Climate Change Forcing Buried Toxics Back Into Atmosphere: Scientists
"New study finds that as warming heats up oceans and melts Arctic sea
ice, buried POPs are being re-released into the environment"
Source: SolveClimate, 07/26/2011
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Threat to Japanese Food Chain Grows as Cesium Contamination Spreads
"Radiation fallout from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant poses a growing threat to Japan’s food chain as unsafe levels of cesium found in beef on supermarket shelves were also detected in more vegetables and the ocean."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/26/2011
House Dems Take Aim at Policy Riders in Interior, EPA Spending Battle
"To call the Interior and Environment spending bill the House will debate this week partisan would be an understatement."
Source: Greenwire, 07/26/2011
"Velsicol Site Plan Angers Residents"
"Two months before completion of a health risk study on Velsicol pollution in South Chattanooga, state regulators say the company doesn't need to do any more cleanup but should put a deeper layer of dirt on its former pesticide and herbicide manufacturing site on Central Avenue."
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press, 07/25/2011
"Appalachian Poverty Concentrated Around Mine Sites, WVU Study Says"
"Poverty in Appalachia is concentrated in the communities around mountaintop removal mines, and people living in those areas suffer greater risk of early deaths, according to a new scientific paper by a West Virginia University researcher."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 07/25/2011
New Rule Would Let Tribes Gather Plants, Minerals in National Parks
"The National Park Service is proposing a rule that would allow American Indian tribes to remove plants and minerals from national parks for traditional uses, a break from a Reagan-era policy that barred such activities, according to a draft obtained by Greenwire."
Source: Greenwire, 07/25/2011
"New Rules Put Pressure on Outdated Power Plants"
"Less than half of Pennsylvania's fossil-fueled power plants have pollution controls, a long-tolerated dirty habit that's now getting its comeuppance in tougher, new federal regulations."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2011
What's in a Word? "'Poison,' 'Toxic' Nixed By Judges"
"Three judges who will hear a coal slurry pollution lawsuit against Massey Energy have declared any reference to a deadly 2010 mine explosion off limits for the August trial and ordered the plaintiffs' lawyers to avoid inflammatory phrases including 'poison' or 'toxic soup' in opening statements."
Source: AP, 07/25/2011
"New Rules Put Pressure on Outdated Power Plants"
"Less than half of Pennsylvania's fossil-fueled power plants have pollution controls, a long-tolerated dirty habit that's now getting its comeuppance in tougher, new federal regulations."
Source: Allentown Morning Call, 07/25/2011
Probe, Firing Cloud 'Safety Culture' at DOE's Nuclear Waste Site
A report from the independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board says workers at the Energy Department's Hanford nuclear waste site in washington were fired for raising safety concerts and that the safety culture there is broken.
Source: Greenwire, 07/25/2011
