Pollution

Chemicals [14]

Region:

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [15]

Raiding the Bread Basket: Use and Abuse of the Mississippi River Basin [16]

"Industrial agricultural has significant socioeconomic and environmental costs, although scientists are bringing solutions."

Agriculture [17]

Pollution [7]

Public [3]

Source: NatGeo News [19], 01/26/2012

Read more about Raiding the Bread Basket: Use and Abuse of the Mississippi River Basin [16]

Obama Vows Disclosure of Toxic Fracking Secrets on Federal Land [20]

Most current fracking operations happen on non-federal lands. But on federal lands, things are different — Obama intends to require disclosure of fluids as a condition of new leases for fracking on federal lands. If it takes place, this could push the ingredient lists further into the open.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [21]

Topics on the Beat:

Water & Oceans [4]

Pollution [7]

Health [11]

Chemicals [14]

Region:

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]

Visibility:

Public [3]

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Lejeune Secrecy May Have Caused Dead Marines [27]

CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has been investigating a Navy cover-up of cancer-causing drinking water at its Lejeune, NC, base. Now, Project on Government Oversight has released a January 5, 2012, letter from Marine Major General J.A. Kessler asking ATSDR to redact its report in the name of "force protection."

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [21]

Topics on the Beat:

Pollution [7]

People & Population [28]

Military [29]

Disasters [30]

Chemicals [14]

Region:

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]

Visibility:

Public [3]

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"Shale Gas a Bridge to More Global Warming" [31]

"UXBRIDGE, Canada -- Hundreds of thousands of shale gas wells are being "fracked" in the United States and Canada, allowing large amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, to escape into the atmosphere, new studies have shown. Shale gas production results in 40 to 60 percent more global warming emissions than conventional gas, said Robert Howarth of Cornell University in New York State."

Climate Change [32]

Pollution [7]

Public [3]

Source: IPS [33], 01/25/2012

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January 30, 2012 to February 1, 2012

Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) 2012 [34]

EUEC 2012 is the 15th annual energy, utility and environment conference, making it the largest and longest running professional networking and educational event of its kind in the United States. Gina McCarthy's keynote address will include the EPA's new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

Other Events [2]

Visibility:

Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Waste [35]

Transportation [36]

Technology [5]

Science [6]

Pollution [7]

Policy [8]

Planning & Growth [9]

People & Population [28]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]

Natural Resources [10]

Laws & Regulations [38]

Health [11]

Government [39]

Economy & Business [40]

Consumer [41]

Chemicals [14]

Air [42]

Region:

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]

"More States Ordering Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals" [43]

"In a belated attempt to soothe public suspicion about shale-gas drilling, state regulators increasingly are forcing natural gas producers to disclose the chemicals used to hydraulically fracture natural gas wells."

Chemicals [14]

Pollution [7]

Public [3]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [44], 01/23/2012

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"Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline" [45]

"President Obama, denouncing a 'rushed and arbitrary deadline' set by congressional Republicans, announced Wednesday that he was rejecting a Canadian firm's application for a permit to build and operate the Keystone XL pipeline, a massive project that would have stretched from Canada's oil sands to refineries in Texas.

Pollution [7]

Public [3]

Canada [46]

Source: Wash Post [47], 01/19/2012

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May 13, 2012 to May 19, 2012

International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas [48]

The International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas is part of an ongoing degrowth discussion, including conferences held in Paris (2008) and Barcelona (2010), and another to be held in Venice in September 2012 which present opportunities for learning how to avert ecological collapse while enhancing social justice and improving life’s prospects.

Other Events [2]

Visibility:

Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Pollution [7]

Policy [8]

People & Population [28]

Natural Resources [10]

Consumer [41]

Biodiversity [49]

Region:

Canada [46]

EPA To Release Dioxin Noncancer Risk Reassessment [50]

The assessments, expected late January 2012, could have wide-ranging direct and indirect effects in realms such as toxic site cleanups, brownfield development, manufacturing processes, domestic food production and sales, and international trade of food and possibly other goods.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [51]

Topics on the Beat:

Pollution [7]

Health [11]