"May Was Hottest on Earth Since Records Began"
"Average land and ocean surface temperature for May was highest ever, as 2014 shapes up to potentially be hottest year yet"
Source: Guardian, 06/24/2014
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"Sudden Oak Death Drying Up With Drought"
"The California drought is helping save the state's signature tree - the mighty oak - by slowing down the spread of the plague-like disease scientists call sudden oak death."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 06/24/2014
"Green Groups Urge U.S. Agency To Halt Approving Gas Export Projects"
"Environmentalists on Monday protested at the headquarters of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, calling on the agency to stop approving liquefied natural gas export facilities until the climate change impacts of the projects are better understood."
Source: Reuters, 06/24/2014
"Oil From BP Spill Slowing One of Ocean's Fastest Fish: Scientists"
"'The worry is that if you have reduced swimming performance you're going to be less effective at capturing prey, and less effective in avoiding (predators),' said Martin Grosell, a professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science."
Source: Reuters, 06/24/2014
"Duke Energy Signs EPA Deal To Oversee Cleanup After Toxic Spill"
"Duke Energy has signed an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency to have it oversee the cleanup of toxic coal ash that spilled into a North Carolina river earlier this year. For days this February, tens of thousands of tons of coal ash flooded into the Dan River, which flows between North Carolina and Virginia, from a reservoir beside an old Duke power plant. Duke has been cleaning it up in the time since, with the EPA monitoring its progress, and it's now agreed to compensate the EPA for all past and ongoing oversight costs."
Source: The Verge, 06/24/2014
"As Sea Levels Rise, Norfolk Is Sinking And Planning"
"From the water's edge in Norfolk, Va., the U.S. naval base spans the whole horizon. Aircraft carriers, supply centers, barracks and admirals' homes fill a vast expanse. But Ray Toll, a retired naval oceanographer, says the "majority of [the naval base], if not all of it" is at risk of flooding "because it's so low and it's flat.""
Source: NPR, 06/24/2014
'Risky Business' Report Aims to Frame Climate Change as Economic Issue
"Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, ex-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer, a hedge-fund billionaire and major Democratic donor, are linking arms Tuesday to release a report, Risky Business, that argues U.S. companies should treat climate change as any other business threat."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 06/24/2014
"Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry"
"In a big win for environmentalists, the Supreme Court on Monday effectively endorsed the Obama administration’s efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from sources like power plants, even as it criticized what it called the administration’s overreaching."
Source: NY Times, 06/24/2014
News Innovation an Essential Skill for New Journalists
In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal (Spring), we debut the new EJ Academy column (a place for educators and students to explore current research on environmental journalism) with University of Michigan's Emilia Askari sharing how she and SEJ member Julie Halpert teach news innovation à la Knight Challenge style.
"How Rupert Murdoch Created the World’s Newest Climate Change Villain"
"Australia was once a leader on climate action. Thanks to American conservative powerhouses, that's no longer true."
Source: Salon, 06/23/2014
