Enviros Groups' Challenge to Reactor Project Faces Uphill Path at NRC
In the debate over how to meet the nation's 'clean energy' goals, the nuclear industry seems to be winning.
Source: ClimateWire, 08/30/2010
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"A Newspaper Apologizes to United Nations' Climate Chief"
The UK's Telegraph newspaper apologized to IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri and retracted an entire article accusing him of conflict of interest after an independent audit cleared him. The news discredited voices in the fossil-fuel-funded climate denial movement, who have promoted smears against climate science as the mainstream media have unskeptically echoed them.
Source: Green (NYT), 08/27/2010
"Pakistan Orders Nearly Half a Million To Evacuate"
"Flood-ravaged Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns Thursday as the United Nations vowed to forge ahead with relief operations despite threats against foreign aid workers."
Source: AFP, 08/27/2010
Sludge Tracking Efforts a Jumble of Research With No Clear Answers
The application of sewage sludge (renamed "biosolids" by industry PR) to fields has created worries about smell, disease, and toxic contaminants. Federal efforts to track sludge problems have been fragmented, haphazard, and delayed -- which does not inspire confidence in industry-backed federal assurances that sludge is safe. The assurances have preceded the evidence that would support them.
Source: Greenwire, 08/27/2010
Obama Admin Urges High Court to Toss Greenhouse Gas 'Nuisance' Ruling
"The Obama administration has urged the Supreme Court to toss out an appeals court decision that would allow lawsuits against major emitters for their contributions to global warming, stunning environmentalists who see the case as a powerful prod on climate change."
Source: Greenwire, 08/27/2010
"Study of Coal Ash Sites Finds Extensive Water Contamination"
"A study released on Thursday finds that 39 sites in 21 states where coal-fired power plants dump their coal ash are contaminating water with toxic metals such as arsenic and other pollutants, and that the problem is more extensive than previously estimated."
Source: McClatchy, 08/27/2010
"Iowa Town Is Tense as U.S. Ties Farm to Salmonella"
"CLARION, Iowa — The scrambled eggs, as always, were hissing in a skillet on a recent morning at a coffee shop here, in an egg-producing county that has suddenly found itself at the center of the nation's egg recall over salmonella. But the conversation at the weekly gathering of local ladies turned uncharacteristically tense.
Source: NYTimes, 08/27/2010
"Climate Change: Is El Niño Heating Up?"
"The weather pattern known as El Niño, which can bring heavy rains to Southern California, has doubled in intensity and warmth and shifted westward over several decades, according to scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: LA Times, 08/27/2010
"Key Device On Gulf Oil Rig Did Not Get Recertified"
"A critical device at the center of an investigation into the Gulf oil rig explosion didn't undergo a rigorous recertification process in 2005 as required by federal regulators, a worker responsible for maintaining the equipment told investigators Wednesday."
Source: NPR, 08/27/2010
"Fires Cost Russia '300 Billion Dollars' in Deforestation"
"Wildfires have cost Russia 300 billion dollars in forest loss, environmentalists said on Thursday, explaining the scale of the disaster by Vladimir Putin's 'absurd' changes to forestry law."
Source: AFP, 08/27/2010
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