Between the Lines: The Wild Ride of Bringing Alaska Story To Full Bloom As a Book
By AMY GULICK
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For Reporters Roving the World, Do Your Homework and Take a Deep Breath
Freelance journalist Naomi Lubick offers tips from journalists who travel internationally to do their reporting. They all suggested that before you set off on your voyage, you have to be prepared — mentally, technically and physically.
"Judge Throws Out Verdict Awarding Millions To Dole Workers"
"Ruling in a case in which six Nicaraguan men said they were sterilized by a pesticide while working on American-run banana farms, the court finds that the trial had been tainted by 'massive fraud.'"
Source: LA Times, 07/16/2010
"U.S. Groups Target 20 Possible Causes of Cancer"
"The American Cancer Society and three federal agencies named 19 chemicals and shift work on Thursday as potential causes of cancer that deserve more investigation."
Source: Reuters, 07/16/2010
"Gulf Spill Raises Questions About Role of Oil Consultants"
Consulting firms helped the BP and other oil companies draw up flawed drilling plans and environmental assessments -- which the Minerals Management Service, under pressure from Congress, the industry, and the Bush administration, then approved. While the Obama administration is cracking down on oil companies and federal regulators, the consultants who helped make the Gulf catastrophe possible are getting far less scrutiny.
Source: McClatchy, 07/16/2010
Gulf Spill Probe Now Includes Tens Of Thousands Of Abandoned Wells
"A lead congressional committee investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has broadened its inquiry, now checking if tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells are leaking or even being monitored for leaks."
Source: Huffington Post, 07/16/2010
"BP Troubles Deepen With Buncefield Verdict"
"Beleaguered BP will find its reputation further tarnished tomorrow when a British criminal court passes sentence on a company it half owns over safety breaches connected with the worst explosion and fire since the second world war."
Source: Guardian, 07/16/2010
"BP Faces Lockerbie Accusations"
"Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, pledged today to look into demands from a group of senators for an investigation into charges that BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bomber as part of an oil-for-terrorist deal."
Source: Guardian, 07/16/2010
"From an Oyster in the Gulf, a Domino Effect"
The BP oil spill's damage to the oyster industry is not just to the oystermen themselves, but to a whole chain of regional businesses that depend on them.
Source: NYTimes, 07/16/2010
"EPA Chief Calls for More Authority Over Dispersants"
"U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson [Thursday] urged Congress to take up legislation strengthening her agency's authority over oil dispersants in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico gusher, calling for more testing and disclosure of the chemical ingredients in the controversial spill-fighting products."
Source: Greenwire, 07/16/2010
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