"In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad"
The shine of a new iPad and Apple's record profits come at a steep cost: the health of the Chinese workers who make them possible.
Source: NY Times, 01/26/2012
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"Wasting the Wastewater"
"Each day, American municipalities discharge treated wastewater back into natural sources at a rate that would fill an empty Lake Champlain within six months. Growing pressure on water supplies and calls for updating the ancient subterranean piping infrastructure have brought new scrutiny to this step in the treatment process, which is labeled wasteful and unnecessary by a spectrum of voices."
Source: Green (NYT), 01/26/2012
"Not All Wetlands Are Created Equal"
Artificially created wetlands may not really compensate well enough for the loss of natural wetlands they replace.
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"To many, it’s a familiar scenario: a strip mall suddenly pops up in what was once a desolate quagmire or boggy boondock.
Source: Green (NYT), 01/26/2012
"Judge Chambers Blocks Health Studies From Mine Permit Case"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge has sided with Alpha Natural Resources in the company's effort to keep testimony about West Virginia University studies linking mountaintop removal to birth defects and cancer among coalfield residents out of a legal challenge to one of Alpha's new mining permits."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/26/2012
"NRC Report Calls for New Nano Safety Research Strategy"
"Despite billions of dollars spent on nanotechnology research and development over the past decade, the human and environmental safety of nanomaterials remains unclear. As a result, a new nanomaterials safety research strategy is needed, and new governmental oversight is required to ensure the essential research is carried out, according to a report released [Wednesday] by the National Research Council (NRC)."
Source: Science, 01/26/2012
"Ice in Bering Sea Threatens Crab Fishery"
"Sea ice is encroaching unusually early on the central Bering Sea, threatening to grind Alaska's economically important snow crab fishery to a halt at the peak of the season, leaving crabbers facing major losses."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 01/26/2012
"Obama To Sell Energy Plan in Nevada and Colorado"
"President Obama will travel to Nevada and Colorado on Thursday to sell the public on the energy proposals he outlined in this week’s State of the Union address."
Source: E2 Wire, 01/26/2012
Some Secret CRS Reports You May Want To Read
Here, courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists, are some recent Congressional Research Service backgrounders that may be useful to environment/energy reporters, on chemical facility security, nuclear power plant design and seismic safety considerations, and proposed Keystone XL pipeline legal issues.
Obama Vows Disclosure of Toxic Fracking Secrets on Federal Land
Most current fracking operations happen on non-federal lands. But on federal lands, things are different — Obama intends to require disclosure of fluids as a condition of new leases for fracking on federal lands. If it takes place, this could push the ingredient lists further into the open.
E-Mail: White House Ordered Scientists To Lowball BP Spill Rate Estimate
The e-mail pressuring agency scientists was written by USGS Director Marcia McNutt, and was never meant to be made public. Against strong agency resistance, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility forced disclosure of the e-mail with a Freedom-of-Information-Act lawsuit.
