Monthly Archives: June 2012

U.S. oil companies will be allowed to drill in more areas of the Gulf of Mexico but won only limited access to the Arctic under the final version of the Obama Administration’s five year drilling plan that was slammed by industry and some environmentalists. Please continue reading at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-usa-drilling-offshore-idUSBRE85R1MJ20120628
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New York environmental regulators on Thursday adopted carbon dioxide emissions limits for new and expanded power plants that are slightly stricter than proposed federal limits and make it nearly impossible to build a new coal unit in the state. Please continue reading at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-utilities-newyork-carbon-coal-idUSBRE85R1GF20120628
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A drought in the Corn Belt and elsewhere in the Midwest has pushed the bushel price of corn up about 27 percent in the past month alone, and there is little sign of rain in the near future, a forecast that could soon push up food costs across the country, meteorologists say. Please continue...
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The Harper government has announced major cuts to its fisheries habitat protection program, prompting a retired federal biologist to warn Wednesday of a dramatic increase in the risk of environmental damage. Please continue reading at: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Federal%20government%20slammed%20gutting%20fisheries%20protection%20program/6851059/story.html
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In a setback to 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, a U.S. court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm’s former chemical plant in Bhopal. Please continue reading at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/us-court-absolves-union-carbide-of-liability-in-bhopal-tragedy-237294
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A start-up firm developing anticorrosion coatings to replace environmentally problematic chromate, lead, and cadmium paint pigments stole the show at the inaugural green chemistry business plan competition, part of the annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. Please continue reading at: http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/web/2012/06/Green-Business-Plan-Competition-Hit.html
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What will the impact of this generation be?  From cradle to grave of all the techno crap and prepackaged consumables? The world is finding out very quickly that the impact is deep and will reshape us forever… This inforgraphic is just a small “gadget” impact, but what will the lifetime environmental and energy impact be?...
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“When people think about environmental sustainability, they immediately focus on population,” one of the paper’s authors, Ian Roberts, told the BBC. “Actually, when it comes down to it, it’s not how many mouths there are to feed. It is how much flesh there is on the planet.” To get a sense of scale, here is...
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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Annual Energy Outlook for 2012 (AEO) this week. The AEO updates EIA’s reference case forecasts for regulatory changes and data changes that have occurred since it released its earlier version at the beginning of this year. The full outlook also contains 29 sensitivity cases that examine changes to the...
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Manufacturing video games consumes about 2.4 billion gallons of OIL Just downloading instead of buying a packaged version of ONE major game launch is like removing 20,000+ cars off the road There are more video games than people and the majority of components NEVER decompose... ever. See full inforgraphic and facts here
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As if that weren’t bad enough, earlier this year, mortgage giant Fannie Mae, that paragon of fiscal prudence, announced it was cutting off Bank of America from selling loans because the bank was failing to honor repurchase requests in a “timely” fashion. When an institution that contributed to the 2008 financial meltdown with its...
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…What is most scary about the court ruling on the mandate is that it opens the way for the government to do whatever it wants as long as it calls it a tax. Tossing out the Obama commerce clause argument, Roberts rightly said, “The individual mandate cannot be upheld as an exercise of Congress’s...
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Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland, Ore., have all adopted stringent recycling programs that have generally been embraced by citizens in these progressive cities and have significantly reduced the amount of garbage going to landfills. The New York Times reports that Portland has cut the amount of garbage going to landfills by 44 percent by recycling a wide...
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@RRapier – In the first installment of this series, I reviewed U.S. and global oil reserves according to the 2012 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The second installment covered oil production. Today, I want to examine the changes in consumption of coal, oil, and natural gas since 1965 in the three major consuming regions of the world:...
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Another one bites the dust. Colorado-based thin solar panel manufacturing company Abound Solar on Thursday announced that it will be filing for bankruptcy next week. The company was awarded a $400 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy in 2010, but as both the company and the Energy Department have made clear today, it only claimed about $70 million of the...
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CBO Releases Report on Federal Efforts to Reduce the Cost of Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide June 28, 2012 Coal-powered facilities account for roughly a third of all U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, and most climate scientists believe that the buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could have costly...
