"Flint Water Hearing Is Today In Congress"
"This morning, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform committee will hold the first Congressional hearing in Washington on the Flint water crisis."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 02/03/2016
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SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Announces Winter 2015 Grantees
In the Winter 2015 cycle of the Fund for Environmental Journalism, SEJ awarded $44,915 in grants to 13 journalism projects in three reporting categories. Photo: Grantee Malavika Vyawahare of Washington, DC, for coverage of fisheries and climate change.
"Drought Tests A Changed Ethiopia"
"On a treeless plain in eastern Ethiopia, thousands of destitute pastoralists have set up camp outside the tiny village of Fedeto. Over the past six months the camp has swelled as one of the worst droughts in decades has decimated herds, dried up pasture and made even drinking water scarce."
Source: Reuters, 02/02/2016
"Only 3 Percent Of Juvenile Salmon Survived California Drought In 2015"
"Only 3 percent of the juveniles of an endangered salmon species survived the drought along the Sacramento River in 2015 despite extraordinary efforts by federal and state officials to save them, federal officials said Monday."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 02/02/2016
"Feds Expand Critical Whale Habitat To Include Entire Gulf Of Maine"
"Over the past 35 years, the population of right whales in the North Atlantic Ocean has not expanded nearly as much as scientific understanding of the endangered species."
Source: Bangor Daily News, 02/02/2016
"Climate Visions Clash In Iowa"
"The struggle to expand or restrict the nation's action on climate change in the next presidency intensifies today in Iowa."
Source: ClimateWire, 02/02/2016
"S.E.C. Is Criticized for Lax Enforcement of Climate Risk Disclosure"
"As recently as 2011, shares in Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest private sector coal company, traded at the equivalent of $1,000. Today, they hover around $4 each. Over that time, investors who held the stock lost millions."
Source: NY Times, 02/02/2016
"FBI Joins Flint Drinking Water Investigation"
"The FBI is now investigating the contamination of Flint’s drinking water, a man-made public health catastrophe, which has left an unknown number of Flint children and other residents poisoned by lead and resulted in state and federal emergency declarations."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 02/02/2016
"Scientists Get 'Gene Editing' Go-Ahead"
"UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos."
Source: BBC News, 02/02/2016
"G.E. to Phase Out CFL Bulbs"
"Just a few years ago, the compact fluorescent light was the go-to choice for customers seeking an inexpensive, energy-efficient replacement for the standard incandescent bulb. But as the light quality of LEDs improved and their cost plummeted, manufacturers and retailers began shifting their efforts in that direction."
Source: NY Times, 02/02/2016
