"Gulf Ecosystem in Crisis After BP Spill"
"Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment in distress."
Source: Aljazeera, 10/22/2013
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For Tepco and Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Toxic Water Stymies Cleanup
"TOKYO — Two and a half years after a series of meltdowns, Japan’s effort to clean up what remains of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is turning into another kind of disaster."
Source: Wash Post, 10/22/2013
Get Feet Wet on Coastal Adaptation
Special Report: Part Three
By KATE SHEPPARD
Americans — and humans in general — have long flocked to the coasts. Thirty-nine percent of the U.S. population, or about 123 million of us, live in coastal counties. But many in coastal areas are finding it increasingly less hospitable due to sea-level rise and extreme weather events linked to climate change. As communities figure out how to adapt to these changes, it is often environmental journalists who are being asked to cover these complex stories.
Panel Discussion: Emissions Images from the Mixing Layer
NYC is a Methane Ticking Time Bomb. The Cooper Union invites you to learn why via science, legal and citizen experts at this free public event, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Protecting NY's Food Shed from FRACing and GMO
Food, GMOs & FRACing don't mix. The organization Stop the Minisink Compression Station invites journalists to cover their rally, taking place at Union Square in Manhattan, noon-2pm.
Tensions Over New Brunswick Fracking Protests Involve News Media
"A handful of protesters, angered by what they called biased reporting of the anti-fracking movement, asked media outlets to leave the scene at Rexton, N.B., Saturday morning."
Source: CTV News, 10/21/2013
"Gas Prices: Will They Fall To $3 a Gallon?"
"Gas prices have plateaued in the past week, but analysts expect fall's broader downward trend to pick up pace again as cooler weather prevails and demand for gas dwindles. National gas prices are likely to get tantalizing close to -- but not quite at -- $3 a gallon."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/21/2013
"Supermarkets Failing To Curb Harmful Emissions, Study Finds"
"WASHINGTON — America's 12 largest supermarkets and retailers are failing to curb their hydrofluorocarbon emissions, adding large amounts of greenhouse gases to the environment, according to a new report."
Source: Capital News Service, 10/21/2013
"Saving the Great North Woods"
"Across Minnesota, a determined counterattack is emerging against a looming threat to the northern forest — climate change."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/21/2013
"Fukushima Fishermen Watch Recovery Slip Away"
"Their lives are back in limbo because of the massive radioactive water leakage discovered at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant."
Source: LA Times, 10/21/2013
