"Louisiana is among the worst states at enforcing federal clean air, clean water and hazardous waste laws, and the Environmental Protection Agency should either force Louisiana and fellow laggards to do a better job, or enforce the laws itself, according to a report released Monday by EPA’s inspector general."
"HELENA, Mont. -- Montana wildlife regulators suspect more and more people are faking disabilities to take advantage of privileges granted to disabled hunters, so they want to remove one of those perks in hopes of curbing abuse."
"WASHINGTON -- Bill Magwood, the man at the center of an effort to overthrow the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and his most likely successor if the move is successful, served as a consultant for Tepco, the Japanese company that owns the Fukushima nuclear power plant, according to information provided by Magwood as part of his nomination and confirmation process, which was obtained by The Huffington Post.
"The State Department has hit the brakes on a congressional plan to revive the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, signaling Monday that it would not be willing to authorize the project under an 'arbitrary deadline.'"
"Canada is formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, abandoning the world's only legally binding plan to tackle global warming."
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Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/louisiana-flunks-enforcing-air-water-laws-epa-inspector-general
[2] http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/12/louisiana_flunks_at_enforcing.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/montana-disabled-hunter-permits-state-aims-cut-abuse
[4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/montana-disabled-hunter-permits-abuses_n_1144038.html?ref=green
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nrc-coup-leader-magwood-consulted-fukushima-parent-company
[6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/nrc-coup-leader-worked-fo_n_1143895.html?ref=green
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/state-dept-warns-congress-not-force-its-hand-keystone-pipeline
[8] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/keystone-xl-state-department_n_1144570.html?ref=green
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canada-formally-abandons-kyoto-protocol-climate-change
[10] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-formally-abandons-kyoto-protocol-on-climate-change/article2268432/
[11] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-scripps-howard-institute-environment-and-science
[12] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-ted-scripps-fellowships-environmental-journalism
[13] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-nieman-fellowships-journalists
[14] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-knight-wallace-journalism-fellowships
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/knight-journalism-fellowships-stanford
[16] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4027
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4024
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4025
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4026
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4029
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4030
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4031
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4032
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4921