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In Covering Chemical Spill, Ward Zags When Others Zig

"Inside Story" editor Beth Daley interviews Charleston (WV) Gazette reporter Ken Ward Jr. — who is recognized nationally for his reporting on coal mining, the environment and workplace safety — about his unique work on the Freedom Industries spill story. Photo: The FI tank which leaked a coal-cleaning chemical into the river on Jan. 9, 2014, contaminating the drinking water of 300,000 West Virginians for weeks. Credit: Commercial Photography Services of WV via USCSB.

SEJournal Spring 2014, Vol. 24 No. 1

In this issue: SEJ prez Hopey on access issues; ways climate will make news in 2014; Ken Ward Jr. on the art of covering the WV MCHM spill; local meetups bring networking home; getting the most from conferences; teaching news innovation; how good audio gives life to your enviro storytelling; Q&A with "Last Ocean" author John Weller; book reviews; and the annual Sundance Festival review.

Climate Change Experts Become An Endangered Species Along the NC Coast

As a rising ocean eats away at North Carolina, a GOP legislature that seems to be driven by politics and profit is also washing away hard science.

Source: ClimateWire, 04/04/2014

Climate Change Will 'Lead To Battles for Food', Says Head of World Bank

"Jim Yong Kim urges campaigners and scientists to work together to form a coherent plan in the fight against climate change."

Source: Guardian, 04/04/2014

"Exxon Mobil Agrees To Share More Data on Fracking Risks"

"Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, has agreed to disclose more information about the environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing, the process known as fracking."

Source: , 04/04/2014

Firefighter Training for Crude Oil Train Fires Inadequate: Group

"Citing the sharp increase in the transportation of crude oil by rail, a group told Congress on Wednesday that most of the country’s fire departments lack sufficient training to respond to hazardous materials incidents."

Source: McClatchy, 04/04/2014

"Japan's Biggest Online Retailer, Rakuten, Ends Whale Meat Sales"

"Announcement comes after campaigners shamed company over issue and international court banned Southern Ocean hunt"

Source: Guardian, 04/04/2014

Interior Injection Wells a 'Threat To the Nation's Drinking Water': IG

"The Interior Department has thousands of mismanaged injection wells on federal lands, threatening the nation's underground supply of drinking water, according to a newly released inspector general report."

Source: Greenwire, 04/04/2014

"Wind-Energy Production Credit Breezes Into Tax ‘Extenders’ Bill"

"A tax credit for wind-energy production made it after all into a Senate bill that would revive a host of expired breaks for numerous industries."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 04/04/2014

Monitoring in Fracking Areas Fails To Detect Air Toxic Spikes: Study

"People in natural gas drilling areas who complain about nauseating odors, nosebleeds and other symptoms they fear could be caused by shale development usually get the same response from state regulators: monitoring data show the air quality is fine. A new study helps explain this discrepancy. The most commonly used air monitoring techniques often underestimate public health threats because they don’t catch toxic emissions that spike at various points during gas production, researchers reported Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal Reviews on Environmental Health. The study was conducted by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project, a nonprofit based near Pittsburgh."

Source: InsideClimate & Others, 04/04/2014

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