Scientist: Chemical Group Helps Organic Soils Store More Carbon
"Phil Robertson may be on the cusp of solving a long-standing mystery."
Source: ClimateWire, 06/13/2013
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"Heavy Smoke From Delaware City Refinery Alarms Residents"
"Trouble in a major Delaware City Refinery unit sent dark smoke billowing from a stack at the plant early [Tuesday] morning, triggering calls to regulators from nearby residents."
Source: Wilmington News Journal, 06/12/2013
"Problems With a Key Hand-Cleansing Chemical"
"Think of all the things you've touched today - the door handles pulled, the elevator buttons pushed, the railings held, the coins counted. All of them were coated with germs. Afterward, so were your hands."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/10/2013
Interior Extends Comment Period on Fracking Rule by 60 Days
"U.S. regulators are giving the oil industry and other stakeholders more time to weigh in on a controversial proposal to stiffen standards for wells drilled on federal lands, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell pledged Thursday."
Source: FuelFix, 06/07/2013
As Evidence of Agent Orange in Okinawa Mounts, US Blanket Denial
"No bases visited, no vets interviewed for Pentagon probe into dioxin in Okinawa."
Source: Japan Times, 06/05/2013
"Study Finds Unsafe Mercury Levels in Fish From Delta Watershed"
"The first comprehensive study of rivers and streams in California has found that sport fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed have higher concentrations of mercury and PCBs than anywhere else in the state."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 06/03/2013
"Composters Call For Tighter Federal Regs On Herbicides"
"A year after chemical weed-killers contaminated compost in Vermont, the composting industry is calling for tighter federal regulations on persistent herbicides."
Source: Vermont Public Radio, 06/03/2013
"EPA Limits Formaldehyde Exposure From Wood Products"
"Giving expression to a law unanimously passed by Congress in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [Wednesday] proposed two rules to help protect Americans from exposure to the harmful chemical formaldehyde emitted from wood products. These rules ensure that composite wood products, whether produced in the United States or imported, meet the formaldehyde emission standards established by that law."
Source: ENS, 05/31/2013
"Presence of Explosive Chemicals Often Kept Secret"
"Fears of terrorism have made it harder than ever for citizens to find out what dangerous chemicals lurk in their backyards, The Associated Press has found. Secrecy and shoddy record-keeping have kept the public and emergency workers in the dark about stockpiles of explosive material."
Source: AP, 05/31/2013
"Kodak Trying To Get Over Toxic Hangover"
"As it inches closer to emergence from bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak is still wrestling with the financial repercussions of past environmental problems."
Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 05/30/2013
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