"Obama and Oil Drilling: How Politics Spilled Into Policy"
Interviews suggest that politics initially blinded the Obama administration on oil drilling.
Source: Wash Post, 10/14/2010
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BBC Told To Ensure 'Balance' on Climate Change
"Climate change sceptics are likely to be given greater prominence in BBC documentaries and news bulletins following new editorial guidelines that call for 'impartiality' in the corporation’s science coverage."
Source: London Telegraph, 10/14/2010
Indian Group Makes Offer To Revive Canadian Asbestos Mine
"An Indian consortium has made an offer to buy one of Canada's last remaining asbestos mines and extend its life."
Source: Canadian Press, 10/14/2010
"Photo Shows Apparent Leak Before Hungary Spill"
"BUDAPEST, Hungary — An aerial photo taken months before a gigantic reservoir unleashed torrents of toxic sludge shows a faint red trail trickling through the container wall — part of a growing body of evidence that inspectors who gave the pit a clean bill of health may have missed warning signs."
Source: AP, 10/14/2010
"Australia Joins Other Countries in Banning Endosulfan"
"A[n Australian] federal government agency has banned pesticides that use the toxic chemical endosulfan, reversing earlier rulings that said it was safe if used correctly."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 10/14/2010
"Pa. Board OKs New Safety Rules for Gas Drilling"
"A set of proposed regulations to modernize safety in Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry and force drillers to disclose the chemicals they use cleared a first procedural hurdle Tuesday."
Source: AP, 10/14/2010
"Group finds Lead in Walmart, Target Children's Products"
"Tests have revealed high levels of lead in children's products sold at Walmart and Target, a consumer group working with the California attorney general's office said today."
Source: AP, 10/14/2010
"C.D.C. Girds for Climate Change"
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced their first-ever direct grants to states and cities to study the potential effects of climate change in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 10/14/2010
"Oil Drilling and the Senate Clinch Hold"
Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, who held President Obama's nomination for OMB director hostage over the deepwater drilling ban, has said she will now hold it hostage until she is satisfied with the pace at which drilling permits are granted.
Source: NYTimes, 10/14/2010
Climate, Deforestation, Corruption Drown Pakistan
"Tariq Yousafzai, a water and environmental engineer with detailed knowledge of his country's water infrastructure, sees evidence of climate change in the flood disaster that inundated one-fifth of his country. But a more immediate concern of his is the massive deforestation that has silted up the waterways and left Pakistan more vulnerable to storms than ever. "
Source: ClimateWire, 10/14/2010
