New Journalism-Science Initiatives Alter How News Is Shaped
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Special Report: The Consequences of Copenhagen
"This is the consequence of failure at Copenhagen: A marked shift in scientific effort from solving global warming to adapting to its consequences, a hodge-podge of uncoordinated local efforts to trim emissions – none of which deliver the necessary cuts – and an altered climate."
Source: Daily Climate, 11/10/2009
"Big Growing Pains and Potential for $5B Weatherization Program"
"Next month, a new class of a dozen or more men and women will begin training in Long Island City, N.Y., to become home weatherization technicians. They are early recruits in a small army of workers being deployed in places around the country where there were only skeleton crews before."
Source: ClimateWire, 11/10/2009
"Doddridge Oil Spill Raises Questions About Reporting"
"WEST UNION, W.Va. -- A spill upstream of the town of West Union during the summer has revealed a gap in the system for notifying drinking water systems of possible contamination."
Source: 59WVNS, 11/10/2009
"Natural Gas Drilling Produces Radioactive Wastewater"
"Wastewater from natural gas drilling in New York state is radioactive, as high as 267 times the limit safe for discharge into the environment and thousands of times the limit safe for people to drink."
Source: ProPublica, 11/10/2009
"The Dirt on Dust"
"When you get right down to it, dust is pretty complicated. It also may be affecting your health."
Source: NPR, 11/10/2009
"Climate Deal To Prevent Doubling of Energy Bills"
"A climate change deal is needed not just to ward off global warming, but to ensure a shift from increasingly costly fossil fuels that could lead to a doubling of energy bills, the IEA's chief economist said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 11/10/2009
Pesticides Down in Streams of Corn Belt: USGS
"A report shows concentrations of several major pesticides mostly declined or remained the same in the U.S. 'Corn Belt' rivers and streams from 1996 to 2006."
Source: UPI, 11/10/2009
"Greenpeace Seeks Newsweek Disclosure of API Revenue"
"Greenpeace is demanding that Newsweek disclose how much money it has made selling the oil industry's biggest lobbying group advertising deals that included the ability to co-host energy policy forums and seat the association's president as a panelist beside members of Congress."
Source: Greenwire, 11/10/2009
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