"Civil Rights Leaders: Heat Can Have Disproportionate Impacts"
"As the heat wave continues, some civil rights leaders say high temperatures pose a particular threat to poor, minority communities."
Source: WAMU-FM (DC), 06/10/2011
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"Electrical Fire Knocks Out Spent Fuel Cooling at Nebraska Nuke Plant"
"A fire in an electrical switch room on Tuesday briefly knocked out cooling for a pool holding spent nuclear fuel at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant outside Omaha, Neb., plant officials said."
Source: ProPublica, 06/10/2011
"Chevron Feels the Heat at Annual Shareholder Meeting"
"At Chevron's annual general meeting Wednesday, the oil giant's chief executive John Watson, the Board of Directors and shareholders were greeted by over 150 activists, who traveled to San Ramon from throughout the world. They came from Angola, Indonesia, Nigeria, Alaska and Ecuador to share their stories of the human and environmental degradation Chevron had unleashed in their communities."
Source: ENS, 05/27/2011
"Japan Accident Renews Focus On Spent Fuel In U.S."
The Japanese nuclear disaster is a reminder that the storage of spent fuel in temporary facilities across the United States may be a disaster waiting to happen.
Source: NPR, 04/07/2011
"Where Will 'Amber Waves of Grain' Grow in a Climate-Changed World?"
"Giving new meaning to toasted wheat, a team of agricultural researchers has spent the past three years and almost a million dollars installing electric heaters over wheat fields in the desert of Maricopa, Ariz."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/30/2011
"Heat Damages Colombia Coffee, Raising Prices"
Coffee yields from Columbia are declining and prices are rising, because of warmer, wetter weather. Many scientists think global warming is responsible.
Source: NY Times, 03/10/2011
Maine Gov on BPA: 'Worst Case Is Some Women May Have Little Beards'
The debate in Maine and the US at large over BPA, an estrogen-disrupting chemical common in plastics, may be shaped by a comment of Maine's newly elected, Tea Party-backed GOP governor, Paul LePage. "The worst case is some women may have little beards," he said.
Source: Bangor Daily News, 02/24/2011
EPA Compromises on Industrial Boiler Toxic Pollution Rule
"The Obama administration scaled back toxic air rules on heavy industrial boilers, a sign it may be willing to compromise with businesses and Republicans on future air pollution rules."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2011
"Green Roof Collapses in Illinois"
"Green roofs have become increasingly popular in the United States as a way to beautify and insulate buildings and reduce heat pollution in urban areas, but last week one drew attention for a far different reason: it collapsed."
Source: Green (NYT), 02/21/2011
Regulators Won't Disclose Spill-Response Info on Oil-Sands Pipeline
"Federal regulators have declined to release emergency response details and worst-case spill estimates for a pipeline system that carries Canadian oil-sands crude to the United States, drawing charges of excessive secrecy from the advocacy group that sought the data."
Source: Greenwire, 02/07/2011
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