"Worms Produce Another Kind of Gold for Growers"
"SONOMA, Calif. — Under rows of old chicken sheds, Jack Chambers has built an empire of huge metal boxes filled with cattle manure and millions of wriggling red worms."
Source: NY Times, 01/03/2013
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"Farmer Cites Religious Issues in Raw Milk Case"
"A Sauk County [Wisc.] farmer headed for trial on criminal charges related to the sale of raw milk has rejected a plea bargain that could have kept him out of jail and has raised religious freedom objections in the case."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01/03/2013
"Climate Coverage, Dominated By Weird Weather, Falls Further in 2012"
"In a year of strange weather worldwide, climate change reporting by the world's journalists fell another 2 percent, according to DailyClimate.org's archive of media coverage. But there were some surprises."
Source: Daily Climate, 01/03/2013
"Sandy Aid: John Boehner Promises Votes As Soon As Friday"
"WASHINGTON -- It was just Wednesday morning that lawmakers were lining up on the House floor to slam House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for delaying a vote on a relief package for Hurricane Sandy victims until the next Congress, with some Republicans even vowing to vote against Boehner for House speaker over the matter."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/03/2013
"Shell, Coast Guard Seek to Salvage Grounded Alaska Rig"
"The U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Dutch Shell were fighting 70 mile-per-hour winds and 40-foot swells as they tried to assess damage to a floating oil drilling ship that ran aground on a remote Alaskan island."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/03/2013
Why Does Congress Keep CRS Reports Secret? One Possible Answer
Congress' motives for the nondisclosure bear scrutiny. Is it merely to sound smart or hog the glory of releasing them? A recent report by Manuel Quinones in E&E Daily suggests another motive: fiddling with inconvenient truths (or untruths).
Do Mainstream Media Disclose "Experts'" Links to Oil and Gas Industry?
Too often stories fail to disclose such industry ties, which might call into question the experts' objectivity. The Checks and Balances Project, an energy watchdog group, did an analysis of coverage in 60 publications over a five-year period with very interesting results.
EPA Withdraws Rule on Reporting Cadmium Health Studies
EPA had on December 3, 2012, published a final rule requiring reporting of unpublished cadmium-related health and safety studies by manufacturers and importers. This rule prompted industry objections, resulting in EPA's withdrawal of the rule less than 2 weeks later.
At Industry Urging, White House Buries Report on Toxic Threats to Children's Health
If you want to know the latest on what chemicals might give your kids learning disabilities, asthma, and other health problems, the White House Office of Management and Budget intends to keep you in the dark. It has buried since March 2011 the 3rd edition of EPA's report "America's Children and the Environment."
"When Fracking Came To Suburban Texas"
"Residents of Gardendale, a suburb near the hub of the west Texas oil industry, face having up to 300 wells in their backyards."
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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