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SEJ Celebrates Kathie Durbin's Life, 1944-2013

SEJ members and staff mourn the loss of award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin, an SEJ member since 1996. A dedicated reporter and author, determined to make her final deadline, Kathie completed her last book before passing on March 15, 2013; The Columbia River Gorge: Bridging a Great Divide is scheduled to be published by OSU Press. Read Cascadia Times colleague Paul Koberstein's tribute to Kathie, as well as other coverage, and post your remembrances here. © Image: Courtesy Elizabeth Feryl.

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"High Court To Rule on Forest Plan Challenge"

"The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether environmental groups can challenge a federal government plan that has led to increased logging in California forests throughout the Sierra."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 03/19/2013

Parachute Creek Spill Continues Uncontained in Colo.; Source Unknown

"An underground plume of toxic hydrocarbons from an oil spill north of the Colorado River near Parachute has been spreading for 10 days, threatening to contaminate spring runoff."

Source: Denver Post, 03/19/2013

"Sen. Roy Blunt Placing a Hold On Obama's EPA Nominee"

"Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said on Monday that he is placing a hold on Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay a full Senate vote on the nominee."

Source: LA Times, 03/19/2013

"Bird Group Calls for Halt To Widely Applied Insecticide"

"The American Bird Conservancy is calling for a ban on using one of the globe's most widely used classes of insecticides in seed treatments and for a suspension of all other uses, pending an independent review of its impact on birds and other wildlife."

Source: USA TODAY, 03/19/2013

"Warming Temperatures Could Multiply Katrina-Like Hurricanes: Study"

"The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 03/19/2013

"How Monsanto Outfoxed the Obama Administration"

"The inside story of how the government let one company squash biotech innovation, and dominate an entire industry."

Source: Salon, 03/19/2013

"Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Suffers Blackout"

"TOKYO -- A power failure at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant on Monday night has left three fuel storage pools without fresh cooling water for hours, the plant’s operator said."

Source: AP, 03/19/2013

"Report: Gov’t Incentives Favor Nuclear Over Renewable Energy in SC"

"COLUMBIA, SC -- As SCE&G and other utilities work to complete atomic power plants, the law that made construction possible gives power companies less incentive to use solar, wind and other forms of alternative energy."

Source: SC State, 03/19/2013

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