"Study Links California Drought To Global Warming"
"A new study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for the recent harsh winter."
Source: AP, 04/25/2014
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"Storm Surge Could Flood NYC 1 in Every 4 Years"
"When a storm, such as Hurricane Sandy, sets waters in New York Harbor rising, those sloshing seas are now 20 times more likely to overtop the Manhattan seawall than 170 years ago, a new study finds."
Source: Climate Central, 04/25/2014
"Major Oil And Gas Firm To List Fracking Chemicals"
A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100 percent of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The move by Baker Hughes of Houston is a shift for a major firm; it's unclear if others will follow suit."
Source: AP, 04/25/2014
"Trailing Canada, U.S. Starts a Push for Safer Oil Shipping"
"A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week, potentially resolving a critical safety issue that has been mired in regulatory limbo for years."
Source: NY Times, 04/25/2014
"Judge Suspends Arctic Drilling, Orders New Environmental Report"
"In the ongoing battle over offshore drilling, a federal judge in Alaska told regulators Thursday to redo an environmental impact study that underestimated the amount of recoverable oil and, potentially, the risks to delicate Arctic habitat."
Source: LA Times, 04/25/2014
"Army Corps Delays Key Everglades Restoration Project"
"Florida Gov. Rick Scott and environmental advocates Wednesday called for federal officials to reconsider their delay of a $2 billion plan intended to help the Everglades and lessen coastal water pollution."
Source: Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, 04/24/2014
Journalists, Lost in Space?
SEJ President Don Hopey, after seeing the movie “Gravity,” likened reporters to astronauts in the film – out there all alone, a journalistic generation lost in space. But we are doing good work – both on our jobs and in our organization.
"Group Sues U.S. for Stronger Idaho, Montana Grizzly Protection"
"Federal protection status for a population of grizzly bears facing extinction in the mountains of Idaho and northwest Montana should be raised to endangered from threatened, environmentalists said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 04/24/2014
