New Data Site Maps "Dirty Energy Money"
Oil Change International invites you to look up campaign donations from energy companies to members of Congress with data sourced from the Center for Responsive Politics and the Federal Elections Commission.
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EPA Begins Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
The system, proposed during the first months of the Obama administration, was delayed when it faced heavy opposition from industry groups and Republicans. In response, EPA reduced the number of businesses that need to report their emissions.
NASA Takes a Pass on Scientific Integrity Policy Improvement
An Aug. 5, 2011, NASA memo says the agency's existing policies are so good they don't need improving — yet the policies do not offer any clear guarantee that reporters can talk to NASA scientists without permission and supervision from the public affairs office.
SEJ Comments On NOAA Science Policy; Seeks More Openness
In formal comments, SEJ stated that the section of NOAA guidance policy requiring advance public affairs approval of media interviews — and minders sitting in on those interviews — thwarts open communication between scientists and reporters, which is "unacceptable in a free society."
"Environmental Law Violations Found at Scores of Tribal Schools"
"Hundreds of Native American children attend schools that haven’t properly disposed of hazardous waste, haven’t contained asbestos in heating systems, and whose water systems exceed the maximum allowable level for arsenic in tap water – conditions barred under federal environmental laws."
Source: iWatch News, 08/24/2011
"U.S. East Coast Alerted To Hurricane Irene Threat"
"The U.S. put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend."
Source: Reuters, 08/24/2011
Official: U.S. in Early Talks About Int'l Nuclear Leasing Arrangements
"Department of Energy officials have spent weeks trying to knock down reports that they have been interested in building a nuclear waste repository in Mongolia.
Now, the Obama administration is going a step further, disclosing that what DOE hopes to do is 'lease' uranium from other countries, then return the spent fuel to the originating country.
Source: Greenwire, 08/24/2011
"Corrosion Questions Hound Canada-To-U.S. Oil Pipeline"
The tar-sands oil entering the pipeline in Alberta contains a small amount of water. Whether this will cause corrosion of the pipeline is a question that has brought high emotions and little actual study.
Source: Greenwire, 08/24/2011
"Fishing Gear Is Altered to Ease Collateral Costs to Marine Life"
"BOSTON — In the world of environmental regulation, where the hope is to write rules that both industry and science can live with, few areas are as contentious as fishing. Especially on the East Coast, fishermen attack scientists as mired in bottomless ignorance about how fish are actually caught. Scientists sometimes describe fishermen as racing to catch the last fish, regardless of the harm to vanishing species."
Source: NY Times, 08/24/2011
"Above All Else, Eastern Quake Rattles Nerves"
"Of all the things there are to worry about, earthquakes are fairly low on the list for those on the East Coast. So it was startling, just as the lunch hour was ending Tuesday and workers in a broad area of North America were settling back into their cubicles, when floors began to shake and chairs rocked."
Source: NY Times, 08/24/2011
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