UK: "Government Ordered To Publish Redacted Fracking Report in Full"
"Heavily redacted report on the impact of fracking in the UK should be released in full, information commissioner tells environment department ".
Source: Guardian, 06/19/2015
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"American Medical Association Blasts Secret Shale Records"
"The American Medical Association, citing growing concerns about monitoring and tracking long-term human health impacts caused by shale gas development, is calling for the public disclosure of all chemicals used in the extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking.'
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 06/16/2015
Staying Afloat in Murky Ethical Waters
Science journalist and editor Hannah Hoag dives into the sad state of affairs that drives freelancers to supplement their income with better-paying work. Photo: Hoag and the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Arctic research icebreaker she lived and worked on in 2008; courtesy Bennie Mols.
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"Secretive Donors Gave US Climate Denial Groups $125M Over Three Years"
""The secretive funders behind America’s conservative movement directed around $125m (£82m) over three years to groups spreading disinformation about climate science and committed to wrecking Barack Obama’s climate change plan, according to an analysis of tax records."
Source: Guardian, 06/10/2015
"BP Executive Acquitted of Lying About Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill"
"A U.S. federal jury acquitted a former BP Plc executive on Friday of lying about how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in April 2010, according to lawyers on both sides of the case."
Source: Reuters, 06/08/2015
Between the Lines: When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease
For the latest Between the Lines – a question-and-answer feature in which published authors provide advice to SEJ members – SEJournal Book Editor Tom Henry interviewed Jörg Friedrichs, author of “The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity,” which received an honorable mention in the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award category of SEJ’s 2014 annual awards contest. The book offers a unique perspective by explaining how transitions between climatic eras of the past are unlikely to happen again because infinite growth is not possible. Friedrichs, a native of Germany, is an associate professor in politics at the University of Oxford in England.
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