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EPA tangles with Texas in battle over air quality.
A more assertive Environmental Protection Agency is demanding that Texas tighten its pollution rules, drawing the ire of companies and some of the state's political leaders. Wall Street Journal. 21 November 2009.
Bitter fight developing over sugar beets.
Virtually the entire sugar beet crop in the United States is genetically engineered to protect it from herbicides. Now, a lawsuit claiming the biotech beets pose a risk to other varieties could threaten sugar production. MarketPlace. 21 November 2009.
Hacked e-mails fuel climate change skeptics.
Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change. New York Times. 21 November 2009.
Regreening Africa.
No matter what happens at Copenhagen or beyond, the world is locked in to decades of temperature rise and the associated climate impacts: deeper droughts, fiercer floods, more pests. How populations in the global South adapt to these changes will help decide whether millions of people live or die. Nation. 21 November 2009.
Obama plans quick action on black lung, new MSHA chief says.
The Obama administration plans action "in the next couple of weeks" on a program to tighten dust limits in underground coal mines and take other steps "to end black lung disease," the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Friday. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. 21 November 2009.
Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually.
After decades of focus on the upside of cancer screening, public health experts are increasingly reevaluating the wisdom of administering routine cancer screening tests to millions of asymptomatic people. Los Angeles Times, California. 21 November 2009.
More conflict of interest problems for NIH.
The National Institutes of Health is not paying close attention to how institutions are managing potential conflicts of interest by their NIH-funded researchers, according to a report released Nov. 19 by the Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services. Chemical & Engineering News. 21 November 2009.
When solving H1N1, flu facts are in short supply.
The flu returns every season and the world periodically experiences catastrophic pandemics, but epidemiologists still do not understand why some strains evolve to infect people and others do not. Newsweek. 21 November 2009.
In Ukraine, much panic and politicking over H1N1 virus.
One night at the height of the panic over what people here call the California flu, Ukraine's prime minister rushed to the airport to greet a shipment of Tamiflu as if it were a foreign dignitary. Washington Post. 21 November 2009.
Where's the clean energy?
Feed-in tariffs transform the economic function of the electrical grid: no longer is it a centralized technological embodiment of corporate power and hierarchy. Perhaps that's what's keeping feed-in tariff legislation from spreading in the United States. Nation. 21 November 2009.
Leading British climate centre hacked.
One of Britain's leading climate-research centres has had more than 1,000 files stolen from its computers and republished on the Internet. Nature. 21 November 2009.
Hackers steal electronic data.
Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics. Washington Post. 21 November 2009.
Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists.
Climate change sceptics allege the emails provide "smoking gun" evidence that some of the climatologists colluded in manipulating data to support the widely held view that climate change is real, and is being largely caused by the actions of mankind. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 21 November 2009.
Growing crops in buildings proposed as solution to world's food woes.
Vertical farms would grow crops hydroponically, or perhaps aeroponically, using a mist of nutrient-laden water. Is it an elegant solution to pressing problems related to the food supply, or another example of putting too much faith in technology? CBC Canada. 21 November 2009.
Punish Newmont Now, EPA told.
Nature Aid Ghana has called on the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately impose sanctions against Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. mining company for its negligent cyanide spill last month that polluted waterways and killed fish. Ghanaian Chronicle, Ghana. 21 November 2009.
Private sector defeats efforts to protect environment.
Indonesia is fighting a losing battle in protecting the environment against abuses by powerful business interests according to two former state environment ministers. Jakarta Post, Indonesia. 21 November 2009.
Celebrity gardener to appeal 'extreme' bail conditions.
Celebrity gardener Peter Cundall and others charged after being arrested during a Hobart anti-pulp mill protest have been banned from entering the city's waterfront area as a condition of their bail. Australian Associated Press. 21 November 2009.
Congress scrutinizes US chemicals policy.
Chemical manufacturers and environmental activists agree that the nation’s primary law for ensuring the safety of industrial chemicals needs reform, but differences over how much change is necessary were evident this week. Chemical & Engineering News. 21 November 2009.
USDA puts beetle shots on menu.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will exclusively use trunk injections to treat trees that could become infested with the Asian longhorned beetle, a USDA spokeswoman said yesterday. Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Massachusetts. 21 November 2009.
Department of Environmental Conservation gets Niagara message.
The message to state environmental regulators was clear Thursday night—stop treating Niagara County as New York’s toxic waste dump. Buffalo News, New York. 21 November 2009.
New York pedicabs are now inspected and licensed.
From bohemian beginnings in the mid-'90s came an unlikely pairing: green transportation and unbridled capitalism, a pollution-free way around town that, in good times, earned its proprietors upward of $1,000 a week. New York Times. 21 November 2009.
Pennsylvania residents sue gas driller over polluted wells.
Pat Farnelli and her neighbors are plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleges Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. polluted their wells with methane gas and other contaminants, destroying the value of their homes and threatening their health. Associated Press. 21 November 2009.
EPA ruling unlikely to affect AVX.
Efforts to strengthen cleanup standards for trichloroethylene pollution probably will not impact Myrtle Beach-based AVX Corp. because any new regulations would not be retroactive, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Myrtle Beach Sun News, South Carolina. 21 November 2009.
New ballast water permit protects Great Lakes.
Wisconsin will join New York, Michigan and Minnesota in regulating ballast water but the Wisconsin permit sets some of the highest standards in the country to encourage the industry to reduce permanent damage to the Great Lakes from invasive species. Duluth KDLH/KBJR TV, Minnesota. 21 November 2009.
Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump.
Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River. Associated Press. 21 November 2009.
Uranium mill may be built in Paradox Valley.
The first uranium mill to be built in the United States in at least 25 years is now before Colorado officials, who have a little more than a year to act on it. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Colorado. 21 November 2009.
FAA changing departure procedures at SM Airport.
There could be fewer delays and less pollution emitting from Santa Monica Airport and Los Angeles International Airport as the FAA prepares to roll out new departure rules aimed at cutting down idling on runways. Santa Monica Daily Press, California. 21 November 2009.
Radiation overdoses found at second hospital.
A second hospital in Los Angeles County has discovered that patients were receiving overdoses of radiation from CT scans used to diagnose strokes. Los Angeles Times, California. 21 November 2009.
Great American Smokeout 2009: Which states have most smokers?
Those promoting Thursday's Great American Smokeout 2009 have their work cut out for them. That's because cigarette use among Americans, after declining for decades, has remained virtually unchanged for five straight years, according to the CDC. Christian Science Monitor. 21 November 2009.
Right response on public water.
We're glad to see the Health Department moving to eliminate the danger from untreated drinking water systems. Denver Post, Colorado. Editorial, 21 November 2009.
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