Animal Death Toll Ends New Zealand Cloning Trials
Unacceptable death rates of laboratory animals have forced a New Zealand government research agency to end its experimental program on cloning of agricultural animals.
Source: Stuff, 02/24/2011
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SEJ Toronto Pub Night
Toronto-area journalists are invited to join SEJ members at our monthly pub night on Tuesday, March 1. Our guest this month will be Ravenna Alnuaimy-Barker, executive director of Sustain Ontario. Given that food security has been in the news so much of late, it seems a good time to sit down and discuss Ontario agriculture and food policy. Where better to do that than at the pub? Event is free, but space is limited.
"Dirty Air Triggers More Heart Attacks Than Cocaine"
"Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2011
"Raw Milk Debate Simmers As States, FDA Mull Rules"
As federal and state agencies ponder a regulatory crackdown on raw milk, small dairy producers and natural food advocates worry about their rights.
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2011
"Judge Skeptical About Remanding Polar Bear Case to Obama Admin"
"A federal judge [Wednesday] appeared reluctant to ask the Obama administration to reconsider whether the polar bear should be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act."
Source: Greenwire, 02/24/2011
Funding Impasse Threatens Park Shutdowns, Oil & Gas Permitting Freeze
"As lawmakers struggle to pass a spending bill before current federal funding runs out next week, observers warn that a government shutdown could severely hamper land management agencies and the people and businesses they support."
Source: Greenwire, 02/24/2011
"GOP Wants EPA to Keep Sitting On Its Ash"
After a December 2008 spill of toxic coal ash at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant, EPA vowed to bring the ubiquitous waste under regulation. First, industry got to the Obama White House to sandbag the effort. Now, GOP lawmakers heavily funded by electric utilities have slipped a rider into the House stopgap spending bill to quash EPA's effort to protect the public altogether.
Source: Mother Jones, 02/24/2011
Maine Gov on BPA: 'Worst Case Is Some Women May Have Little Beards'
The debate in Maine and the US at large over BPA, an estrogen-disrupting chemical common in plastics, may be shaped by a comment of Maine's newly elected, Tea Party-backed GOP governor, Paul LePage. "The worst case is some women may have little beards," he said.
Source: Bangor Daily News, 02/24/2011
"World's Coral Reefs Facing Serious Threats"
"A major new survey of the world's coral reefs finds that they are in trouble. Big trouble"
Source: NPR, 02/24/2011
EPA Compromises on Industrial Boiler Toxic Pollution Rule
"The Obama administration scaled back toxic air rules on heavy industrial boilers, a sign it may be willing to compromise with businesses and Republicans on future air pollution rules."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2011
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