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SEJ Works To Hold Obama Administration to Its Pledge of Transparency
SEJ President Christy George relays her experience of federal agency access shutdown and how SEJ works to reverse the trend.
"EPA Tightens Rules on Pesticide Linked To Deaths"
"Federal officials have moved quickly to clamp down on the use of potent rodent-killing pesticides after one was linked to the deaths of two Utah girls earlier this year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said aluminum and magnesium fumigants can no longer be used near homes."
Source: AP, 04/09/2010
"Rule on Lead Safety Set to Take Effect"
"After almost two decades of delays, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was on track to implement a regulation requiring the construction industry to help prevent cases of lead poisoning among children."
Source: NYTimes, 04/09/2010
"Is Texas Writing the Book on Wind Power?"
"Feb. 28, 2010, was a banner day for Texas wind to set the clouds -- and electrons -- flying. In the Panhandle, gusts reached 47 miles per hour and wind generators delivered a record 6,242 megawatts of power to Dallas, Austin and other population centers. At 1 p.m., 22 percent of all the electricity consumed in the Texas grid was coming from wind."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/09/2010
"World Bank's $3.75bn Coal Plant Loan Defies Environment Criticism"
"The World Bank approved a controversial $3.75 billion loan to build one of the world's largest coal plants in South Africa yesterday, defying international protests and sharp criticism from the Obama administration that the project would fuel climate change."
Source: Guardian, 04/09/2010
"Great Barrier Reef at Risk as Coal-Ship Traffic May Jump 67%"
"The corals, whales and giant clams of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are in the path of a 'coal highway' to China that may see shipments jump 67 percent by 2016, increasing the threat of an ecological disaster after a coal carrier ran aground last week."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/09/2010
"UN Climate Talks To Resume Amid Fear of More Divisions"
"The first round of UN climate talks since December's bitter Copenhagen summit opens in Bonn on Friday with the future of the process uncertain."
Source: BBC News, 04/09/2010
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