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“Made in the USA” labels may be disappearing more quickly than most consumers realize. As if buying American made goods was not difficult enough, shoppers may soon not even be able to determine where a prospective purchase is manufactured. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is pushing for an elimination of country-of-origin labels on all consumer products,...
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GreenBiz – Dean Nelson, who oversees data centers for eBay, told Marc Gunther recently that he had two big business problems to solve: getting control of the company’s power costs and finding an alternative source of energy to the coal used to power the electricity in its Utah data center. Nelson and his boss,...
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The California Supreme Court on June 25 handed down a decision in favor of California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in American Coatings Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District. Read on
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The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre issued Report No. 27 on May 29, Harmonisation Framework for Indoor Products Labeling Schemes in the EU, which proposes to standardize chemical emissions labeling for indoor products, including paint and coatings, across the European Union. The Joint Research Centre serves a purely advisory role and its report is...
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We all carry in our bodies the legacy of our dependence on plastic products: 93 percent of U.S. urine samples contain bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used in the production of plastics and resins. Most of this exposure comes from food packaging. You may also recall the shift away from the use of BPA by Nalgene,...
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“Suddenly normally calm economists are talking about 1931, the year everything fell apart,” writes Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman in the New York Times. “The parallels between Europe in the 1930s and Europe today are stark, striking, and increasingly frightening, write Bradford DeLong and Barry Eichengreen in  the new preface to Charles Kindleberger, The World...
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Congress has six months to prevent the U.S. economy from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. If Congress does not act, on Jan. 1, 2013 a mix of tax hikes and $1.2 trillion in budget cuts are set to take effect, which the Congressional Budget Office says will likely throw the country back into...
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Rhode Island is now the fourth state after Oregon, California and Connecticut to embrace the PaintCare® program — the ACA and industry conceived platform for the proper and effective management of post-consumer paint. More at: http://paint.org/news/industry-news/item/906-rhode-island-governor-signs-paintcare%C2%AE-bill.html
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FDA will be soliciting comment on an amended version of Rep. Edward Markey’s (D-Mass.) third petition, which is asking the agency to ban BPA from epoxy resin coatings used in infant formula packaging. Read more
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The California Air Resources Board’s Consumer Product Rule requires that responsible parties report information on product sales and composition for the year 2011 and R&D efforts to achieve the 3 percent paint thinner and multipurpose solvent volatile organic compound (VOC) limits. More here
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Several large US companies tying executive compensation to sustainability performance, according to a report from The Conference Board. The report, “Linking Executive Compensation to Sustainability Performance,“ says shareholders are placing more value on corporate sustainability initiatives, and are becoming increasingly interested in linking such performance to executives’ compensation. Intel has linked sustainability performance to...
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“GMO Myths and Truths” is a new, evidence-based examination of the claims made for the safety and efficacy of genetically modified crops. The initiative for the report came not from campaigners but from two genetic engineers who believe there are good scientific reasons to be wary of GM foods and crops. One of the...
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Pesticides can endanger U.S. farmworkers, but thin layers of government protect them and no one knows the full scope of the environmental perils in the fields. The Environmental Protection Agency administers a protection standard, but the agency does not track pesticide exposure incidents nationwide. Please continue reading at: http://www.iwatchnews.org/2012/06/25/9159/farmworkers-plagued-pesticides-red-tape Sent with MobileRSS HD FREE
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Another major earthquake in Japan could mean a nuclear disaster 10 times the scale of Chernobyl. Without repairs, 10 times more cesium than has already been released by the Fukushima meltdown will go into the atmosphere. Depending on which way the wind is blowing, Tokyo could become uninhabitable. Please continue reading at: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3532725.htm
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Your city may have banned certain pest-killing chemicals, but they continue to quietly cause illness in society. The Ontario College of Family Physicians recently conducted a review of 142 studies on pesticides, and found their use is associated with disorders of breathing, brain development and reproduction. Please continue reading at: http://metronews.ca/food/276761/pesticides-still-affecting-our-daily-development/
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Women who started taking fertility drugs and went through IVF around their 24th birthday were found to have a 56 per cent greater chance of developing breast cancer than those in the same age group who went through treatments without IVF. Please continue reading at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2164261/IVF-increase-breast-cancer-risk-younger-women.html
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The foam in furniture sold in California has to meet flammability standards set by state regulators in 1975. The cheapest way for furniture makers do that is by using chemicals, many of which have been linked to health concerns, but are not banned. The State now has the chance to change that. Please continue...
