Senate Panel Head Says Clean Energy Bill, Oil Subsidy Repeal Unlikely
The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says the Senate is unlikely to pass either "clean energy" legislation or a repeal of oil subsidies.
Source: Greenwire, 05/17/2011
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"Japanese Officials Ignored or Concealed Dangers"
Japanese authorities for years discounted and ignored warnings that precisely the kind of quake-tsunami disaster that happened at the Fukushima plant could happen at other nuclear plants.
Source: NY Times, 05/17/2011
Climate Denial Study Gets Pulled After Charges of Plagiarism
"Evidence of plagiarism and complaints about the peer-review process have led a statistics journal to retract a federally funded study that condemned scientific support for global warming."
Source: USA TODAY, 05/17/2011
"EPA Delays Rule on Industrial Emissions"
The Obama administration has decided to delay a rule that would cut emissions from power plants at major industrial facilities, the most recent in a series of decisions since the midterm election to postpone controversial environmental regulations and steer a more business-friendly course.
Source: LA Times, 05/17/2011
One Fish, Two Fish: New Technologies for Counting Fish
Assessing fish populations has always been an inexact science. But new technologies could help to more accurately “count” fish and know whether or not fisheries are indeed healthy. Join us on June 18, 2011, for an afternoon of talks by two innovators in the field, as well as an opportunity to tour the New Bedford Whaling Museum and a reception with New England Science Writers.
"Noise Pollution Hard On Heart As Well As Ears"
"According to a recent study, noise pollution could be costing lives. A World Health Organization report finds Western Europeans lose years to death or disability from excessive sound."
Source: NPR, 05/16/2011
"Noxious Odor Plagues Poor Desert Communities"
"The source is a Coachella Valley soil-recycling plant on tribal land, regulators say. Operators defend their enterprise, but agencies have cracked down."
Source: LA Times, 05/16/2011
"Climate Change To Create a Dustier Southwest"
"A warmer Southwest might very well mean a dustier Southwest."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/2011
Gulf Science Teams Offer Conflicting Reports on Health of Red Snapper
"Despite the reports of diseased fish that are circulating among some commercial anglers and within scientific circles, Alabama researchers fishing within 15 miles of Dauphin Island Thursday caught more than 300 red snapper and found no sign of infection."
Source: Mobile Press-Register, 05/16/2011
Illinois: "County Mulls Sealant Ban"
"WOODSTOCK, Ill. -- The paving industry closely is watching McHenry County as its officials consider a ban on toxic asphalt sealants commonly used on driveways."
Source: Northwest Herald, 05/16/2011
