"New York Sign Counts Global Greenhouse Gases"
"Deutsche Bank lit a seven-storey-high sign in the middle of Manhattan on Thursday that counts the total amount of greenhouse gases trapped in the Earth's atmosphere."
Source: Reuters, 06/19/2009
Environmental Politics
Vilsack Aide Named to FERC
"John Norris, a veteran Iowa political aide who has been chief of staff for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, was nominated Wednesday by President Barack Obama to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."
Source: Des Moines Register, 06/17/2009
"Obama Mountaintop Plan Disappoints Appalachian Advocates"
"The Obama administration's new interagency plan to regulate mountaintop removal coal mining met with mixed reactions from Appalachian community advocates."
Source: ENS, 06/16/2009
CT AG: "Chemical Industry Tried To Kill Legislation"
"The chemical industry used 'confusion and concealment' and possibly violated Connecticut law in its unsuccessful attempt to kill legislation banning the use of bisphenol-A in baby bottles and infant food jars, [CT] Attorney General Richard Blumenthal charged Monday."
Source: CT Post, 06/16/2009
"EPA Chemical Database Rules a Political Hazard, Critics Say"
"Obama has invited politics into scientific task to update the catalog and assess the danger of industrial chemicals, some say."
Source: LA Times, 06/16/2009
Book Shelf, Book 4- The Republican War on Science
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE
By Chris Mooney
Basic Books, $24.95
Reviewed by STUART LEAVENWORTH
Here's a news flash: President George Bush and some of his minions have targeted scientists who don't share their agenda. They have intimidated certain government researchers, reassigned those who cause trouble for key constituencies and discouraged an entire generation of biologists, climatologists and other professionals from ever working on the federal payroll.
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Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man"
"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."
Source: Washington Monthly, 06/12/2009
"Interior Report Shows Flawed Utah Lease Sale"
"The Interior Department released a report today outlining flaws in the process used last year to auction oil and gas leases in Utah and calling for a comprehensive regional air-quality strategy and a review to decide whether to reinstate the parcels."
Source: Greenwire, 06/12/2009
"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals"
"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."
Source: AP, 06/12/2009
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