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Despite the large number of environment-related issues that affect minority communities, the predominant face of journalists reporting on these issues, and of people working in the environmental community, continues to be disproportionately white.
"US Air Rules Seen Adding 1.5 Million Jobs Through 2015"
"Looming U.S. rules that power utilities face on air pollution could create nearly 1.5 million jobs over the next five years, according to a report."
Source: Reuters, 02/09/2011
"Obama’s Bid to End Oil Subsidies Revives Debate"
"When he releases his new budget ..., President Obama will propose doing away with roughly $4 billion a year in subsidies and tax breaks for oil companies, in his third effort to eliminate federal support for an industry that remains hugely profitable."
Source: NY Times, 02/09/2011
"Virginia State Water Control Board Loses Authority Over Coal Mines"
"Virginia is about to limit state regulators' ability to protect public health and the environment from toxic discharges entering state waters from surface coal mines."
Source: ENS, 02/09/2011
"Sea Lice From Salmon Farms Infect Fraser River Sockeye"
"The first link between salmon farms on the British Columbia coast and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon has been demonstrated by new research published today."
Source: ENS, 02/09/2011
"NJ Governor Chris Christie Vetoes Liquefied Natural Gas Operation"
"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday vetoed a proposed offshore liquefied natural gas project 16 miles off the coast of Asbury Park, saying the plan is too risky to the state's crucial tourism and fishing industries."
Source: AP, 02/09/2011
"EPA's Review of Alaska's Bristol Bay Includes Pebble Mine"
"The federal Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it will review the consequences of large-scale development projects, such as the proposed copper and gold Pebble mine, in [Alaska's] Bristol Bay watershed."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 02/09/2011
"Study Links Yellowstone Bison Fate To Genetic Flaw"
"A congenital defect combined with U.S. government plans to kill bison exposed to an infectious cattle disease could doom America's last wild herd of pure-bred buffalo at Yellowstone National Park, a genetics expert said in a new study."
Source: Reuters, 02/09/2011
"Chesapeake Oysters Doing Better"
"The Chesapeake Bay's beleaguered oyster population spawned a bumper crop of babies last year, state officials announced Monday, and there are signs that the diseases that have ravaged the bay's bivalves for more than two decades might have loosened their stranglehold."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 02/09/2011
