"Republicans Recycle an Old Idea: the Foam Plastic Coffee Cup"
"Polystyrene makes comeback in US Congress building after Republicans reverse green initiatives brought in by Democrats."
Source: Guardian, 03/01/2011
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"Iowa Lawmakers, Lobbyists Debate Ban on BPA Plastics"
Some Iowa lawmakers are pushing a bill they say would protect children by removing from the market many plastic products containing BPA, which some scientists think harms health. Lobbyists for the chemical industry say that's premature.
Source: Des Moines Register, 03/01/2011
"Clothes Makers Join to Set 'Green Score'"
A new coalition of clothing retailers, manufacturers, environmental groups, and academics is developing a database which they hope will eventually allow them to give every garment a sustainability score.
Source: NY Times, 03/01/2011
Regulatory Flaws, Repeated Violations Put Oil Refinery Workers at Risk
Refinery workers and nearby communities are endangered by lax regulation and neglect of safety by companies that find it more profitable to buy political influence than repair or maintain equipment.
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 02/28/2011
"Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers"
As gas companies race to drill more wells that produce gas with a technique known as hydrofracking, the dangers of the toxic wastewater they discharge turn out to be greater than previously understood.
Source: NY Times, 02/28/2011
"Chemical Safety Board Study Details Potential MIC Leak Impacts"
"Thousands of people living within four miles of the Bayer CropScience plant in Institute could have been exposed to potentially harmful levels of methyl isocyanate if the contents of an MIC tank located near an August 2008 explosion had been released, according to a government study obtained by the Gazette."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/25/2011
"LePage Motives on BPA Policy, Mills Firing Questioned"
"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."
Source: Lewiston Sun Journal, 02/25/2011
"Pesticide Industry Ramps Up Lobbying in Bid to Pare EPA Rules"
"The pesticide industry is applying extra doses of lobbying in an effort to eradicate federal requirements it considers harmful."
Source: Greenwire, 02/25/2011
Maine Gov on BPA: 'Worst Case Is Some Women May Have Little Beards'
The debate in Maine and the US at large over BPA, an estrogen-disrupting chemical common in plastics, may be shaped by a comment of Maine's newly elected, Tea Party-backed GOP governor, Paul LePage. "The worst case is some women may have little beards," he said.
Source: Bangor Daily News, 02/24/2011
"Use of Toxic Acid Puts Millions at Risk"
Hydrofluoric acid is a deadly chemical used in many petroleum refinery operations. When it escapes, it becomes a gas that can race long distances and kill people who inhale it. Safer alternatives are available to refineries. At the urging of petrochemical companies, Congress and the executive branch have kept the dangers largely secret from the at-risk public, so there has been little pressure for refineries to make their operations safer. In a joint investigation the Center for Public Integrity and ABC News found that worst-case scenarios filed by just 50 refineries showed some 16 million Americans at risk from accidental or intentional hydrofluoric acid releases.
Source: Ctr. for Public Integrity/ABC, 02/24/2011
