Monday, July 18, 2005

[Risk management] OMB Watch Wins in Court for Access to Risk Management Data Environment--United States Source: OMB Watch/Right to Know Network Just Released, OMB Watch Wins in Court for Access to Risk Management Data "After almost four years of silence, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated information on Risk Management Plans (RMPs) filed by facilities with large quantities of hazardous chemicals onsite, in order to inform communities about the risks. The agency released the information to OMB Watch after the organization sued EPA for failing to respond to its request filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). OMB Watch has posted the executive summaries of the RMPs on its Right to Know Network website." See Also: Search Updated RMP Data [ResourceShelf] 1:45:28 PM Google It!    [Environmental health] Body Burden -- The Pollution in Newborns. Neonates--Pollution Source: Environmental Working Group Body Burden -- The Pollution in Newborns "In a study spearheaded by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in collaboration with Commonweal, researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood from 10 babies born in August and September of 2004 in U.S. hospitals. Tests revealed a total of 287 chemicals in the group. The umbilical cord blood of these 10 children, collected by Red Cross after the cord was cut, harbored pesticides, consumer product ingredients, and wastes from burning coal, gasoline, and garbage." [ResourceShelf's DocuTicker] 1:42:54 PM Google It!    [Energy policy] Picking Up The Energy Check For Future Generations While politicians bicker over billions to put solar panels on roofs and regulators consider spending billions more on smart meters for almost every California house and business, Energy Circuit Editor J.A. Savage considers whether the rewards justify the price tags, 7/15/05. By editorial@californiaenergycircuit.net. [SEJ: Environmental Journalism Today] 1:40:43 PM Google It!    [Landfills] Sprawling Landfills Causing A Stink Some Texas residents are upset with landfill management and sprawling towers of trash, which, in one case, have turned into 700 feet of pure waste that is creeping into neighboring yards. Details from Adrienne Lee of the Austin Daily Texan, 7/18/05. [SEJ: Environmental Journalism Today] 1:39:51 PM Google It!    [Water] Santa Clara Valley Water District Related Links An excellent source of information on a broad variety of water topics. 1:38:06 PM Google It!    [USEPA] Help Wanted -- To Help EPA Spruce Up Its Image Felicity Barringer of The New York Times writes the EPA's research office wants to hire outside P.R. consultants, at a cost of up to $5 million, to polish its Web site, organize focus groups and ghostwrite articles, 7/18/05. [SEJ: Environmental Journalism Today] 1:32:53 PM Google It!    [Corporate sustainability] What Do You Want to Do? Dave Pollard has an interesting post about the contrast between a book on starting your own socially and environmentally responsible business by a British entrepreneur, and his own book on the same subject. [How to Save the World] 1:09:14 PM Google It!    [Hybrid cars] Students Turn Trash into Gas for Hydrogen-Powered Car A smelly trash dumpster may not seem like the most promising place to find parts for an experimental, hydrogen-powered car. But that's exactly where some imaginative engineering students from Oklahoma recently found a bit of refuse that helped them win a big international prize. [NPR Topics: Environment] 1:03:12 PM Google It!    [Arctic pollution] Research: Bird Droppings Major Source of Arctic Pollution Seabird droppings -- not particles carried by the winds -- are the major source of pollutants in some parts of the Arctic. This discovery could lead to a better understanding of global pollution patterns. [NPR Topics: Environment] 1:02:38 PM Google It!    [Hybrid cars] DOE and USCAR Invest $195 Million in Energy-Efficient Vehicles DOE and the U.S. Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), a cooperative research organization formed by the "Big Three" U.S. automakers, have agreed to invest up to $125 million in advanced batteries for vehicles, boosting their total joint investments to $195 million over five years. [EERE Network News] 1:00:15 PM Google It!    [Hybrid cars] "Take This Car and PLUG IT" In its current issue, the IEEE Spectrum runs a news piece on the emergence of plug-in hybrids as an important technology and market phenomenon. [Green Car Congress] 12:52:18 PM Google It!    [Environmental health] Lead Paint Experts Face a Barrage of Subpoenas A paint company sued by the state of Rhode Island has demanded raw and even unpublished data sets from several researchers so that the court can review scientific claims involving the health hazards of lead paint. Author: Jocelyn Kaiser [Science: This Week's News] 12:45:57 PM Google It!

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