"'Autism Epidemic' Challenged by UK Research"
"A national UK survey out Monday found no traces of an 'autism epidemic,' despite earlier reports that the developmental disorder has been rising quickly in recent decades."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2011
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"Corps Breaks Levee as Water Rising Elsewhere"
"A few momentary blasts, flashes of orange light, and the Mississippi River began pouring through a wide hole in a Missouri levee, intentionally blown open by the Army Corps of Engineers in the hope of saving a small Illinois town."
Source: AP, 05/03/2011
"Another Side of Tilapia, the Perfect Factory Fish"
"AGUA AZUL, Honduras — A common Bible story says Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish, which scholars surmise were tilapia."
Source: NY Times, 05/03/2011
"Shell Tries to Calm Fears on Drilling in Alaska"
"Shell Oil will present an ambitious proposal to the federal government this week, seeking permission to drill up to 10 exploratory oil wells beneath Alaska’s frigid Arctic waters."
Source: NY Times, 05/03/2011
"Federal Budget Deal Slashes Key Community Water Funds"
A 14-year-old federal loan program, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, has helped managers of community water systems like Steven Meade in Atlanta, Idaho, provide safe and clean water for their customers via loans. No more. Republican-led budget cuts mean Meade's community can't make its water fit to drink.
Source: High Country News, 05/03/2011
"Ties Bind Japan Nuke Sector, Regulators"
"Nearly 10 years after Japan's top utility first assured the government that its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was safe from any tsunami, regulators were just getting around to checking out the claim. The move was too little, too late."
Source: AP, 05/03/2011
"Energy Information Agency Feels Budget Ax"
"The federal government’s ability to gather and analyze energy data and produce market forecasts will be significantly impaired by the recently enacted budget cuts, the administrator of the Energy Information Administration said."
Source: Green (NYT), 05/02/2011
Climate of Change: Birds and Beaches in North Carolina
Climate change may be global, but it is already changing local North Carolina ecosystems in myriad ways. Beaches are eroding, shorelines are retreating, and birds are shifting their winter ranges. Even insects, fish, and frogs are changing behavior.
Source: Charlotte Observer, 05/02/2011
"Soggy Fields Put U.S. Farmers On A Tight Deadline"
Incessant rains have delayed spring planting of corn from Minnesota to Indiana to Nebraska.
Source: Reuters, 05/02/2011
"Los Alamos National Lab Must Keep Toxic Runoff Out of the Rio Grande"
"Los Alamos National Laboratory must capture and eliminate toxic runoff from over 400 waste dump sites that discharge pollutants to the Rio Grande, a source of drinking water for Santa Fe, under a settlement agreement reached Thursday with community groups."
Source: ENS, 05/02/2011
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