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Canadian Agency Bars Interview With Postmedia Because of Expose

"OTTAWA — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has declined an interview request with a scientist to discuss the environmental impacts of oilsands development because it objected to a recent Postmedia News report, a federal government spokesman wrote in an email."

"Fisheries and Oceans Canada is one of seven federal departments and agencies under investigation by Parliament’s Information Commissioner, Suzanne Legault, over allegations that the government is 'muzzling' and restricting access to government scientists.

Source: Postmedia, 06/04/2013

"Honeybee Food May Contribute To U.S. Colony Collapse -- Study"

"Bee keepers' use of corn syrup and other honey substitutes as bee feed may be contributing to colony collapse by depriving the insects of compounds that strengthen their immune systems, according to a study released on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 06/04/2013

"Climate Change Threatens 82% of Native California Fish"

"Climate change threatens most of California's native freshwater fish -- many of which don't exist anywhere else in the world -- with extinction, a new study says."

Source: USA TODAY, 06/04/2013

"Missouri Residents Told To Evacuate After Levee Breach"

"Hundreds of people were being evacuated from their homes in Missouri after a levee was breached Monday night."

Source: CNN, 06/04/2013

"Powerhouse Fire's Twisting Path Tests Firefighters"

"The Powerhouse fire has a dance all its own, and firefighters have struggled to keep up with the flames."

Source: LA Times, 06/04/2013

With Lautenberg Gone, Chem Safety Advocates Look for New Champion

"Advocates of chemical safety -- along with activists who have worked a score of other issues -- say they've lost a lion-hearted champion with the death yesterday of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)."

Source: E&E Daily, 06/04/2013

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Mine Project: the Next Big Environmental Fight?

"A dispute over a proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay may be one of the most important environmental decisions of President Obama’s second term — yet few are even aware that the fight is happening."

Source: Wash Post, 06/03/2013

"Proposed Ban on Fracking in Va. Forest Sparks Debate"

"ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. -- Kim Sandum is driving on a one-lane gravel road inside the George Washington National Forest, the largest federally protected forest on the East Coast. She points to a trout stream gurgling over rocks and shallows not 20 feet from her rolling minivan."

Source: Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, 06/03/2013

"A Fight Over Water, and to Save a Way of Life"

A war over water among Georgia, Alabama, and Florida has put Florida -- and Apalachicola Bay's oyster industry -- into ecological crisis.

Source: NY Times, 06/03/2013

"CAFOs and Environmental Justice: The Case of North Carolina"

"On the coastal plain of eastern North Carolina, families in certain rural communities daily must deal with the piercing, acrid odor of hog manure—reminiscent of rotten eggs and ammonia—wafting from nearby industrial hog farms. On bad days, the odor invades homes, and people are often forced to cover their mouths and noses when stepping outside. Sometimes, residents say, a fine mist of manure sprinkles nearby homes, cars, and even laundry left on the line to dry."

Source: EHP, 06/03/2013

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