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Big bucks are pouring in to high-tech, mass produced cook stoves for the developing world. But grassroots activists insist that a lower tech, open source model is still relevant. Please continue reading at: http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/how-grassroots-rocket-stove-moveme…
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Prof Chang, Dr Giannis, Prof Wang, Dr Rajagopal, and Dr Chen with the No Mix Vacuum Toilet./Promo image Science Daily titles their post New Toilet Turns Human Waste Into Electricity and Fertilizer; It’s based on a presser from Nanyang Technological University titled NTU’s new loo turns poo into power. Neither is accurate. What the scientists from...
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The coal-fired power industry in the U.S. is facing the biggest plunge in asset values in a decade, risking billions of dollars in pollution-control spending by utilities such as Exelon Corp. (EXC) and American Electric Power Co. (AEP) U.S. utilities are switching to burning gas for electricity and preparing to retire 33,000 megawatts of coal-fired generation after...
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An official from the government of Malaysia’s biotechnology investment agency BiotechCorp sent the blog an email today regarding their Malaysian ringgit (M$)170m (€42.3m, $53.3m) investment for a biorefinery complex in Kertih, in the Terengganu State, which is expected to attract foreign companies to set up shop for their cellulosic-based manufacturing facilities. The site will...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Americans’ net worth collapsed in recent years, but don’t blame the housing market for it all. A CNNMoney analysis of new Census Bureau data shows that if you strip out the effects of the housing collapse, median household net worth still fell by 25% between 2005 and 2010. The decline...
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The EPA is actually considering regulating chemicals under the law that was put in place in the 1970′s to regulate chemicals: Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Most environmental lawyers don’t even bother looking at TSCA because they assume that it gives them nothing to work with in terms of actually getting toxic chemicals out...
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 Here are the facts: the catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming on which Maurice Strong and his watermelon cohorts asked us to bet the world economy back in 1992 hasn’t happened. That’s why, at this Rio they’re playing down the “Climate Change” issue and concentrating on “Biodiversity” instead. But as Driessen and Rothbard note at Watts...
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Lockheed Martin will formally notify its 120,000 employees this fall that they may lose their jobs because of sequestration, said company chairman and CEO Bob Stevens June 19. During a press conference in Arlington, Va., Stevens said the Budget Control Act “is on the books, and the President has said he would veto” any...
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Dirty Dozen: The 12 to buy organic (in order of pesticide load, apples being the worst offenders). 1. Apples2. Celery3. Sweet bell peppers4. Peaches5. Strawberries6. Imported nectarines7. Grapes8. Spinach9. Lettuce10. Cucumbers11. Domestic blueberries12. Potatoes Clean Fifteen: Buying organic is more sound environmentally, but if you can’t, these options are less contaminated and don’t pose as much...
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A quickie, this is great: Next time someone tries telling you that without using such and such genetically engineered biotech crop we won’t be able to solve world hunger, just quote them some Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food: People are hungry not because there is too little food:...
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The conclusion most certainly makes sense: There’s more people on Earth that are eating more food than ever before. This, according to a new study published in BMC Public Health, could further drain the world’s natural resources. “Increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra half a billion people...
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1. Corporate profit margins just hit an all-time high. 2. Fewer Americans are working than at any time in the past three decades. 3. Wages as a percent of the economy are at their lowest since 1940 Please read full and follow at: http://www.businessinsider.com/corporate-profits-just-hit-an-all-time-high-wages-just-hit-an-all-time-low-2012-6
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The nuclear meltdown in Fukushima last year was a disaster in every sense of the word, and a reminder of just how dangerous nuclear power can be. But if anything good comes out of it, it might be this: In an effort to move away from nuclear power, Japan announced big, big plans this week to...
