"Gulf Spill Could Be Much Worse Than Believed"
"There's at least 10 times as much oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico than official estimates suggest, according to an exclusive NPR analysis."
Source: NPR, 05/14/2010
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"Hurricane Could Worsen Huge Us Oil Spill: Experts"
"The Gulf of Mexico oil spill could grow even more disastrous if the looming hurricane season churns up towering black waves and blasts beaches and crowded cities with oil-soaked gusts, experts warned."
Source: AFP, 05/13/2010
"Mercury Mystery"
"Forty years after grassy narrows First Nation’s mercury-drenched river system was proclaimed off limits, a recently released report on the health fallout in the community north of Kenora has arrived at a more ominous conclusion. It’s possible that even small amounts of mercury below Health Canada’s guidelines are continuing to poison people and causing health problems."
Source: Now Toronto, 05/13/2010
EPA Head Jackson Blaze Trails on Many Fronts
"EPA administrator is blazing trails, from regulating greenhouse gas emissions to reforming chemical management policies."
Source: C&EN, 05/13/2010
"Doubt Is Cast on Many Reports of Food Allergies"
"Many who think they have food allergies actually do not. A new report, commissioned by the federal government, finds the field is rife with poorly done studies, misdiagnoses and tests that can give misleading results."
Source: NYTimes, 05/13/2010
"N.M. Salt Beds Could Become Nation's Nuclear Dump"
"For 11 years, the federal government has been burying nuclear waste in New Mexican salt beds at a place called WIPP, or the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. It's waste from making atomic weapons. But now the government is looking for a place to put thousands of tons of spent fuel from reactors. These salt beds could be the place."
Source: NPR, 05/13/2010
"Another Plastics Ingredient Raises Safety Concerns"
""A largely ignored contaminant doesn’t just resemble bisphenol A, the chemical found to leach out of hard plastic water bottles. It’s BPA’s fluorinated twin — on steroids."
Source: Science News, 05/13/2010
"White House Proposes Bill to Lift Caps on Offshore Oil Spill Liability"
"President Obama put his weight today behind legislative efforts to lift liability caps for oil spills."
Source: Greenwire, 05/13/2010
"Criminal Charges Likely From Gulf Oil Spill, Legal Experts Say"
"Federal investigators are likely to file criminal charges against at least one of the companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico spill, raising the prospects of significantly higher penalties than a current $75 million cap on civil liability, legal experts say."
Source: McClatchy, 05/13/2010
Kerry, Lieberman End Suspense With Climate Bill Rollout
Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) released their draft Senate climate and energy bill Wednesday. It pairs a cap-and-trade scheme with major concessions to the fossil-fuel and nuclear industries. Weighing in close to 1,000 pages, it covers a cross section of the nation's top environmental and energy issues. Both business groups and environmental groups have mixed reactions. The big question now is whether the bill can garner enough votes to succeed on the Senate floor.
Source: ClimateWire, 05/13/2010
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