"Testing for Toxics at Schools Sparks Questions, Lawsuits"
Intensified monitoring for toxics in the air around certain schools has only raised more questions about health effects -- and some lawsuits.
Source: USA TODAY, 09/14/2009
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"California Air Officials Nix Polluting Dairy Energy"
"Some dairy farmers are investing in machines that turn gases from cow poop into usable energy. The technology keeps potent climate change gases out of the atmosphere. But ... some California farmers are getting into trouble with air pollution officials."
Source: Living on Earth, 09/14/2009
"Environmental Groups Spar Over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products"
Lawyers for a long-established sustainable forest products label are challenging the legitimacy of another label backed by the paper and timber industry.
Source: NYTimes, 09/14/2009
"India Says Not a Disaster If Copenhagen Climate Talks Fail"
"India's environment minister said the country will not agree to binding emission targets and that it would not be a disaster if global climate change talks in December fail."
Source: Grist, 09/14/2009
"Baucus Makes a Grab for Climate Bill"
After he finishes health legislation, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus will stake a claim of jurisdiction on the climate bill.
Source: Politico, 09/14/2009
Clean Water Law Neglect Causes Suffering
"In the last five years alone, chemical factories, manufacturing plants and other workplaces have violated water pollution laws more than half a million times. The violations range from failing to report emissions to dumping toxins at concentrations regulators say might contribute to cancer, birth defects and other illnesses. However, the vast majority of those polluters have escaped punishment."
Source: NYTimes, 09/14/2009
"EPA Limits Three Pesticides To Protect Salmon"
"The federal government, acting to protect endangered fish, is setting up new rules to limit where and when orchardists, farmers and others can use some common pesticides. ... The rules, coming from the Environmental Protection Agency, follow from a decision last year by the National Marine Fisheries Service to require limits on three common pesticides -- chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion -- in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 09/14/2009
"EPA To Scrutinize Dozens of Mining Permits"
"Dozens of coal-mining permits proposed across Appalachia need much more scrutiny because of concerns they will illegally damage water quality, the Obama administration said Friday."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 09/14/2009
Proposed Bylaws Changes
To: All SEJ members
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"Cass Sunstein Confirmed 57-40"
"Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s pick to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, was confirmed handily by the Senate just now by a vote of 57 ayes to 40 nays."
Source: Washington Independent, 09/11/2009
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