"Study: Hotter Days in US Mean Less Cold Cash"
"Hotter days mean less cold cash for Americans, according to a new study matching 40 years of temperatures to economics."
Source: AP, 12/15/2014
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"Pending Chicken Manure Regulations Fan Debate in Md."
"When Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) hits his last few days in office next month, he plans to enact dramatic new regulations for farmers who use chicken droppings to fertilize their fields."
Source: Wash Post, 12/15/2014
"Mid-Atlantic Canyons Harbor 'Treasure Trove' of Deep-Sea Corals"
"With ocean policymakers mulling new protections for deep-sea canyons off the East Coast, a new report portrays them as vulnerable "treasure troves" of marine life at risk from fishing trawlers."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 12/15/2014
"First Coal Ash Regulations in the Offing"
"The Obama administration will soon finish rules aimed at controlling pollution from toxic coal ash, making good on a promise it made less than two months after President Obama’s inauguration."
Source: The Hill, 12/15/2014
"EPA Deems Montana City An Environmentally Safe Place To Live"
"The city of Libby was home to a mine that blanketed residents in asbestos dust for decades. After years of cleanup, the Environmental Protection Agency now says most of the risk is gone."
Source: MPR/NPR, 12/15/2014
UN Talks Agree on Building Blocks for New-Style Climate Deal in 2015
"LIMA -- About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit increases in global temperatures."
Source: Reuters, 12/15/2014
From Classroom to Bookshelf: Publishing a DIY Guide to Local Environmental Issues
In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal (Fall), Webster University journalism professor Don Corrigan shares how he used his classroom as a focal point for generating material with student inquiry and invitations to local experts, resulting in publication of a guide to St. Louis' environmental issues — and how the book can serve as a template for other professors to write a book for other states or regions.
"Heavy Rains, Winds, Flooding Slam Northern California"
"The tropical weather system that trended on Twitter here as #hellastorm packed a punch Thursday. Winds conspired with drought-weakened roots to send trees toppling. Freeways and other roadways flooded. Schools shuttered. And more than 230 flights at San Francisco International Airport were delayed, while a restaurant workers’ strike left stranded travelers hungry and cranky."
Source: LA Times, 12/12/2014
"Health Worries Pervade North Texas Fracking Zone"
"DALLAS — Propped up on a hospital bed, Taylor Ishee listened as his mother shared a conviction that choked her up. His rare cancer had a cause, she believes, and it wasn’t genetics."
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 12/12/2014
"Why The White House Wants To Go After Seafood Pirates"
"Americans eat more seafood than just about anyone else. Most of it is imported from abroad. And a lot of it — perhaps 25 percent of wild-caught seafood imports, according to fisheries experts — is illegally caught."
Source: NPR, 12/12/2014
