"Fracking Pumps Up Pressure in Upstate N.Y. Congressional Race"
"A tightening congressional race in upstate New York could become the first public referendum on shale-gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing."
Source: Greenwire, 11/01/2010
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"Scope of Alaska Legislature's Pebble Mine Study Is Undetermined"
"Months after the funding was approved, state legislators still haven't decided how to proceed with a study of the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 11/01/2010
"Major Producers To Ditch BPA From Packaging"
"Some of the world's biggest food companies are removing the chemical Bisphenol A from packaging, amid growing concern it is causing a wide range of human illnesses including heart disease and breast cancer." Among them: Nestlé, Heinz and General Mills.
Source: UK Independent, 11/01/2010
"Milltown Sediment Spread Near Opportunity Won't Grow Grass"
"The 2.5 million cubic yards of fine-grained sediment dredged from the former reservoir east of Missoula has been spread 2 feet thick over more than 600 acres of wasteland between Anaconda and its satellite community of Opportunity. But it won’t grow grass."
Source: Missoulian, 11/01/2010
Coal Heat Puts Navajos at Risk, but Many Families See Few Options
Many Navajo families face a choice between burning coal, which can threaten the safety of their homes and their respiratory health -- or burning propane, which they may not be able to afford.
Source: Farmington Daily Times, 11/01/2010
"Fish Farm Slowdown Urged by East Coast Group"
"The New Brunswick and Nova Scotia governments should declare a moratorium on licensing new salmon farms, says the Atlantic Coalition for Aquaculture Reform."
Source: CBS News, 11/01/2010
La. Oyster Industry Struggles To Cope With Spill, Coastal Restoration
"After five years and four hurricanes, 2010 had all the markings of a banner year for Pete Vujnovich and his array of oyster leases west of the Mississippi River. But the months-long assault of oil in Barataria Bay -- and more importantly the state's decision to unleash fresh water from the river to beat back oil -- has wiped out more than three-quarters of his crop, leaving the next five years an open question."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 11/01/2010
Using PRTR Data to Advance Key North American Priorities
"Healthy Communities and Ecosystems and Greening the Economy," a forum for sharing knowledge and ideas relating to PRTRs (pollutant release and transfers) and access to public information, will be webcast live on the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation website.
COP16/CMP6
The sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) will be held in Cancun, Mexico. SEJ freelancers: Get connected for assignments.
"Black Floridians Await Settlement on Toxic Contamination"
"For close to four decades, residents of Tallevast in southwest Florida lived side by side with the American Beryllium Company, which employed local men and women to manufacture parts for nuclear weapons. Each day, workers inhaled beryllium dust and brought it home on their clothing."
Source: IPS, 10/29/2010
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