"After the Pakistan Deluge, Blackouts Spread"
The floods that devastated much of Pakistan have brought more blackouts in the nation's already inadequate electric power industry.
Source: ClimateWire, 10/18/2010
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"Forests Soak up Carbon, But for How Long?"
"New government data show forests play a key role in offsetting U.S. industrial emissions, but the ability of Western lands to sequester carbon is shrinking as the planet warms."
Source: Daily Climate, 10/18/2010
New Jersey Gov. Aggressively Pursues Privatized Site Cleanup
"If there is one policy left over from the Corzine administration that has been fully and enthusiastically embraced by Gov. Chris Christie, it is a program privatizing the cleanup of the tens of thousands of contaminated waste sites in New Jersey."
Source: NJ Spotlight, 10/18/2010
Steep Costs in Pilot Could Mean Some Riskier Corps Levees
"Four years after redrawing its levee-design assumptions to ensure that the failures of Hurricane Katrina were never repeated, the Army Corps of Engineers has embarked on a study that threatens to relax the new, more stringent standards in ways that would reduce costs — and result in less protection in some areas."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10/18/2010
"Canada Declares BPA, a Chemical in Plastics, to Be Toxic"
"OTTAWA — The government of Canada formally declared bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to create clear, hard plastics, as well as food can liners, to be a toxic substance on Wednesday."
Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2010
Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law Collapses as Industry Flexes Muscles
Tighter regulation of toxic chemicals that often threaten people's health isn't going to happen in the current Congress. The reason: a strong industry lobbying effort.
Source: Politics Daily, 10/15/2010
Chinese Drywall Maker to Fix 300 Homes in Pilot Effort
"A Chinese drywall manufacturer facing thousands of homeowners' court claims and several other companies have agreed to pay to repair 300 homes in four states in a pilot program, an attorney involved in the deal said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 10/15/2010
"Big Oil Goes To College: a Conflict of Interest?"
"Have hundreds of millions of dollars in grants from major oil companies compromised the ethics of energy research at such institutions as UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford?"
Source: LA Times, 10/15/2010
"Humpback Whale Sets Travel Record: Researchers"
"A female humpback whale traveled more than 6,000 miles from Brazil to Madagascar, setting a world record for a migrating mammal, researchers reported on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 10/15/2010
"U.N. Climate Panel Agrees to Reforms"
"The U.N. panel of climate scientists agreed on Thursday to change its practices in response to errors in a 2007 report, and its chairman, Rajendra Pachauri of India, dismissed suggestions he should step down.
Source: Reuters, 10/15/2010
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