"Sand Mine Rules Melt Under Pressure"
"PRESTON TOWNSHIP, WIS. -- When the biggest frac-sand mine in Trempealeau County opened here in 2011, even the dead were shown consideration."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 02/05/2013
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San Diego Loses Suit Over Pollution Cleanup Beneath Stadium
"A federal judge has ruled strongly in favor of a major energy firm that [San Diego] sued for roughly $250 million over its pollution cleanup efforts beneath 166-acre Qualcomm Stadium site."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune, 02/05/2013
"Questions, Few Answers for Stricken Families"
"COTTRELLVILLE, Mich. -- The fight has been under way for several years, but the momentum may have peaked on a night in June 2011. That was the night of a community meeting in Marine City to discuss a startling spate of rare kidney cancers identified in area children -- one as young as 5 months."
Source: Detroit News, 02/05/2013
"A Living, Lurking Threat in Sandy-Hit Homes: Mold"
"Esther Tauscher stood outside her Staten Island home, leafing through boxes of family photos that had been steeped in storm water. She paused to point out life events -- her honeymoon, holding her baby boy in a hospital bed."
Source: AP, 02/05/2013
"Exclusive: Obama Leaning Toward McCarthy for EPA Chief -- Sources"
"President Barack Obama is leaning toward choosing Gina McCarthy, a top official in charge of air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency, to run the EPA in his second term, according to two sources familiar with the matter."
Source: Reuters, 02/05/2013
Weather Service Firing Official Who Hit Budget Cuts in Post Interview
"The National Weather Service moved to fire one of its top managers Friday, four days after he was quoted in an article in The Washington Post lamenting that budget cuts and the threat of further reductions in March were forcing him to pare back a public safety service."
Source: Wash Post, 02/05/2013
"Park Service Memo Reveals Depth of Budget Cuts"
"The effects of the so-called sequestration budget cuts on the federal government are revealed in a Jan. 25 memo to National Park Service staff written by Park Service Director Jon Jarvis."
Source: Idaho Statesman, 02/05/2013
"Arctic Nations' Oil Spill Plans Too Vague, Environmentalists Claim"
"OSLO -- Plans by Arctic nations to start cooperating over oil spills are vague and fail to define corporate liability for any accidents in an icy region opening up to oil and gas exploration due to global warming, environmentalists said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 02/05/2013
"Arizona Mining Project Wins Crucial Permit"
"A Canadian mining company has come one step closer to building a mile-wide, half-mile-deep open-pit copper mine on public land 30 miles south of Tucson. On Thursday, Arizona’s Department of Environmental Quality granted Rosemont Copper, a subsidiary of Augusta Resource of Vancouver, a crucial air quality permit, saying emissions from the proposed mine would not violate federal standards for carbon monoxide, nitrogen and sulfur dioxide, or fine and large particles."
Source: Green/NYT, 02/05/2013
DEADLINE: Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
The Middlebury Fellowships, directed by Bill McKibben, each year help 10 early-career journalists work through an ambitious reporting project from the beginning through publication or broadcast. The program runs week-long residencies for the selected Fellows at Middlebury College, VT, in the fall and at Monterey Institute for International Studies, CA, in the spring. $10,000 stipend. Apply by May 15, 2013.