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The City of Waukesha, Wis. (pop. 70,718), which sits on the western edge of Metropolitan Milwaukee, has a bad problem with its water supply—radium. Radium is a cancer causer that gets into the water as aquifers get sucked dry. Please read full and follow at: http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/great-lakes-water-diversion/2012/06/20
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Abrahm Lustgarten, Pro Publica - Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation’s geology as an invisible dumping ground. “In 10 to 100 years we are going to find out that most of our groundwater is...
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Stuart at Early Warning has a look at global oil production trends - 2012 Global Fuel Supply Still Flat. I seem to be the only person paying much attention to this, but I still think it’s significant. May figures for global liquid fuel supply are out from OPEC and the IEA and they continue to...
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It is estimated that the world’s population will reach 9.3 billion people by 2050, which raises significant questions as to how exactly we are going to feed such a massive number of people — and according to a new report from the University of Exeter, the answer is to eat less meat. The researchers...
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eBay recently announced that it’ll be teaming up with Bloom Energy as part of its “bold new vision for powering commerce with clean energy.” The online retail giant announced that it will be powering its flagship data center in Utah using a Bloom Energy fuel cell farm as its primary power source. eBay obviously...
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Despite large, lush open spaces like Central Park, New York City is the stereotypical concrete jungle – a dense synthesis of buildings, roadways, machines and human flesh that leaves little in the way of nature. Small urban gardens tucked on the top of ten-story apartment buildings do little to change that. The Plant-In City...
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Although it’s known to kill bacteria, selenium has never been tried as an antibacterial coating for implanted medical devices … until now, that is. Engineers from Rhode Island’s Brown University have applied coatings of selenium nanoparticles to pieces of polycarbonate – the material used for things like catheters and endotracheal tubes – and then...
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Ireland-based B9 Shipping has started work on a full-scale demonstration vessel as part of its goal to design the modern world’s first 100 percent fossil fuel-free cargo sailing ships. Unlike most conventional large cargo vessels, which are powered by bunker fuel, B9 Shipping’s cargo ship would employ a Dyna-rig sail propulsion system combined with...
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The Energy Department today announced the publication of the draft Federal Renewable Energy Guide: Developing Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects at Federal Facilities Using Private Capital in the Federal Register for industry and agency comment. This Guide provides a project development framework to help federal agencies, private developers, and financiers coordinate on large-scale renewable energy...
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With all their focus on the consumer, Amazon lacks in some basic human rights areas: “On a 102-degree day, 15 workers in an Amazon warehouse collapsed from the heat, six of whom needed to be rushed to the emergency room.” “Despite a $5 billion cash reserve, Amazon donates nothing to charities — if an...
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You may just be more likely to find your car in the parking lot if you’ve briskly walked there. Why? Because your brain needs physical exercise as much as your body does. You can get a date without abs, but just try getting that attractive stranger to go out with you if you forget...
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Slugging it out in the debates over federal energy policies can be a thankless task, but sometimes you have a fun day. For example, Rep. Darrell Issa’s June 6 grilling of representatives from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics on their definition of “green jobs” is laugh-out-loud funny. Beyond the humor, Issa’s pointed questions...
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 From The Atlantic: Toronto has been aggressive about it: they have a new, comprehensive green roof law, the first one in North America. Like all laws, it’s complicated, but new building permit applications for residential, commercial, and institutional developments must now have green roofs. New industrial developments (as of April 30, 2012) will soon have to be...
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If you’re feeling anxious about how U.S. kids lag the world in science and math, or just in a funk about politics or the mess in Europe, take in this story of a high school freshman from Crownsville, Md. who came up with a prize-winning breakthrough that could change how cancer and other fatal...
