The Consumer Product Safety Commission did an about-face and announced that it will not regulate cadmium -- a toxic metal found in consumer products that is known to damage kidneys and bones. "Instead, the agency will defer to an independent, private-sector group that has been drafting voluntary limits for several months."
"A secretive network of Republican donors is heading to the Palm Springs area for a long weekend in January, but it will not be to relax after a hard-fought election — it will be to plan for the next one."
We SEJ-ers have been bragging for a long time that at any given time, we represent roughly 1,500 members in more than 30 countries. And a few years ago, we helped set up a group like SEJ in Mexico. But the idea that SEJ exists around the world has truly come home this year. Read more from SEJ President Christy George.
"A key U.N. science panel has urged governments to ban the widely used pesticide endosulfan that can cause nerve damage to humans and wildlife."
"The Chinese flag is being raised in states around the country -- in campaign attack ads warning voters that Congress is creating renewable energy jobs within the borders of America's biggest rival."
Hoaxers are using Chevron's new green-sounding ad campaign to urge the company to live up to its vows.
A new initiative to replace smoky cookstoves in developing countries could save millions of lives and slow global warming.
Sudden aspen decline, a disease that has killed many aspens in the mountain West, seems to be slowing enough that some stands can hold their own.
"Gov. Steve Beshear's administration and coal industry representatives have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over coal mining permits."
"Hundreds of people opposed to drilling for natural gas in South Fayette's residential areas packed an auditorium Monday night to tell the township's five commissioners not to permit gas wells near the sprawling school campus."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/no-limits-toxic-cadmium-kids-cpsc
[2] http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_16377978?nclick_check=1
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/secretive-republican-donors-are-planning-ahead
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/us/politics/20koch.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
[5] https://www.sej.org/journalismmedia/sej-rare-flower-international-distinction
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/un-science-panel-urges-ban-toxic-pesticide-endosulfan
[7] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10/19/world/AP-UN-UN-Pesticide-Ban.html?ref=news
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/red-china-energy-jobs-play-house-races
[9] http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/10/18/18climatewire-red-china-energy-jobs-play-in-house-races-41878.html?ref=energy-environment
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hoaxers-target-new-chevron-advertising-campaign
[11] http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1827001220101018
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/could-clean-cookstoves-save-lives-and-help-clear-air
[13] http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-climate-desk/could-clean-cookstoves-save-lives-and-help-clear-the-air/4222/
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/killer-aspen-slows-worries-about-beloved-tree-remain
[15] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/science/19aspen.html?_r=1&hpw
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-industry-kentucky-gov-sue-epa-over-mountaintop-removal
[17] http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/19/1485386/coal-industry-beshear-administration.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hundreds-fight-wells-homes-schools-south-fayette
[19] http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_705019.html
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4471
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4468
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4469
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4470
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4473
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4474
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4475
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4476
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5013