"Another Deadly Challenge for the Sea Otter"
"A number of the playful marine mammals are being poisoned by an ancient microbe that appears to be on an upsurge in warmer, polluted waters around the world."
Source: LA Times, 09/23/2010
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"Why Environmental Activists Embrace Social Media"
"Six months after the BP oil spill, it’s clear that in the age of social media, a company can’t spin and rebrand its way out of a mess like it used to."
Source: Fast Company, 09/23/2010
"Gorillas the Origin of Human Malaria's Most Lethal Strain"
"The world's most deadly form of human malaria, a parasite known as Plasmodium falciparum, is of gorilla origin, and not chimpanzee, bonobo or ancient human origin as scientists previously thought."
Source: ENS, 09/23/2010
Government Secrecy Over Pipeline Location, Regulatory Neglect Challenged
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration withholds data about pipeline condition and inspections, meaning pipeline explosions caused by preventable and fixable corrosion are far more likely to kill Americans than any caused by terrorists.
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TSA Likens Photographers to Terrorists
The Transportation Security Administration's recent poster shows a photographer in a hoodie taking pictures at an airport and urging people to call the cops if they saw such a thing.
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Court: BLM Must Release Names of Grazing Permit Holders
The decision could eventually force disclosure for holders of some 18,000 permits across 160 million acres in the West.
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More Resources for Digging Into the Gulf Spill Story
Despite the new, apparently unwritten law against digging journalistically into the impacts of the spill, there are information resources here that may help you dig into other oil/environment stories as well.
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Federal Cops to Gulf Journos: Don't Dig, It's Illegal
Watch the video: Pensacola TV reporter Dan Thomas is accosted by USFWS and NPS after finding layers of crude oil (with his toy shovel) less than a foot below the surface — giving the lie to BP and government claims that beaches had been cleaned.
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"Panel Advises More Aggressive FDA Analysis of Engineered Salmon"
"While a genetically engineered salmon is almost certainly safe to eat, the government should pursue a more rigorous analysis of the fish's possible health effects and environmental impact, members of a federal advisory committee said yesterday."
Source: Greenwire, 09/22/2010
AK Spill Response Tech Outdated and Underfunded, Lawmakers Warned
"A Valdez-based citizen watchdog group told legislators Tuesday that the state's arsenal of oil-response equipment lags behind modern technology and the state division that enforces the rules for preventing and cleaning up spills has an 'ever-worsening funding shortage.'"
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 09/22/2010
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