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Installing huge mirrors in space would help reverse global warming, but they would come at a price: less rain for the Americas and northern Eurasia. Previous studies have shown that geoengineering cannot restore both temperature and rain to previous levels. Read more http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428695.700-space-mirrors-will-dry-out-us-and-eurasia.html
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At first glance, Tianjin Eco-City looks much like any other upscale Chinese urban development, with its rows of identical apartment blocks, wide roads and manicured verges. In fact, it is being touted as a touted as a model for sustainable living in this rapidly urbanising and heavily polluted country. Read on athttp://news.yahoo.com/china-creates-model-sustainable-urban-living-174225496.html
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H.R. 4965 would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corp of Engineers (Corps) from finalizing or implementing guidance provided in the document entitled “EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Water Protected by the Clean Water Act.” That document was sent to the Office of Management and Budget...
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Coal consumption in the United States is contracting rapidly while in the global economy, it is growing as a fuel of choice.  President Obama presaged this development when he said that under his plans, building a coal plant would not be economically viable. Coal’s share of U.S. electricity is expected to fall to below...
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While renewable energy sources still provide a small portion of the world’s power needs, several new reports suggest the global community may be Click to enlarge www.gregor.us Global solar consumption, 2001-2011  underestimating the growth potential for the green energy sector. The Washington Post cited studies showing that global solar generation nearly doubled in 2011, with consumers using...
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While the lack of responsibility for the collateral damage may seem like the fault of too much government. We live in a culture where all the collateral damage from all the power sources are being left to the future generations. There is a simple solution to the nuclear power industry: repeal the laws that...
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H.R. 3668 would establish a new federal crime for trafficking in counterfeit drugs. As a result, the government might be able to pursue cases that it otherwise would not be able to prosecute.  Read more at: http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43330
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H.R. 4223 would establish new federal crimes relating to the theft of certain medical products. As a result, the government might be able to pursue cases that it otherwise would not be able to prosecute.  Read more at: http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43329
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S. 2276 would clarify when federal law enforcement officers who are indicted in a state court for actions taken while off-duty may transfer their cases from a state court to a federal district court. Under the bill, an off-duty law enforcement officer protecting an individual from violence, providing assistance to a victim of violence,...
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EERE offers webinars to the public on subjects ranging from how to adopt the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to training for the clean energy workforce. Webinars are free; however, advanced registration is typically required. You can also watch archived webinars and browse previously aired videos, slides, and transcripts. Full storyhttp://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=753
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The pot of money the Social Security Administration is using to cover disability insurance is projected to run dry in 2016. That means more than 9 million out-of-work disabled Americans, plus their spouses and children, who also qualify for benefits, would see their checks shrink 21 percent. As more and more people qualify as...
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$75,000 in grants will aid citizen-based monitoring projectsMADISON – Eighteen Wisconsin organizations and projects will share a combined $75,000 from the Department of Natural Resources for efforts using volunteers to carry out natural resources management projects including building bat houses and monitoring bat populations, assessing eagle populations, checking brook trout for gill lice and...
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H.R. 1171 would reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $4.9 million annually through 2015 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to carry out activities to reduce the amount of marine debris (such as plastic and lost fishing gear) in oceans...
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H.R. 3128 would expand the definition of a small institution, for purposes of this exemption, to include depository institution holding companies with total consolidated assets of less than $15 billion as reported on either December 31, 2009, or March 30, 2010. CBO estimates that the expanded definition would allow TruPS issued by one institution...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have announced a plan to connect veterans with disabilities to career opportunities in the water and wastewater sectors—such as at wastewater plants and drinking water facilities—as part of EPA’s Water Sector Workforce Initiative. EPA and the VA will work with...
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WDNR Video: More dairies are joining Wisconsin’s environmental leadership program, Green Tier. “Dairying is a huge part of who we are what we do in Wisconsin,” says Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp. “We recognize the importance of our dairy farmers and the industry, and want to highlight some important gains that help...
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An environmental survey of Lake Erie and other Great Lakes to be done this summer will, for the first time, identify how seriously micro plastics pollute the lakes, food supplies and even the world’s oceans. Please continue reading at: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/06/plastic_pollution_study_to_be.html
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A new study from Climate Central has revealed that although the continental U.S. has warmed by about 1.3°F over the past 100 years, the temperature rise is not the same everywhere. Some states are getting warmer than others due to natural variability and air pollution. According to the research, Arizona, Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the fastest-warming states in...
