"The Eco-Warrior" -- Rolling Stone Profiles Lisa Jackson
"President Obama has appointed the most progressive EPA chief in history — and she's moving swiftly to clean up the mess left by Bush."
Source: Rolling Stone, 01/21/2010
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"Mt. Rainier's Retreating Glaciers Are Making a Mess"
"As receding glaciers expose crumbly slopes, vast amounts of gravel and sediment are being sluiced into the rivers that flow from the Northwest's tallest peak. ... Climate experts blame global warming, triggered by emissions from industries and cars, for much of the ongoing retreat of glaciers worldwide."
Source: Seattle Times, 01/21/2010
"Mountains of Mercury: The Pollution Costs of Cement Production"
After checking the math, Oregon regulators were surprised to discover the state's only cement plant emitted more mercury into the air than a major coal-burning power plant.
Source: High Country News, 01/21/2010
"Murkowski Takes Aim At EPA"
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) plans to announce Thursday she will move to reverse the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare, according to sources familiar with the matter."
Source: Post Carbon, 01/21/2010
"Sierra Club Names New Executive Director"
"SAN FRANCISCO -- Environmental group Sierra Club has named its first new leader in 18 years -- an activist who once took over the intercom of a Home Depot to tell customers not to buy lumber from ancient forests."
Source: AP, 01/21/2010
"NYC To Address PCB-Contaminated Caulk in Schools"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York City announced a pilot program Tuesday to address the problem of potentially hazardous PCBs in construction materials in some city schools."
Source: AP, 01/20/2010
"Oil and Gas Operators Skirt Federal Law, Report Says"
"Oil and gas operators are skirting federal law when they inject toxic 'fracking fluids' into wells, threatening drinking water supplies from Pennsylvania to Wyoming, according to a new report by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/20/2010
"Exxon Hid Radiation Risk to Workers for Decades, Witness Says"
"Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. energy company, 'knew or should have known' that drilling pipes it sent to a Louisiana pipe yard were contaminated with dangerous radioactive material, a witness testified in court."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/20/2010
"Chicken Farm Bars Pollution Tests, State Says"
"A month after environmental groups alleged that an Eastern Shore chicken farm was polluting a Chesapeake Bay tributary, state regulators have yet to test the fouled waterway or the pile of sewage sludge said to be contaminating it, officials have acknowledged."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/20/2010
Pennsylvania: "Final Fly Ash Clean-up Begins"
"Nearly five years after fly ash and other debris flowed down Rostosky Ridge Road in Forward Township [Pa.], work was expected to begin to remove the final remains of that slide."
Source: Valley Independent, 01/20/2010
