Keeping Up on Chemical Databases
Find a rich collection of online resources courtesy of the National Library of Medicine and others, compiled by SEJ member and NLM technical information specialist Philip Wexler.
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"Analysis: Obama's Climate Agenda May Face Setbacks in Federal Court"
"President Barack Obama's plan to use federal agencies, and the Environmental Protection Agency in particular, to drive his second-term climate change agenda might be in peril if he cannot fill vacant seats on the federal court that has jurisdiction over major national regulations, legal experts say."
Source: Reuters, 03/25/2013
"Threatened Loggerhead Sea Turtles Get Some U.S. Government Support"
"Habitats that could save threatened loggerhead sea turtles from extinction were identified on Friday by the U.S. government along 750 miles of Atlantic and Gulf Coast shoreline in six states."
Source: Reuters, 03/25/2013
"Within Mainstream Environmentalist Groups, Diversity Is Lacking"
"The level of diversity, both in leadership and staff, of groups such as the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sierra Club and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation [, many say,] is more like that of the Republican Party they so often criticize for its positions on the environment than that of the multiethnic Democratic Party they have thrown their support behind."
Source: Wash Post, 03/25/2013
"Race Is on To Ship Pennsylvania Natural Gas Liquids To Gulf Sites"
Natural gas liquids extracted from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale will go via new pipelines to Texas.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03/25/2013
"Chevron Fuel Spill in Utah Much Worse Than Thought"
"WILLARD, Utah -- A Chevron fuel spill near a northern Utah bird refuge is much worse than originally thought as up to 27,000 gallons might have leaked, authorities said."
Source: AP, 03/25/2013
"Trains Carry Millions of Gallons of Oil Across Maine"
"PORTLAND, Maine -- Millions of gallons of crude oil from the nation's heartland are crossing Maine in railroad tank cars bound for a Canadian oil refinery, raising concern among environmentalists and state officials about the threat of an accident and spill."
Source: AP, 03/25/2013
"Sea Shepherd Seeks Dutch Prosecution of Japanese Whalers"
"AMSTERDAM -- The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is lodging a second complaint with the Netherlands Public Prosecutor’s Office for serious fraud and environmental crime against the captain and crew of the Nisshin Maru, the Japanese whaling fleet’s factory ship."
Source: ENS, 03/25/2013
"Senate Budget Plan Embraces Keystone Xl Approval"
"The Senate easily passed on Friday a symbolic measure approving the Canada to Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move backers said showed strong support for a bill that would give Congress power to green light the project later in the year."
Source: Reuters, 03/25/2013
"Coming Soon: U.S. Tier 3 Emissions and Fuel Standards"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- Sometime before the end of March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new national vehicle emissions and fuel standards by updating a program called Tier 3. Updated Tier 3 standards would cut smog and soot, among other pollutants, by establishing new standards for light-duty vehicles and their fuels to reduce emissions of the most toxic pollutants."
Source: ENS, 03/25/2013
