"Former Keystone Pipeline Lobbyist Hired By Obama Campaign" [1]
"President Obama's reelection campaign has hired a former lobbyist for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline as a top adviser."
Source: LA Times [2], 10/25/2011
"President Obama's reelection campaign has hired a former lobbyist for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline as a top adviser."
"Maryland's highest court struck down Monday a key provision of state law that shielded owners of older rental housing from civil lawsuits -- and potentially costly payments to victims -- if they took precautions to protect children in their units from lead-paint poisoning."
"The House defied the European Union Monday evening, quickly approving legislation that would ban European countries from imposing emission trading requirements on U.S. airlines."
"The headlines have focused on Frisco, where a battery-recycling plant emits too much lead. But the dangers go far beyond Frisco’s backyard. In cities such as Dallas and Fort Worth, particles from leaded gasoline banned decades ago still contaminate the soil."
"The leaseholder for a controversial coal mine proposed in the Matanuska Valley has withdrawn its application for a state air quality permit for a second time, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation and the company, Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc."
"The U.S. Senate late Thursday confirmed John Bryson to be U.S. Commerce Secretary after Republicans opposed to his environmental record lifted a hold on the vote.
On May 31, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Bryson as Secretary of Commerce to succeed Gary Locke, who has been appointed U.S. Ambassador to China.
Bryson is a former chairman and chief executive of Edison International, a California-based energy company.
"CARTAGENA, Colombia -- More than 170 countries agreed Friday to accelerate adoption of a global ban on the export of hazardous wastes, including old electronics, to developing countries."
"The figure is so astounding it appears to be a misprint at first glance. One in 110. That's the number of American children living with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on the most recently published estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
"A former police spymaster who spent years living deep undercover in the protest movement has confessed he tricked an innocent woman into having a long-term relationship with him, as part of an elaborate attempt to lend 'credibility' to his alter ego."
"The research showed that hyperactive, anxious, aggressive and depressed behavior was more common in 3-year-old girls who were exposed in the womb to bisphenol-A than in boys of the same age. No association was seen between bisphenol-A levels during later childhood and behavior for either gender, according to the study released today by the journal Pediatrics."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/former-keystone-pipeline-lobbyist-hired-obama-campaign
[2] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/10/former-keystone-pipeline-lobbyist-hired-by-obama-campaign.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20GreenspaceEnvironmentBlog%20%28Greenspace%29
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/md-court-strikes-down-landlord-protection-lead-paint-law
[4] http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bs-gr-lead-law-20111024,0,7897623.story
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-passes-bill-defying-europes-aircraft-emissions-rules
[6] http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/189459-house-passes-bill-defying-europes-aircraft-emissions-rules
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/40000-dallas-fort-worth-children-under-6-have-lead-blood-data
[8] http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20111022-40000-dallas-fort-worth-children-under-6-have-lead-in-blood-data-shows.ece
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaska-seeks-data-about-possible-windblown-coal-dust-mine-project
[10] http://www.adn.com/2011/10/22/2133430/usibelli-withdraws-prermit-request.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nrdc-co-founder-john-bryson-confirmed-commerce-secretary
[12] http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2011/2011-10-21-093.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/global-ban-exports-toxic-waste-advances
[14] http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnewsold/ci_19166891
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cdc-autism-diagnoses-growing-10-17-percent-annually
[16] http://thetimes-tribune.com/lifestyles-people/cdc-autism-diagnoses-growing-by-10-to-17-percent-annually-1.1220478#axzz1bVhR6ttL
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/brit-cops-use-sex-secretly-subvert-enviro-groups-guardian
[18] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/23/police-spy-tricked-lover-activist
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/girls-exposed-womb-bpa-have-risk-behavior-problems
[20] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-24/girls-exposed-in-womb-to-bpa-have-risk-of-behavior-problems.html
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[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4199
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