Californians Could Use Cell Phones to Track Air Pollution
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
LiveScience.com – SAN FRANCISCO – Rather than using cell phones to just snap
photos of friends or the occasional celebrity sighting, phone users in
California may get the chance to track levels of harmful black soot near their
workplaces and homes.
EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – The Obama administration took separate actions this week to protect clean air and federal wilderness areas, reaffirming that the White House can pursue its goals without depending on help from an increasingly combative Congress.
Californians Could Use Cell Phones to Track Air Pollution
In Christmas tradition, Gulf Coast birds counted
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – As dawn breaks on the Gulf of Mexico, Hans Holbrook and Chris Brantley stomp onto the beach in rubber boots, telescopes and tripods slung over their shoulders, alert for signs of birds.
Fed board: Keep companies from oil spill evidence
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – The credibility of the investigation into the Gulf oil spill is being undermined because representatives of companies that made or maintained a key piece of evidence — the blowout preventer — have had too much access to it as it is being analyzed, a federal board says.
Obama to regulate carbon from power plants
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – US President Barack Obama’s administration said it will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a climate change battle with a skeptical new Congress.
Stephen Baldwin sues Kevin Costner in BP Oil drama
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
Reuters – In the midst of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by BP drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, a number of news outlets got a bunch of yuks with news that Kevin Costner was the potential savior for the crisis — that his company, CINC (“Costner in Nevada Corporation”), had developed a technology that separated oil from water
Denmark cancels Australian toxic waste shipment
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – Denmark is cancelling planned imports of hazardous chemical waste from Australia for disposal following public opposition, the environment minister said Thursday.
EPA taking over greenhouse gas permits in Texas
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it is taking the unprecedented step of directly issuing air permits to industries in Texas, citing the state’s unwillingness to comply with greenhouse gas regulations going into effect Jan. 2.
For many Gulf oil spill victims, a glum Christmas
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – Even before the Gulf oil spill, Jennifer Reddick was just getting by, living paycheck to paycheck as she tried to support six children on the $400 a week she made working part time as a deckhand and shrimp net maker.
Obama gives ‘lump of coal’ to polar bears: activists
December 26, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – Environmental groups on Thursday accused US President Barack Obama’s administration of failing to ensure the survival of polar bears after it stopped short of listing the animals as endangered.
