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Between the Lines: Making ‘Rain’ for the Caring Middle
For this latest installment of “Between the Lines,” a question-and-answer feature with authors, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry interviewed longtime SEJ member Cynthia Barnett about her third book, “RAIN: A Natural and Cultural History,” which came out in April. It’s a unique, ambitious book that goes beyond climate science and water in general to show how rain itself has been perceived around the world by numerous cultures throughout history. Barnett sees rain as “a unifying force in a fractured world.” She also is the author of two other highly acclaimed books,“Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.” and “Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis.
"It Took A Musician's Ear To Decode The Complex Song In Whale Calls"
"Humpback whales don't just sing songs — they compose with the whales around them, singing a song that evolves over time. Scientists didn't know that until they started recording whale sounds in the 1960s and spent years listening."
Source: NPR, 08/07/2015
"Half a Billion Dollars Gets You a Gentler Climate Plan"
"There could be half a billion reasons for the concessions President Barack Obama’s clean-power plan made to a defiant energy industry."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/07/2015
Uniontown, Alabama Landfill Battle a Modern Civil Rights Struggle
"Alabama's biggest waste dump inflicts misery on residents of Uniontown, whose complaints to the EPA have gone unheeded".
Source: NBC News, 08/07/2015
"Freight Trucks at New Jersey Port Must Curb Idling"
"The air in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, is expected to clear up now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized agreements with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and port terminal operators that will cut air pollution caused by idling diesel trucks at the port."
Source: ENS, 08/07/2015
"Ten Years On, Hurricane Katrina's Scars Endure for Black New Orleans"
"A decade after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans seems to have found its rhythm again: the French Quarter is choked with tourists, construction cranes tower over the skyline, and hipsters bike to cafes in gentrifying neighborhoods."
Source: Reuters, 08/07/2015
