"Government Ranks 18 US Volcanoes As ‘Very High Threat’"
"Scientists have classified 18 US volcanoes as “very high threat” because of their activity and proximity to people."
Source: AP, 10/26/2018
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"Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser: Clean Air Saves No Lives"
"Last spring, air pollution researchers from around the world gathered to discuss their latest findings. Among them were scientists who led landmark studies linking smog and soot to deadly health problems. So it was shocking when one speaker essentially told everyone in the room that they were wrong."
Source: Reveal, 10/25/2018
Record Number of Scientists Running for Congress. They Get Climate
"More than a dozen scientists are candidates for U.S. House and Senate seats this year in a wave fueled by the Trump Administration’s anti-science agenda."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/23/2018
"NASA Chief: ‘No Reason To Dismiss’ Recent UN Climate Report"
"The head of NASA bucked President Trump this week, saying that he sees no reason to reject the findings of a major climate change report from the United Nations."
Source: The Hill, 10/22/2018
AMS: Trump Claim About Climate Scientists ‘Misleading And Very Damaging’
"In his interview with Lesley Stahl on Sunday night, President Trump said that climate scientists who find that human activities are driving climate change have a “very big political agenda.” The American Meteorological Society (AMS), the leading scientific society for meteorology and related disciplines, pushed back forcefully on that assertion."
Source: Washington Post, 10/19/2018
Air Pollution: US Chamber's Pick Landed Gavel Of Key EPA Advisory Panel
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which regularly opposes tougher environmental regulations, last year succeeded in placing one of its candidates on a key EPA air quality committee, newly released records show."
Source: Greenwire, 10/19/2018
Between the Lines: From News to Nest, Veteran Reporter Follows Seabirds' 'Improbable Quest'
Pulitzer Prize finalist Derrick Jackson had written about everything from sports to politics. But then as his interest in the environment began to grow, he had a close encounter with some threatened puffin chicks that became a defining long-term project. Our latest “Between the Lines” author Q&A explores how this newsman and columnist came to co-author and photograph “Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock.”
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SEJ Joins Free Press Campaigns; Plus Trump Administration Censorship and Improved Tap Water Database
From #enemyofnone to #DefendPressFreedom, the Society of Environmental Journalists has joined numerous other journalism groups in campaigns to support news media. That, plus the latest WatchDog looks at a new report on widespread public support for a free press, a study on the extent of science censorship in the Trump Administration, and an improved database for tracking drinking water stories.
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