud of noxious particles brewing in the air above the Alberta oil sands is one of the most prolific sources of air pollution in North America, often exceeding the total emissions from Canada’s largest city, federal scientists have discovered."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 05/27/2016
"After 30 Years, Apalachicola Water War Still Rages"
"In the U.S. Senate, Florida and Alabama are pressuring Georgia to join a water-sharing compact for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system. But it could be too late downstream for scores of families who earned their livelihoods from the dying Apalachicola River."
Source: WFSU, 05/27/2016
"Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s"
"Stonehenge eroding under the forces of extreme weather. The city of Venice slowly collapsing into its canals. The gradual flooding of the Statue of Liberty. Images like these, familiar from Hollywood climate-catastrophe thrillers, were evoked by a joint report, released on Thursday by Unesco, the United Nations Environment Program and the Union of Concerned Scientists, that detailed the threat climate change could pose to World Heritage sites on five continents."
Source: NY Times, 05/27/2016
