"Japan Reactivates Monju Nuclear Reactor"
"Japan's Atomic Energy Agency says it has restarted a controversial nuclear reactor, more than 14 years after its operations were suspended."
Source: BBC News, 05/07/2010
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Senators Do Climate Bill Hokey Pokey
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) sounds like he still hopes to launch and pass a climate bill this year. But the question of what the bill would look like -- much less where the votes will come from -- remains largely unanswered.
Source: Greenwire, 05/07/2010
"EPA Ripped Over Foot-Dragging on PCB Tests at Schools"
"Parents, scientists and officials blasted the federal Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday at a hearing on whether to relax safety standards for toxins in public schools."
Source: NY Daily News, 05/07/2010
"Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan for Gulf Rig"
"Petrochemical giant BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region, according to an Associated Press review of official records."
Source: AP, 05/07/2010
"Oil From Gulf of Mexico Spill Reaches Chandeleur Island Chain"
"Orange-colored oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has washed up on the western side of North Island, the northernmost sliver of the Chandeleur and Breton Island chain, and officials with BP and federal and state agency say they have drafted a strategy to begin cleaning it up."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/07/2010
"Maker of Film 'Crude' Ordered To Turn Over Footage"
"A federal judge ordered a documentary filmmaker Thursday to turn over about 600 hours of raw footage from a film about a court fight over whether Chevron Corp. owes billions of dollars in damages for oil contamination in Ecuador."
Source: AP, 05/07/2010
"Interior Suspends Planned Va. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale"
"As the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill raises questions about the safety of offshore drilling, the Interior Department has indefinitely suspended plans for an oil and gas lease sale off the Virginia coastline."
Source: Greenwire, 05/07/2010
"Scientists Decry 'Assaults' on Climate Research"
"More than 250 U.S. scientists on Thursday defended climate change research against 'political assaults' and warned that any delay in tackling global warming heightens the risk of a planet-wide catastrophe."
Source: Reuters, 05/07/2010
Feds Look at Lead Testing Costs for Small Businesses
"The Consumer Product Safety Commission ... voted to begin writing a rule to allow manufacturers, big and small, to essentially break the required testing process for lead, lead paint and other potential dangers into parts."
Source: AP, 05/06/2010
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell Record 7 Percent in 2009: EIA"
"U.S. emissions of the main greenhouse gas from fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas fell a record 7 percent in 2009 due to the recession and more efficient use of fuels, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2010
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