New Rail Hazmat Regs Include Non-Disclosure Provisions

April 23, 2008–A rule issued April 16, 2008, ostensibly to keep the public safe from shipments of highly hazardous materials by rail, has been little-understood by the public.

Anyone With a Computer Might Be an Earthquake Scientist

April 16, 2008–

Floods and Drought in NOAA Forecast

April 2, 2008–

Biotech And Hurricanes: Media Coverage Spawns Fear And Myths

February 15, 2008–

Did CDC Agency Suppress FEMA Trailer Health Info?

February 13, 2008–Two House Science subcommittees are investigating allegations that the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) suppressed information on harmful levels of formaldehyde in FEMA trailers given out after Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina FOIA Delay Saga: "Expedited" Takes on New Meaning at FEMA

January 30, 2008–Suppose there were a catastrophe and you needed information fast. Would you call FEMA?

Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources

December 19, 2007–Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.

Environmental Refugees: U.S. and World Examples

December 19, 2007–Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.

Special Year 2008 Look-Ahead: Environmental Refugees Grow in Numbers

December 19, 2007–E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.

JUDGE DENIES MEDIA ACCESS TO MSHA PROBE OF CRANDALL CANYON

October 17, 2007–Federal district judge Dee Benson ruled Oct. 9, 2007, that a group of news media companies could not have access to an investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) into the Crandall Canyon mine collapse in Utah Aug. 6, which killed six miners and three workers trying to rescue them.