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"Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill"

"The politically influential American Farm Bureau, the self-described 'national voice of agriculture,' has outlined a new campaign effort to derail Congressional bills to combat climate change."

Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2009

"Oil Jumps To Fresh 1-Year High Above $75 a Barrel"

"Oil prices reached a fresh one-year high above $75 a barrel Thursday in Asia on a weaker U.S. dollar and growing investor optimism about an economic recovery."

Source: AP, 10/15/2009

"Corps Defends Its Handling of Mine Hearing"

"Army Corps of Engineers officials on Wednesday defending their handling of a rowdy crowd of coal industry supporters who repeatedly interrupted other speakers at a mountaintop-removal public hearing Tuesday night."

Source: Charleston Gazette, 10/15/2009

SEJournal Fall 2009, Vol. 19 No. 3

In this issue: New Journalism-Science Initiatives; Veteran Newspaper Writer Finds Teaching's Hidden Pleasures; Photographers Document and Protect Borderland Environments; Germ Killer, Largely Unregulated, Attracts New Concern for Wildlife; Improve Your Video — Get Good Audio; and more.

"Agriculture and Algae Coexist Uneasily in Imperial Valley"

"With 360 days a year of pure, unclouded sun, California's Imperial Valley has the potential to become the Silicon Valley of renewable energy."

Source: ClimateWire, 10/14/2009

"Study Analyzes Cellphone Tumor Risk"

"Scientists looking at 23 studies involving almost 38,000 people initially see no connection. But a closer look at the highest-quality studies tells another story."

Source: LA Times, 10/14/2009

"Industry, Advocates Agree on New Home Heating, Cooling Standards"

"Equipment manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates agreed today on new standards aimed at dramatically reducing energy use in homes."

Source: Greenwire, 10/14/2009

"Lead Found in Utica’S Elementary Schools"

"Twenty percent of the drinking fountains and faucets at Utica elementary schools tested positive for lead, according to results of a voluntary testing program released Tuesday."

Source: Utica Observer-Dispatch, 10/14/2009

"In New Orleans, Uneven Recovery Awaits Obama"

"President Obama travels to New Orleans this week for a town hall meeting -- and for a look at the recovery in the city battered by Hurricane Katrina four years ago. It will be Obama's first visit since the presidential campaign, when, as a candidate, he had a long list of promises for the city."

Source: NPR, 10/14/2009

"Water Shortages Cause 100,000 To Flee Homes in Iraq: UN"

"More than 100,000 people in northern Iraq have abandoned their homes since 2005 because of water stress, after drought and over-extraction of groundwater caused the collapse of an ancient water system, UNESCO said on Tuesday."

Source: AFP, 10/14/2009

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