White House 'Asian Carp Czar' Plans Eradication of Species
In an interview, White House "Asian Carp Czar" John Goss outlines his plans for removing the invasive species from the threatened Great Lakes ecosystem.
Source: NPR, 10/11/2010
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"North Jersey Superfund Cleanups Plagued by Errors, Cutbacks"
"Since the [Superfund] program was launched 30 years ago, only three of the 13 [hazardous waste] sites in Bergen and Passaic counties have been fully cleaned. Eight sites have been on the list for more than 25 years."
Source: Bergen Record, 10/11/2010
"Nuclear Road Trip: Shipping Uranium A Complex Task"
"A shipment of bomb-grade uranium arrived at a secure facility in Russia Monday, sent from a research reactor in Poland as part of a race to secure dangerous radioactive material around the world. There was no way to mistake the shipment for something innocuous like Polish sausage — the trucks were escorted by heavily armed police officers and plastered with large radioactive signs."
Source: NPR, 10/11/2010
"Hungary Races To Build Dam Amid New Sludge Threat"
"Workers raced to build an emergency dam in western Hungary on Sunday as cracks in a reservoir widened, threatening to unleash a second torrent of toxic sludge on the village of Kolontar and nearby rivers."
Source: Reuters, 10/11/2010
"Economy Sandbags Plans for Nuclear Reactors"
Plans for one of the first new nuclear power reactors in decades -- a third unit at Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, were put on hold by Constellation Energy. The Energy Department said the project is so risky that Constellation must pay high fees if it wants the U.S. taxpayers to guarantee construction loans. But those subsidies were not high enough for Constellation. The demise of its poster child raised questions about the so-called "nuclear renaissance."
Source: NYTimes, 10/11/2010
"Global Climate Rally Attracts Thousands"
"Environmental campaigners planted trees, collected rubbish and rallied against pollution on Sunday for what organisers aimed to make the world's biggest day of climate-change activism."
Source: AFP, 10/11/2010
"Global Warming Summit Heads for Failure Amid Snub by World Leaders"
"World leaders have snubbed the next round of international climate change negotiations in Mexico next month amid fears the talks will collapse."
Source: London Telegraph, 10/11/2010
"Department of Energy Agrees To Hanford Cleanup Deadline"
"The Department of Energy and Washington State Department of Ecology have reached agreement on a consent decree that sets new court-enforced deadlines for emptying Hanford tanks of radioactive waste and treating the waste."
Source: Tri-City Herald, 10/08/2010
"Groups Accuse 2 Ky. Coal Companies of Fraud on Pollution Reports"
"Four environmental advocacy groups said Thursday that they have found widespread fraud in water pollution discharge monitoring by two of Kentucky's coal companies."
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, 10/08/2010
"White House Pushes Back on Spill Report"
"The White House is pushing back against the draft reports the National Oil Spill Commission released Wednesday on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that included scathing criticism of the administration's handling of the disaster. The reports' harshest criticism was directed toward the administration's handling of information about the size of the spill and the extent of the damage."
Source: Mother Jones, 10/08/2010
