Feds Cleanse Web of Fake News on Acai-Berry Diet Scam
Some of the sites used the logos of major news organizations to fool users into thinking they were reading real news reports.
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Obama Mulls Ordering Federal Contractors to Disclose Campaign Contributions
Contractors are a powerful force in many corners of the environment and energy beat, and their trade associations are often players in the regulatory and legislative dealmaking that can shape US policy.
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Energy Markets Partly Blinded by EIA Budget Cuts
In response to deep cuts in its budget, EIA announced that it would not be able to compile and publish products like its ongoing estimates of US oil reserves. In fact, EIA will not even be able to continue its investigation of whether speculators are driving up oil prices.
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"EPA: After $330M Cleanup, Libby Remains Contaminated with Asbestos"
"The potential for public exposure to dangerous levels of asbestos in the contaminated mining town of Libby [Mont.] remains a concern to federal health officials, according to preliminary results of a risk-assessment study announced Tuesday, more than a decade after cleanup operations began."
Source: Missoulian, 05/04/2011
"The Men Who Struggled to Bring You the Electric Car Hit the Screen"
As all-electric cars are just arriving in showrooms, there is a new movie out called "Revenge of the Electric Car." It's by Chris Paine, who directed the 2006 documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
Source: ClimateWire, 05/04/2011
"Conservation Groups Sue Chicago Water District Over River Pollution"
"A coalition of conservation groups has made good on its threat to take the owners of Chicago's sewage treatment plants to court over the foul stuff they have been discharging into the Chicago River for more than a century."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/04/2011
"Report Sees Sharper Sea Rise From Arctic Melt"
"The ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 5 feet this century, dramatically higher than earlier projections, an authoritative international assessment says."
Source: AP, 05/04/2011
'Anti-Environmental' House Freshman Leads Charge Against Clean Water
"Just months into his first term, Rep. Bob Gibbs admits he has much to learn. But the Ohio Republican holds strong reservations about environmental regulation in general."
Source: Greenwire, 05/04/2011
"Big Oil's Big Pay Day"
"The oil giants — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, and Shell—recently released their first quarter reports. Together, the big five's profits were 38 percent higher in the first quarter of 2011 than the same period last year."
Source: Mother Jones, 05/04/2011
"BP Agrees To Penalty in North Slope Spill Lawsuit Settlement"
"BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has agreed to pay a $25 million civil fine to settle a federal lawsuit over the largest-ever oil spill on Alaska's North Slope, according to a proposal filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Tuesday."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 05/04/2011
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