Mixed Results in New EPA Report on Toxics and Children
"We’ve come a long way since the days when kids played in clouds of DDT, gas stations sold leaded gasoline, and smoking near youngsters was commonplace."
Source: NPR, 01/31/2013
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"Pale Blue Blobs Invade, Freeze, Then Vanish"
"It's a lake, yes. But it's also a bomb. Those pale blue blobs, stacked like floating pancakes down at the bottom of this photograph? They're astonishingly beautiful, yes, but they can be dangerous."
Source: NPR, 01/31/2013
"Butterflies Booking It North as Climate Warms"
"Butterflies from the southern US that used to be rare in the northeast are now appearing there on a regular basis. The trend correlates to a warming climate report the authors of a paper in Nature Climate Change."
Source: Mother Jones, 01/31/2013
"High Winds, Tornado Trap Georgia Residents, Turn Over Cars"
"Powerful winds and a tornado spawned by a 1,000-mile-long storm system pounded communities in northwest Georgia on Wednesday, overturning dozens of vehicles and trapping residents."
Source: CNN, 01/31/2013
"EPA Bans D-Con Rodent Poison, Citing Safety Concerns for Children"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned 12 rodent poisons made by the United Kingdom-based Reckitt Benckiser Inc. because the products failed to abide by safety regulations, the agency announced Wednesday."
Source: LA Times, 01/31/2013
"Georgia Nuclear Power Plant Could Be Solyndra Redux, Report Says"
"A report by two energy-consulting firms says the US government has not protected US taxpayers well enough against the risks of federal loan guarantees to a new nuclear power project."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 01/31/2013
TRI National Analysis Dangles Leads for Investigative Stories
EPA had already released preliminary TRI data for the latest available year (2011), but its National Analysis makes for easier reporting as data is collated by state. It also offers analyses by industry sector and of toxics handling by collating the parent companies of each facility nationwide.
Sunshine Week, March 10-16, Shines Flashlight on Dark Corners of Government
Sunshine Week is a great opportunity for journalists to do the most important part of the job: spotlighting the very news that government officials are uncomfortable about disclosing. The website includes examples of good freedom-of-information stories, permission-free cartoons, logos and icons, and many all-purpose story ideas.
Group Sues California over Enforcement of Fracking Disclosure
The Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court charging that the California Department of Conservation's Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources was not following the state's own law.
Climate Assessment Revives Memories of White House Science Suppression
The release this month of the draft National Climate Assessment garnered many headlines. But little notice went to the fact that it was released at all. Earlier versions of this assessment of climate change's impacts on the U.S. were suppressed — and even "unpublished". But a few voices did take note of the Assessment's release.
