EPA Vows 'Flexibility' on Overflows in Victory for Strapped Cities
A new EPA guidance promises flexibility in enforcing sewage overflow limits on cash-strapped cities who can not afford to upgrade their systems.
Source: Greenwire, 11/03/2011
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"House Panel To Vote on Phantom EPA Dust Rule"
Republicans in a House subcommittee will vote Thursday to stop enforcement of a nonexistent rule on dust which EPA says it has no intention of ever issuing.
Source: Wash Post, 11/03/2011
Other Information Access News in Brief
Climate scientist Michael Mann wins bid to join emails lawsuit; BP and other Gulf oil spill CEOs won't testify before House committee; Republican House freshmen disappointed by Supercommittee's secrecy; Obama admin to issue disclosure rules for fracking on federal lands; WRI/Transparency Int'l panel on climate policy corruption, Nov. 3, 2011, in DC; proposed FOIA rule would let gov't deny existence of records; and bill to improve pipeline safety and increase access to info passes Senate.
DocumentCloud: New Tool for Gumshoe Reporting
If you do investigative reporting, you probably rely often on large numbers of documents to make your case. This new, free tool can help you manage the evidence in a way that supports your story and helps you move seamlessly from research to publication.
Corps Puts Searchable National Levee Database Online
Levees have huge environmental and human impacts, but are often neglected by news media until disaster strikes. The NLD should make reporting both routine and crisis stories a lot easier. The bad news is that after several years of work by the Corps, only a small fraction of all the levees in the US have been entered into the database.
Chinese Hackers Launched Summer Offensive On US Chemical Industry
"Dozens of chemical companies and other industrial firms worldwide were hit this summer by highly focused cyberattacks controlled by Chinese hackers, according to a new report."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 11/02/2011
Feds Glossed Over Cancer Concerns in Rush for Airport X-Ray Scanners
"Today, the United States has begun marching millions of airline passengers through the X-ray body scanners, parting ways with countries in Europe and elsewhere that have concluded that such widespread use of even low-level radiation poses an unacceptable health risk. The government is rolling out the X-ray scanners despite having a safer alternative that the Transportation Security Administration says is also highly effective."
Source: ProPublica, 11/02/2011
"Bluff Collapse at Power Plant Sends Dirt, Coal Ash Into Lake"
"Oak Creek - A large section of bluff collapsed Monday next to the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, sending dirt, coal ash and mud cascading into the shoreline next to Lake Michigan and dumping a pickup truck, dredging equipment, soil and other debris into the lake."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/02/2011
Anti-XL Activists To 'Encircle' White House on Nov 6: Robert Redford
"Hollywood legend Robert Redford has starred in his second anti-Keystone video in less than two weeks. And this time he is advocating encircling (not occupying) the White House on November 6 to show President Barack Obama the 'people's' opposition to TransCanada's $7-billion pipeline.
Source: Financial Post, 11/02/2011
"Officials Unveil $80M Cleanup Plan of Passaic River"
"NEWARK — The first steps in a Superfund cleanup of massive dioxin deposits in the Passaic River were unveiled by officials today."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 11/02/2011
