Bhopal Victims Lobby Congress
"Victims of the 1984 gas leak that killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India took their battle Thursday to the US Congress, seeking pressure on Dow Chemicals."
Source: AFP, 05/08/2009
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NJ To Appeal Kiddie Kollege
"The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that it would appeal a court ruling that the owner of the Kiddie Kollege building in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, is not responsible for its $1 million cleanup."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 05/08/2009
Obama Insists: Auction CO2 Permits
"President Barack Obama's $3.55 trillion budget, released on Thursday, retains his plan to cut climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions by auctioning off 100 percent of emission permits to industries."
Source: Reuters, 05/08/2009
EPA Hid Risks Of Coal Ash: Report
"The Bush administration kept secret for nearly five years data that showed increased cancer risks from drinking water polluted by coal-ash impoundments...."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 05/08/2009
EPA Targets Utility Waste
EPA may regulate runoff from the coal ash and sludge from air-pollution-control that power plants store in ponds and piles.
Source: Washington Post, 05/04/2009
Transmission Superhighway May Carry Coal Power to Northeast
SolveClimate founder David Sassoon explains March 24, 2009, how energy policies and East-West differences in power transmission needs are quietly leaving the door open for the cheapest, dirtiest coal power to flood the Northeast under plans for what is intended to be a green transmission superhighway.
Author contact information: David Sassoon
Author contact information: David Sassoon
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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IPCC Plans Study of Climate Extremes
"OSLO -- A proposed U.N. study of climate extremes will be a practical guide for tackling natural disasters and fill a gap in past reports focused on the gradual effects of global warming, experts said.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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"Federal Judge Says No to Modified Crops on U.S. Refuge Land"
WASHINGTON -- In a court case with potential impact in Missouri and across the country, a federal judge in Delaware ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife should not have permitted farming with genetically modified crops on a national wildlife refuge. U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet wrote that the Fish and Wildlife agency erred by failing to conduct environmental studies to determine whether farming with genetically modified crops at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware was compatible with conservation and habitat preservation. Bill Lambrecht reports for the St.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/25/2009
"Antibiotics Pose Concern for Ethanol Producers"
"The ethanol industry must be wondering where the bottom is. Profits are slim or non-existent and about 20 percent of all U.S. plants are shut down. In addition, ethanol's main by-product, which is sold as livestock feed, has raised potential food safety concerns.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio, 03/25/2009
"Grace Got Asbestos Warnings 30 Years Ago, Jury Told"
"A former W.R. Grace & Co. executive testified he warned his superiors more than 30 years ago about asbestos contamination in vermiculite from a Montana mine and feared it might lead to criminal prosecution.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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