Scam Artists Target Climate Scientists
"Fraudsters are targeting climate scientists with fake conferences in a bid to make cash and obtain details." Is it a ploy to plant spy programs on scientists' computers?
Source: BBC News, 01/20/2011
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"USDA Unveils New Green, Bio-Based Product Label"
"Eco-minded shoppers will soon see a new U.S.-approved label on many products, including household cleaners and skin-care items, made with bio-based ingredients."
Source: USA TODAY, 01/20/2011
"World's First EV Racing Circuit Green Flagged for Summer 2011"
"The EV Cup -- the world's first circuit race series for zero-emission electric vehicles -- will hold its inaugural season of seven races this summer and fall."
Source: ENS, 01/20/2011
"MSHA Outlines Key Problems That Led to Mine Disaster"
Federal investigators Wednesday outlined allegations of safety violations as the likely factors that combined to produce the huge explosion that killed 29 miners on April 5 at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine.
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/20/2011
"Arch Coal Finds a Passage to Asia"
Arch Coal's announcement of a second West Coast shipping terminal signals a trend toward increasing exports of strip-mined western coal to Asian nations like China, where demand outstrips supply. The implications for greenhouse emissions and accounting schemes for controlling them are huge.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 01/20/2011
SEJournal Winter 2010-11, Vol. 20 No. 4
In this issue: Twain's truths echo today; GOP wave alters enviro debate; lessons from "cap-and-trade" coverage; disaster recovery in flux; award-winning radio story on green architecture; SEJ launches new Diversity Task Force; nanosilver bacteria-eaters a new health concern.
NPS Offers Deal for Public at National Parks
Take advantage of the National Park Service's free admission days during National Park Week in April, first day of summer (June 21), National Public Lands Day (September 24) and the November 11-13 Veterans Day weekend.
AAAS Meeting: Source for Cutting-Edge Enviro News
Topics at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Feb. 17-21, 2011 in Washington, D.C., include climate change, energy, health, oceans, national security, nanotechnology, GMOs, religion, space weather and many more.
EPA Issues New Information on Old and New Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Some light bulbs require special handling to reduce toxic exposures. EPA's latest guidance for old fluorescent bulbs that contain PCBs and current generation CFLs that contain mercury both provide important fodder for consumer-awareness stories.
BLM To Disclose Names and Addresses of Grazing Rights Owners
Permittees and lessees of public lands are a key part of covering issues that involve grazing, hunting, public lands access, utility corridors, and related topics. The public comment period on BLM's proposal to identify these people closes Feb. 7, 2011.
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