"Push Urged for More Cool Roofs in Baltimore"
"Leigh Peterson has one of the coolest roofs in Baltimore. Her rowhouse near Patterson Park sports a blinding white cap, topped by a row of shiny solar panels."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 10/15/2013
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"Air Pollution as Great a Risk as Smoking During Pregnancy"
"Exposure to even low levels of common air pollutants during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of babies being born small, according to one of the largest studies of its kind."
Source: Independent, 10/15/2013
"Nutrient Pollution Threatens National Park Ecosystems, Study Says"
"National parks from the Sierra Nevada to the Great Smoky Mountains are increasingly being fertilized by unwanted nutrients drifting through the air from agricultural operations, putting some of the country’s most treasured natural landscapes at risk of ecological damage, a new study has found."
Source: LA Times, 10/15/2013
"Climate Change Concerns Loom at Arctic Conference"
"REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- As the inaugural Arctic Circle conference got officially underway here Saturday, a specter loomed over the proceedings. The conference, which brings together policymakers, business leaders, researchers from across the world to discuss issues important to the Arctic, convened with messages from dignitaries of Iceland, Greenland, the United States, United Nations, Canada and Russia, and all of them shared a concern -- the outsized impact of climate change in the Arctic and what it means for far northern populations going forward."
Source: Alaska Dispatch, 10/15/2013
"New Predictions of Phosphorus Shortage Are Cause for Worry"
Phosphorus is essential for current methods of agricultural production -- but limited world supplies may require profound changes in farming.
Source: ScienceLine, 10/15/2013
"US EPA Says Nothing Final on Ethanol Blend; Industry Group Cries Foul"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday sought to calm a furor over its apparent proposal to reduce ethanol use in gasoline next year, saying that no final decisions had been made about the contentious mandate."
Source: Reuters, 10/15/2013
Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat
SEJ President Don Hopey reminds us it’s good to remember that environmental journalism can play an important role in digging out the information an increasingly distracted public needs to make tough policy decisions about their environment and health.
DEADLINE: Grist Fellowship Program
This one-year, paid program is designed to give early-career U.S.-based journalists with a demonstrated interest in environmental issues the experience to succeed in climate and environmental media. Three fellowships available this round. Deadline: Jan 21 for May 5, 2025 start.
Senate Passes Bill To Implement Drilling Pact
"The Senate approved legislation Saturday to implement a U.S.-Mexico pact that would enable offshore drilling cooperation along a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 10/14/2013
"Study Links Warmer Water Temps To Greater Levels of Mercury in Fish"
"Under the watchful eyes of scientists, a little forage fish that lives off the southern coast of Maine developed a strangely large appetite."
Source: Wash Post, 10/14/2013
