Gingrich Goes to Iowa, Calls for Abolition of EPA
Newt Gingrich kicked off his putative presidential campaign in Iowa Tuesday by calling for the abolition of EPA, which enforces numerous environmental laws enacted by Congress.
Source: AP, 01/26/2011
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"Pa. Fracking Blowout Spews Fluid Onto State Forest Lands"
"Talisman Energy has resumed its Marcellus drilling operations in Pennsylvania, a week after one of the company's gas wells experienced a blowout that caused an uncontrolled discharge of sand and fracking fluids onto state forest lands in Tioga County."
Source: Gannett, 01/26/2011
"Mercury Termed a Big Threat To Health in Pittsburgh Region"
"Mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, including three in southwestern Pennsylvania that are among the top 10 emitters in the nation, pose a serious threat to public health and the environment, according to a new report by PennEnvironment."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 01/26/2011
La 21ava Conferencia Anual de la SEJ, Miami, Oct. 19-23, 2011
El congreso de SEJ en Miami tendrá sesiones llenas de noticias tan oportunas, tan relevantes a sus regiones, y de contenido tan apasionante, que los periodistas se animarán a enviarlas desde la misma conferencia. Tenderemos puentes entre los temas ambientales para conectar los asuntos comunes sobresalientes en todas las Américas y el resto del mundo.
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"Carol Browner To Leave White House"
"Carol M. Browner, President Barack Obama’s energy adviser, plans to leave the White House in coming weeks, White House officials said Monday night."
Source: Politico, 01/25/2011
"Will Obama Stand up for Clean Air?"
"Following the administration's announcement last week that it wants to make the regulatory system more friendly to businesses, there's some increasing anxiety about whether Obama will aggressively defend the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. A number of environmental and public health groups are lobbying the president to explicitly defend the agency's climate regulations in his State of the Union address on Tuesday."
Source: Mother Jones, 01/25/2011
"Industry Group’s Self-Depiction Raises Eyebrows"
Remember the "demon sheep"? The "Waters Advocacy Coalition," which presents itself as if it were an environmental group defending the Clean Water Act, is actually a front for major industrial lobby groups working to roll back Clean Water Act enforcement.
Source: Green (NYT), 01/25/2011
"Lawmakers Gear Up to Drill Commission on Oil Spill Report's Findings"
"This week the leaders of the presidential commission that investigated last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will take their case for increased funding and offshore drilling safety reform to Capitol Hill, but their specific legislative recommendations may reach deaf ears."
Source: Greenwire, 01/25/2011
"Battles Over Mountaintop Coal Mining Rage in Wake of EPA Veto"
"Before blocking one of Appalachia's largest-ever mountaintop coal-mining projects this month, U.S. EPA agreed to allow blasting to start on a half-a-dozen other mountaintop mines."
Source: Greenwire, 01/25/2011
"Cost Of Natural Disasters $109 Billion In 2010: U.N"
"Natural disasters caused $109 billion in economic damage last year, three times more than in 2009, with Chile and China bearing most of the cost, the United Nations said Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/25/2011
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