"Breast Cancer Among Young Women Increasing"
"The rate of advanced breast cancer for U.S. women 25 to 39 years old nearly doubled from 1976 to 2009, a difference too great to be a matter of chance, a study finds."
Source: LA Times, 02/27/2013
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"Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog Down"
"Alarms sounded and lights flashed as control panel dials at a nuclear power plant in upstate New York warned that the power for safety equipment was failing. The room went dark until the emergency lights kicked in. But there was no reason to worry on this frozen winter morning."
Source: NY Times, 02/27/2013
"Acting EPA Chief Warns Staff of Furloughs"
"The acting head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned staff on Tuesday that it may place an unspecified number of jobs on temporary furlough if across-the-board federal budget cuts take effect at the end of this week."
Source: Reuters, 02/27/2013
"High Court Throws Out $1B Fraud Verdict in Exxon Leak Case"
"Maryland's highest court on Tuesday struck down the bulk of a fraud case against ExxonMobil Corp. stemming from an underground gasoline leak in Baltimore County, reversing most of $1.65 billion in judgments and dealing a stunning blow to hundreds of families."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 02/27/2013
New Research Probes Impact of Oil and Gas Methane Emissions on Climate
"BOSTON -- Concerns have cropped up in recent years that the methane leaks from oil and gas fields could be large enough to pose a significant climate threat."
Source: EnergyWire, 02/27/2013
"Feeding Ourselves on a Warming Planet"
A new study, still tentative, suggests that climate change will have much worse effects on global food production and supply than experts have previously estimated.
Source: Green/NYT, 02/27/2013
New Study: "Climate Change 'Causes Wild Weather'"
"LONDON -- The cause of much of the recent extreme weather across the world is climate change triggered by human activities, scientists say. The paper suggests that man-made climate change is repeatedly disturbing the patterns of airflow around the northern hemisphere."
Source: Climate News Network, 02/27/2013
"First Spill Trial Witness: BP Put Cost Cuts Over Safety"
"BP Plc fostered a culture that put cost-cutting over safety before the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a noted forensic engineer said in the first day of testimony in the federal civil trial centered on the disaster."
Source: Reuters, 02/27/2013
"Dog Food Recall Underscores Toxic Danger in Drought-Hit U.S. Corn"
"High levels of a dangerous toxin found in bagged dog food on a grocery store shelf in Iowa have highlighted the prevalence of a problematic mold in last year's U.S. corn crop, as state and federal officials work on limiting the food safety concern."
Source: Reuters, 02/26/2013
"Data Battles Muddle Solutions for Cleaner Utah Air"
"War has erupted between clean-air activists and state leaders, with the battleground being the data driving decisions about Utah’s air quality."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 02/26/2013
