DOE Lists Its Environmental Impact Statements Online
A handy research tool for investigative reporters is a full list of all the recent Environmental Impact Statements issued by the Department of Energy.
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White House Moves To Reinstate Bush-Suppressed Climate Reports
Katharine Jacobs, chair of the forthcoming National Academy of Sciences report on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change and a professor at the University of Arizona, will head up the effort to reinstate the National Assessment — with new emphasis on adaptation.
Will Off-Record White House Meetings with Coal Lobby Stifle Ash Regs?
After an October 2009 EPA proposal to regulate coal ash, documents show coal industry officials started meeting with OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and soon EPA announced it was postponing proposal of the coal-ash regulation.
20% of Chemicals in Commerce Claim To Be 'Trade Secrets'
Washington Post reporter Lyndsey Layton writes about the thousands of chemicals exempted from EPA screening for potential harm to the environment and public health — and the three-decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that renders it possible, in the interest of protecting manufacturers' bottom lines.
"Texas Town Welcomed Drilling, Now Fears Pollution"
"Texas state regulators have detected elevated levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene near Dish, raising fears that drilling more than 12,000 gas wells across the Barnett Shale could be a health hazard."
Source: AP, 01/13/2010
"NY Senator Calls for Cadmium Ban in Kids' Jewelry"
"Reports of high cadmium content in children's jewelry imported from China have prompted a senior U.S. senator to press for legislation that would ban the toxic heavy metal as a hazardous substance from those products and toys."
Source: AP, 01/13/2010
"Report Links Vehicle Exhaust to Health Problems"
"Exhaust from cars and trucks exacerbates asthma in children and may cause new cases as well as other respiratory illnesses and heart problems resulting in deaths, an independent institute that focuses on vehicle-related air pollution has concluded."
Source: NYTimes, 01/13/2010
"Low Amount of BPA Can Increase Cardiac Risk by 45%, Study Finds"
"Elevated exposure to bisphenol A has been linked in a new study to a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the second time researchers have made a connection between the widely used plastic-making compound and heart ailments."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 01/13/2010
"Stronger Controls Urged on Chemicals in Water"
"Citing the decline in frogs and rise of "frankenfish," a Bay Area environmental group filed a legal petition Monday for tighter federal standards on pollutants that disrupt the hormones of humans and wildlife."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/13/2010
"Study Sees Parking Lot Dust as a Cancer Risk"
"Chemicals in a cancer-causing substance used to seal pavement, parking lots and driveways across the U.S. are showing up at alarming levels in dust in homes, prompting concerns about the potential health effects of long-term exposure, a new study shows."
Source: InvestigateWest, 01/13/2010
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