"California’s Strawberry Industry Is Hooked on Dangerous Pesticides"
"Paul Helliker had a job for Dow AgroSciences."
Source: Ctr for Investigative Reporting, 11/12/2014
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"Fossil Fuels With $550 Billion Subsidies Hurt Renewables"
"Fossil fuels are reaping $550 billion a year in subsidies and holding back investment in cleaner forms of energy, the International Energy Agency said."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/12/2014
"Coal Versus Climate In Australia"
"As G20 summit approaches, Australia's coal-friendly government refuses to put climate change on the agenda."
Source: Aljazeera America, 11/12/2014
"The Coming Climate Onslaught"
"President Obama readies a sweeping list of executive actions."
Source: Politico, 11/12/2014
"U.S. and China Reach Climate Deal After Months of Talks"
"BEIJING — China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in greenhouse gases."
Source: NY Times, 11/12/2014
SEJ Meet-Up: D.C. happy hour with members & friends
Now that we've all made it through another election season, we could all use a drink or five. So please join us for a joint Society of Environmental Journalists and DC Science Writers Association happy hour from 6-8 p.m. Please invite others you think might want to come by!
"China Blocks Smog Data After Failing to Clean Skies Before APEC"
"After failing to rid Beijing’s skies of pollution before a gathering of world leaders this week, Chinese officials took a different approach to smog control -- limit the data."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/11/2014
Environmentalists Threaten To Sue Over Coal Ash at TVA Gallatin Plant
"Conservation groups have filed initial paperwork to sue the Tennessee Valley Authority, contending that harmful pollutants have been seeping from 55-year-old coal ash storage ponds at the Gallatin power plant and into drinking water."
Source: Nashville Tennessean, 11/11/2014
"Toxic Landfill Gas Building Up at Lakeside Dump"
"COLUMBIA, SC — Hazardous chemical vapors are leaking through the top of an industrial waste dump along Lake Marion and are suspected of contaminating shallow groundwater near the surface of the 36-year-old site."
Source: Columbia State, 11/11/2014
"Anadarko's $5.15 Billion Cleanup Deal Approved By U.S. Court"
"Anadarko Petroleum Corp's agreement to pay $5.15 billion to clean up nuclear fuel and other pollution received approval from a federal judge on Monday, the final hurdle for the settlement touted by the U.S. Department of Justice as the largest-ever environmental cleanup recovery."
Source: Reuters, 11/11/2014
