Enviros Sound Alarm On Proposed Drilling Near Florida Everglades
"Florida's Everglades has an ecosystem known for its sawgrass, cypress trees, alligators — and perhaps soon, oil wells."
Source: NPR, 12/11/2015
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Some Tropicana and Other PepsiCo Products to Carry Non-GMO Project Seal
"Labels on Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice and four of its brand siblings will begin carrying early next year an increasingly familiar certification — the butterfly seal conferred by the Non-GMO Project, a nonprofit group that verifies products as being free of genetically engineered ingredients."
Source: NY Times, 12/11/2015
"Dow Chemical, DuPont Reach Deal on Merger"
"Dow Chemical and DuPont agreed to combine their operations into one company that will subsequently split into three, marking one of the largest mergers in the history of business."
Source: USA TODAY, 12/11/2015
Feds Seek Rules To Plug Harmful Oil And Gas Leaks on Wildlife Refuges
"About 5,000 oil and gas wells sit on national wildlife refuges — some of the prettiest land that American taxpayers own — and more than a thousand of them are spewing oil and brine because regulations written a half-century ago don’t force owners to plug leaks that are harmful to animals."
Source: Wash Post, 12/11/2015
"Global Climate Talks Extended To Overcome Disputes"
"PARIS - Global climate talks are taking longer than planned to overcome disputes and will last an extra day into Saturday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said."
Source: Reuters, 12/11/2015
On Our Watch, Say Goodbye to Tigers
The quarterly SEJ President's Report in SEJournal normally examines an issue important to the future health of the Society of Environmental Journalists and what you as a member might do about it. This time, in the just-released Winter 2015 issue, Jeff Burnside's report examines a different set of responsibilities: whether journalism is asleep at the wheel in failing to sufficiently cover a looming, irreversible environmental issue. Our most iconic and beloved wild species are now on the precipice of extinction, functionally if not literally.
SEJournal Winter 2015/2016, Vol. 25 No. 4
In this issue: On our watch, say goodbye to tigers; kickstart an EJ career with the new SEJ Emerging Environmental Journalist Award; Oregonian reporter ‘humanizes’ harm; finding stories with the National Inventory of Dams; sticking to the freelance life; author spends two decades ‘hooked on a character’; ignoring the elephant in the (news)room; journalism and science students take to field together; more.
North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking Accident In Chile
"Douglas Tompkins, who made a fortune in retailing as the founder of The North Face and co-founder of Esprit and went on to become a major donor to conservation causes, has died in a kayaking accident in Chile. He was 72."
Source: NPR, 12/10/2015
Lawmakers, Activists Call for Better Enforcement of Md. Lead-Paint Laws
"State and city regulators need to do a better job enforcing laws meant to protect children from lead poisoning if the longtime health scourge is ever to be eliminated, key lawmakers and community leaders said Monday."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 12/10/2015
"Dow Chemical, DuPont Are in Late-Stage Merger Talks"
"Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., two historic giants of American industry, are considering a merger that would ultimately dismantle both along lines proposed by activist investors over the past two years."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/10/2015