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A drumbeat of recent scientific studies emphasizes an increasingly alarming convergence of crises for Earth’s oceans. Among the impacts, the amount of plastic floating in the Pacific Gyre has increased 100-fold in the past four decades, and growing ‘dead zones’ in the world’s oceans. Please continue reading at: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/06/20126681156629735.html
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday urged the congressional debt committee not to propose any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. “This country does in fact have a serious deficit problem,” he said to about 200 people packed in the Senate Budget Committee room. “But the reality is that the deficit was caused...
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….In a car without stop-start, the battery has to start the engine when you leave for work and it can use the entire commute to recover the 400 to 600 amp-seconds of energy used by the starter. In a micro-hybrid with stop-start, the battery has to start the engine when you leave for work...
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Green Homes Image from Shutterstock The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that over 20,000 homes across the country have earned certification through the USGBC’s LEED for Homes program. Like the LEED certification program for government and business buildings, LEED for Homes is a national voluntary certification system that provides guidance and verification for homes that are designed and built to be energy- and...
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As we reported in March, coal currently accounts for less than 40% of US electricity production. But now new research from IHS CERA reveals that coal use in the US has dropped to the lowest level since 1949, as the nation switches to natural gas and cleaner, cheaper alternatives. This year, US utilities firms are forecast to burn...
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This is an update of air pollution from coal plants in the United States. Map of coal power by state. Note: about of third of the air pollution can go thousands of miles from the plant. There is more impact on air quality and health of those near the plants. Air pollution has been...
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The case that has rattled the nation’s renewable fuels industry began with some flashy cars. By last fall, federal prosecutors had charged Rodney R. Hailey with wire fraud, money laundering and Clean Air Act violations for selling $8.4 million worth of phony renewable fuel credits. Please continue reading at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bs-gr-biodiesel-fraud-20120616,0,4522039.story
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For years, Cleveland has flirted with a little-known technology for converting garbage into electric power, attracted by the idea of a green alternative to dispatching 230,000 tons of trash to Ohio landfills yearly and relying on coal-fired plants to supply Cleveland Public Power’s customers. Please continue reading at: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/06/from_waste_to_watts_clevelands.html
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Source: Social Science Research Network (University of Iowa Law School Review, forthcoming) The U.S. stands on the precipice of a financial disaster, and Congress has done nothing but bicker. Of course, I refer to the coming day when the undead walk the earth, feasting on the living. A zombie apocalypse will create an urgent...
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“When a floating dock the size of a boxcar washed up on a sandy beach in Oregon, beachcombers got excited because it was the largest piece of debris from last year’s tsunami in Japan to show up on the West Coast. But scientists worried it represented a whole new way for invasive species of...
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Do we change or does our environment change us? Chemical influence may be more of the root cause of this data… “As we age, the core of our biological being — the sequence of our DNA, which makes up our genes — remains the same. Yet recent research suggests that more subtle chemical changes...
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…”The State of Alabama and all political subdivisions may not adopt or implement policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in, or traceable to ‘Agenda 21,’ ” the law states, adding a brief background on the UN plan...
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… Across West Africa, 18 million people are at risk of hunger. Low rainfall and water levels, poor harvests, lack of pasture, and high food prices are all contributing to a food crisis. This phenomenon is far from new. In fact, this particular crisis is more challenging because people in Etta’s community are still...
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Although the general public hasn’t heard much about it, the EPA is preparing to issue so-called “Tier 3” regulations on automakers and refiners, which are even more stringent than the “Tier 2” standards announced in 1999 and fully implemented in 2006. As usual, EPA hasn’t given a satisfactory justification for the tightening of the...
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Researchers at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health recently published findings that pregnant women exposed to higher levels of PAHs (chemicals released into the air from the burning of coal, diesel, oil, gas and tobacco) more than doubled their risk of bearing children who would be obese by the age of 7. Please continue...
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