Environmental Books by SEJ Members
Check out the environmental books authored, co-authored or edited by SEJ members, and published in 2024 or 2025. Links to previous years also included. Members: Get your book listed!
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"Key Senators Applaud Obama 'Clean Energy' Push"
"President Obama’s call for Congress to pass a mandate that includes both traditional renewable energy sources like wind and solar as well as GOP favorites nuclear and 'clean coal' may be the driver needed to bang through the most aggressive and politically feasible means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions on Capitol Hill this Congress."
Source: Politico, 01/26/2011
"Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated"
"The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency -- and a growing understanding of the pollution associated with the full 'life cycle' of gas production—is casting doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change."
Source: ProPublica, 01/26/2011
"100 Year First: Dam Removal Opens New Jersey's Raritan River to Fish"
"New Jersey has negotiated removal of three dams on the Raritan River as compensation to the public for harm to natural resources from pollution at a refinery and three polymer plants operated by or affiliated with the Houston-based El Paso Corporation."
Source: ENS, 01/26/2011
"EPA Orders Cleanup of Contaminated Stormwater on Oahu Beaches"
EPA has ordered Waste Management Inc. to clean upwaste and contaminated stormwater from a landfill that fouled Oahu beaches after heavy rains earlier this month.
Source: ENS, 01/26/2011
Water Fight Brews Amid Texas Fracking Boom
The oil and gas industry is slurping up available groundwater in parts of South Texas where population growth is exploding and global warming may diminish rainfall. There may be a serious crunch ahead.
Source: San Antonio Current, 01/26/2011
"F.D.A and Dairy Industry Spar Over Testing of Milk"
After illegally high levels of antibiotics were routinely found in dairy cows headed for the slaughterhouse, the Food and Drug Administration decided to test milk from the farms those cows came from. Dairy farmers, worried more about profits than antibiotic resistance that could sicken their customers, have objected. Now the two sides may be looking for win-win solutions. Meanwhile, testing is on hold.
Source: NY Times, 01/26/2011
"Industry Boos Oscar Nod for 'Gasland'"
"'Gasland,' a film that turns a harshly critical eye on the perils of natural gas drilling, has earned an Academy Award nomination for best documentary."
Source: Green (NYT), 01/26/2011
Gingrich Goes to Iowa, Calls for Abolition of EPA
Newt Gingrich kicked off his putative presidential campaign in Iowa Tuesday by calling for the abolition of EPA, which enforces numerous environmental laws enacted by Congress.
Source: AP, 01/26/2011
"Pa. Fracking Blowout Spews Fluid Onto State Forest Lands"
"Talisman Energy has resumed its Marcellus drilling operations in Pennsylvania, a week after one of the company's gas wells experienced a blowout that caused an uncontrolled discharge of sand and fracking fluids onto state forest lands in Tioga County."
Source: Gannett, 01/26/2011
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