"Curbing Climate Change by Sealing Gas Leaks"
Fixing leaks of natural gas -- alias methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that causes up to a third of human-caused global warming -- can save money and slow warming.
Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2009
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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
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