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Oil Fracking Poses Similar Concerns As Gas Fracking [1]

EPA is conducting a study of fracking, no matter where it is used (e.g., gas shale, oil shale, coalbed methane, tight sands). Public comment is being allowed as the agency's Science Advisory Board meets March 7-8, 2011, to review the draft study plan. Initial study and research results are possible by the end of 2012, and a report may be published some time in 2014.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [5]
Pollution [6]
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Public [7]

"Alberta’s Oil Sands: Hard Evidence, Missing Data, New Promises" [8]

A new report from the Royal Society of Canada provides a mixed verdict on the environmental impacts of oil sands extraction in Alberta.

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [3]
Natural Resources [9]
Public [7]
Canada [10]
Source: EHP [11], 03/02/2011
March 5, 2011

Poisons: When Good Chemicals Turn Bad [12]

This seminar, presented by the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program in collaboration with the Society of Toxicology, features an overview of the latest research in the science of toxicology, the study of the adverse effects of chemical, biological, and physical substances on people, animals, and the environment.

Professional Meetings [13]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Science [14]
Health [5]
Environmental Health [3]
Chemicals [15]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]

"Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry" [17]

 

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Health [5]
Science [14]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

"LePage Motives on BPA Policy, Mills Firing Questioned" [19]

"As [Maine] Gov. Paul LePage continued to weather national fallout for recently saying women could develop 'little beards' if exposed to bisphenol-A, or BPA, questions continue to mount about the motives behind the governor's proposal to reverse a ban on the substance."

Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Lewiston Sun Journal [22], 02/25/2011

"GOP Wants EPA to Keep Sitting On Its Ash" [23]

After a December 2008 spill of toxic coal ash at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant, EPA vowed to bring the ubiquitous waste under regulation. First, industry got to the Obama White House to sandbag the effort. Now, GOP lawmakers heavily funded by electric utilities have slipped a rider into the House stopgap spending bill to quash EPA's effort to protect the public altogether.

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [6]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Mother Jones [27], 02/24/2011

EPA Compromises on Industrial Boiler Toxic Pollution Rule [28]

"The Obama administration scaled back toxic air rules on heavy industrial boilers, a sign it may be willing to compromise with businesses and Republicans on future air pollution rules."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [20]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [29], 02/24/2011

"Radiation From Cellphone Antenna Boosts Brain Activity, Study Finds" [30]

"The electromagnetic radiation emitted by a cellular phone's antenna appears to activate nearby regions of the brain to unusually high levels, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. that is likely to spark new concerns about the health effects of wireless devices."

Environmental Health [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Public [7]
International [32]
Source: LA Times [33], 02/23/2011

"U.S. House Slashes Funding for Public Health, Clean Air, Clean Water" [34]

"Early [Saturday] morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a funding bill that environmentalists say amounts to the biggest attack on clean air and clean water in recent history."

Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: ENS [35], 02/22/2011

Kentucky Lawmakers Pass Bills To Protect Coal From Environmental Rules [36]

"State lawmakers soundly criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday as two legislative panels approved different measures to shield Kentucky coal mining from federal pollution rules."

Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader [38], 02/18/2011

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