"No Progress So Far at Doha Climate Talks"
"Time is running out for Kiribati as the effects of climate change cause more people to lose their homes while the world procrastinates on the issue."
Source: ABC Radio Australia, 12/03/2012
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Sea Trial Leaves Shell's Arctic Oil-Spill Gear "Crushed Like A Beer Can"
Shell Oil and federal regulators have been tight-lipped about a failed test of the energy giant's Arctic oil-spill equipment, currently under construction in Washington state. But a freedom-of-information request by KUOW reveals what went wrong beneath the surface of Puget Sound.
Source: KUOW, 12/03/2012
State and Regional Regulatory Trends in Hydraulic Fracturing
This Environmental Law Institute program is the third in a 5-part series, Environmental Impacts of Shale Development and Hydraulic Fracturing: Key Legal Issues and Future Directions, that offers an in-depth examination of the environmental law and policy issues facing companies, governments, activist groups, and citizens who are concerned about this critical area of our nation’s energy infrastructure. Available via telephone seminar or audio webcast. (You do not have to participate in the entire series to benefit from the information provided in each individual program.)
E.U. Environmental Law and Policy Developments: The Business View from Brussels
Join the panelists from the Environmental Law Institute and the Kingdom of Belgium for an afternoon of sessions on EU product regulations and climate change policy, followed by a smorgasbord of Belgian cuisine at no charge!
Point Sources and Pollutants: Using the Clean Water Act to Regulate Offshore Aquaculture Discharges
Aquaculture is an increasingly important component of the world food supply, but it causes a variety of environmental impacts. This webinar brings together experts from the Environmental Law Institute, EPA, and academia to explore questions related to the application of the Clean Water Act to offshore aquaculture.
SEJ Member Spotlight: Reporting Colleagues Jane Braxton Little and Winifred Bird
SEJ freelancers Jane Braxton Little (left) and Winnie Bird are collaborating on a series of articles about forest ecology, management, and human health in the aftermath of nuclear disaster. This fall, with support from the Fund for Environmental Journalism, Jane flew from California to Ukraine to report for the stories while Winnie drove to Fukushima from her home in Nagano, Japan.
"After 12 Years of Research, Hog-Waste Disposal Still Reeks"
"YADKINVILLE -- Google, of all companies, last year got into the business of hog poop."
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 11/30/2012
"Water Authority Approves Desalination Contract"
"After more than a decade of deliberations, the San Diego County Water Authority voted Thursday to buy desalinated water from a $984 million project planned in Carlsbad. Officials hailed it as a historic step on the path to water self-sufficiency for the region."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/30/2012
"Big Storm Bears Down on Northern California"
"HAPPY CAMP, Calif. -- Weather officials are issuing flood warnings for much of Northern California as the second in a series of wet storms hits the state."
Source: AP, 11/30/2012
Pie Chart: 13,950 Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles on Earth's Climate
Don't believe everything you read in the news media. A new study of 13,950 peer-reviewed scientific articles published between 1 January 1991 and 9 November 2012 reports that only 24 of them, or 0.17% rejected the idea that human activity was causing global warming. It was self-published by geologist-blogger James Lawrence Powell.
Source: TreeHugger, 11/30/2012
