Since 9/11, Koch Has Fought Against Tougher Rules on Chemical Plants
"Koch argues that tough restrictions on petrochemicals aren’t necessary because there hasn’t been a terrorist attack here since 9/11."
Source: iWatch News, 08/24/2011
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"Quake Raises Safety Concerns as US Nuclear Plant Shut"
"The largest earthquake to hit the East Coast of the United States in 67 years raised concerns on Tuesday about the safety of the country's nuclear power plants. The 5.8 magnitude quake's epicenter was just a few miles from the two-reactor North Anna nuclear power plant operated by Dominion Resources in Mineral, Virginia, 80 miles southwest of Washington."
Source: Reuters, 08/24/2011
No Water No Life
Founded in 2006 by SEJ member Alison M. Jones, No Water No Life photography teams document historic, current and potential management issues of six case-study watersheds: North America’s Columbia, Mississippi and Raritan River Basins and northeastern Africa’s Nile, Omo and Mara River Basins.
DEADLINE: IRP Reporting Trip to Kazakhstan
The International Reporting Project is accepting applications until June 14th from U.S. journalists for a media reporting trip to Kazakhstan, a huge but little-known Asian country whose government has been active in global nuclear nonproliferation talks. The trip, August 3-14, 2013, is a unique opportunity to visit a key country of 17 million persons bordering Russia and China.
SciAm, NYTimes Specials on Cities
Most of humanity today lives an a metropolis. Is all climate local? Cities are the locus of many of the world's unique environmental, social, and economic problems. But they are also demonstrating a unique talent for applying smarter technology and policy to create a better future.
Source: Scientific American, 08/23/2011
"Is Gas-Drilling Industry Sucking Pa.'s Creeks Dry?"
"WYSOX, Pa. - The Marcellus Shale natural gas industry has a huge thirst for water - to hydraulically fracture a single gas well requires upward of a thousand tanker-trucks of water."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 08/23/2011
"Aviation Gas Poses Lead Risk To Thousands in Brevard"
"Nearly 1,600 children age 5 and younger live close enough to an airport in Brevard County to be at risk from leaded gasoline used by small piston planes and helicopters."
Source: Florida Today, 08/23/2011
"Down the Drain Goes Public's Right to Know about Fracking"
"What landed in the Tyee's inbox was entirely in keeping with the government's handling of a contentious proposal by a natural gas company to divert large quantities of water out of Williston Reservoir. When word leaked that the government had approved the diversion scheme, a rather strange statement was issued that began by noting that the provincial Cabinet minister in charge was unavailable."
Ben Parfitt reports for The Tyee August 22, 2011.
Source: The Tyee, 08/23/2011
"Chlorine Gas Leak at Woodland Cannery Sends 43 To Hospitals"
"More than 40 employees at a Woodland cannery were taken to Sacramento area hospitals and more than 800 people were evacuated shortly after noon Sunday when a chemical used in tomato processing leaked into a work area, authorities said."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/23/2011
"Exxon Mobil Estimates Mont. Spill Will Cost $42M"
"BILLINGS, Mont. -- Cleaning up tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil that spilled from a pipeline and fouled a stretch of Montana's renowned Yellowstone River is expected to cost Exxon Mobil Corp. an estimated $42.6 million, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press."
Matthew Brown reports for the Associated Press August 22, 2011.
Source: AP, 08/23/2011
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