E.P.A. Fines Monsanto $2.5 Million for Mislabeling GM Seed
"The Monsanto Company agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency a $2.5 million penalty for selling mislabeled bags of genetically engineered seed."
Source: AP, 07/09/2010
Search results
"EPA Declares L.A. River 'Traditional Navigable Waters'"
"U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Wednesday declared the entire concrete-lined Los Angeles River channel 'traditional navigable waters,' a designation crucial to applying Clean Water Act protections throughout its 834-square-mile urban watershed."
Source: LA Times, 07/09/2010
"Climate Scientists Praise Report On Hacked Email Scandal"
"Leading climate scientists on Thursday welcomed a British report that cleared researchers of exaggerating the effects of global warming and said they hoped it would restore faith in the fight against climate change."
Source: Reuters, 07/09/2010
Chesapeake Bay: "Report: More Oysters Surviving Diseases"
"Fewer oysters in the Chesapeake Bay are dying from the diseases that have devastated the bivalve population in recent decades, leading some to believe they may be developing a natural resistance, says a new report by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation."
Source: B'More Green, 07/09/2010
VIDEO: "Solar Impulse Completes First-Ever 24-Hour Flight"
"Plane powered entirely by the sun lands safely in Switzerland after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that aircraft can stay airborne during the night using energy gathered from the sun by day."
Source: Guardian, 07/09/2010
"Obama Presses BP to Recover More Oil"
"With a weeklong window of favorable weather opening in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration is pressing BP to move quickly on two operations that could double the amount of oil captured from the gushing well."
Source: NYTimes, 07/09/2010
"Lead-Poisoned Kids Left Untreated in Detroit"
"Detroit's anti-lead program -- beset with alleged shakedowns and bogus treatments, missing files, incompetence and mismanagement -- was upended last year after such scorching claims were reported in state and federal investigations." But efforts to reform it have left many lead-poisoned kids untreated and permanently damaged.
Source: Detroit Free Press, 07/09/2010
EPA Relies on Industry To Weigh Safety of Weedkiller in Drinking Water
"Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using to assess the herbicide’s health risks, records of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show. Many of these industry-funded studies, which largely support atrazine’s safety, have never been published or subjected to an independent scientific peer review."
Source: Huffington Post, 07/09/2010
"Court Rejects Moratorium on Drilling in the Gulf"
"A federal appeals court on Thursday turned down the Obama administration’s effort to enforce a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: NYTimes, 07/09/2010
"Owner of Exploded Rig Is Known for Testing Rules"
"Transocean is the world’s largest offshore drilling company, but until its Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April, few Americans outside the energy business had heard of it. It is well known, however, in a number of other countries — for testing local laws and regulations."
Source: NYTimes, 07/08/2010
