"Univ. of Texas Will Review Gas Study After Conflict Questions Raised"
The University of Texas says it will commission and independent review of a fracking impact study.
Source: Dot Earth, 07/26/2012
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"Senate Committee Approves Tougher Chemical Reporting Bill"
"WASHINGTON — Chemical companies would need to provide more health and safety information about their products and regulators would have more authority to force harmful substances off the market under legislation approved along party lines Wednesday by a Senate committee."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 07/26/2012
"Buzzkill: EPA Rejects Beekeepers’ Pesticide Petition"
"Beekeepers in the U.S., looking for a way to stop or slow the die-offs devastating their industry, are watching their options dwindle along with the bees. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected a petition [PDF] that beekeepers and environmental groups filed back in March asking EPA to stop sales of clothianidin, a pesticide believed to be harmful to bees. EPA said use of the chemical does not present an “imminent hazard” — the requirement to suspend registration of a pesticide."
Source: Grist, 07/26/2012
PEER Charges Secrecy in Denials of National Park System Status to 3 Trails
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is charging the National Park Service with duplicity for multiple reasons regarding demotion of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England Trails, which collectively span 6,020 miles.
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Were Carbon-Tax Meetings Secret? Maybe Not
The blog "Right Side News" took a shot at a meeting hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, which had in fact been covered in several articles in E&E News publications.
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FDA E-Mail Tracking Included Reporters
The Food and Drug Administration secretly captured e-mails of FDA employees suspected of whistleblowing for agency laxity in protecting the public — but ended up also reading correspondence with reporters, lawyers, and Congress.
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EPA Withdraws CAFO Database Rule
EPA says it could instead compile a database partly from information collected by some states. But that information is often spotty and inconsistent — which will make it hard for EPA to compile it and even harder to make useful conclusions from it. And the withdrawal may make it harder to get the information disclosed.
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"Northwest States Declare War on Wild Pigs"
"When a bunch of wild pigs showed up around C.J. Strike in 2009, Idaho wildlife officials began to sweat."
Source: McClatchy, 07/25/2012
"Cut Air Pollution, Buy Time To Slow Climate Change: US"
"Cutting soot and other air pollutants could help 'buy time' in the fight against climate change, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday as seven nations joined a Washington-led plan."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2012
"A Low-Key Debut for a New N.R.C. Leader"
"Cordial and generally noncommittal, Allison M. Macfarlane, the new chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, gave her first testimony before Congress on Tuesday without reiterating some of the positions she has taken in the past on nuclear waste."
Source: Green/NYT, 07/25/2012
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