Yellowstone River Oil Spill: Exxon Challenges $1.7 Million In Penalties
"Exxon challenging $1.7M penalty for Yellowstone River pipeline break"
Source: AP, 07/18/2013
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"EPA Building Named For Bill Clinton; He Says That's Fitting"
"The environment may not come to mind when most people think about former President Bill Clinton, but on Wednesday he defended his legacy as the Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., was renamed in his honor."
Source: NPR, 07/18/2013
"CIA Backs $630,000 Scientific Study on Controlling Global Climate"
"The Central Intelligence Agency is funding a scientific study that will investigate whether humans could use geoengineering to alter Earth's environment and stop climate change."
Source: Mother Jones, 07/18/2013
After ‘Crying Indian,’ Keep America Beautiful Starts a New Campaign
"More than 40 years after teaming up to create the iconic 'crying Indian' advertising campaign, Keep America Beautiful and the Advertising Council have joined forces to promote the benefits of recycling."
Source: NY Times, 07/18/2013
"JPMorgan in Talks to Settle Energy Manipulation Case for $500 Million"
"JPMorgan Chase, the Wall Street giant whose reputation in Washington has eroded in a matter of months, is now moving to avert a showdown over accusations that it manipulated energy prices."
Source: NY Times, 07/18/2013
Organophosphate Insecticide Said To Cause Indian School Lunch Deaths
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Indian authorities on Wednesday were trying to determine how food served as part of a free school lunch program got tainted with insecticide, leading to the deaths of at least 22 children and the hospitalization of more than two dozen others."
Source: LA Times, 07/18/2013
"Exxon's Secrecy Over Ruptured Pipeline Could Mask National Dangers"
"Reports that would reveal whether Exxon properly maintained its Pegasus pipeline are being kept from the public. The data has national ramifications."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/18/2013
EPA Science Databases Offer Grist for Environmental Journalists
Science is the key to many environmental stories, and EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) offers a wide range of data tools journalists may find worthwhile to explore.
NIOSH Withholding Locations Where Fracking Sand Threatens Workers
Studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health show silica used in hydraulic fracturing of tight oil and gas formations can endanger workers. But a FOIA request seeking to know the sites where workers had been endangered has met with no response, independent journalist and SEJ member Elizabeth Grossman reports.
Paragliding Photojournalist Arrested Near Kansas Feedlot
Award-winning photojournalist George Steinmetz was arrested June 28, 2013, after flying a motorized paraglider over a cattle feedlot in Finney County, Kansas, while on assignment for National Geographic magazine.
