Mining Firm Buries Opposition in Azusa, Calif.
"Residents believed they could stop Vulcan Materials Co. from shifting its operations within the city's foothills. But in a special election, voters gave the go-ahead."
Source: LA Times, 01/31/2011
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"EPA Moves to Curb Pesticide Tests on Human Subjects"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tight restrictions on using people as test subjects — or, as critics have put it, guinea pigs — in pesticide research."
Source: FairWarning, 01/31/2011
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SEJ Finds New Ways To Help Journalists Pursue Their Stories
SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel explains how a co-worker talked her into joining SEJ in 1994, and convinced her to attend the Provo, Utah, conference. Like many other SEJ members, it was the conference experience that hooked her. Here it is 16 years later, and she's still passionate about SEJ and feels privileged to be serving as SEJ president.
"U.S. Farmers Get Approval To Plant GMO Alfalfa"
"The United States said on Thursday farmers could proceed with planting genetically altered alfalfa without any of the restrictions that opponents say are crucial to protect organic and conventional farm fields from contamination."
Source: Reuters, 01/28/2011
"Pledge on Sharks Proved Hollow, Report Says"
"Many of the world’s top shark-fishing nations have yet to develop plans to manage and conserve dwindling shark populations, despite a 2001 pledge to do so, a new report from two conservation groups says."
Source: Green (NYT), 01/28/2011
"Koch Industries Unamused by Climate Spoof"
"From the sometimes bizarre front lines of the climate-change culture wars: It seems the brothers Koch, proprietors of the giant, Kansas-based industrial conglomerate and well-heeled supporters of Tea Party causes, have now set their sights on a group of anonymous pranksters who spoofed a Koch Industries press release last month — one that suggested the brothers were having a change of heart on climate change."
Source: Green (NYT), 01/28/2011
"Soot Crackdown Lags as EPA Wrestles Other Deadlines"
"U.S. EPA's air division has made headlines under President Obama for its push to limit greenhouse gases and toxic pollution, but the busy office is running late with new limits on asthma-inducing soot, close observers of the rulemaking process say."
Source: Greenwire, 01/28/2011
"Brazil Approves Building Of $17 Billion Amazon Power Dam"
"Brazil's environment agency approved on Wednesday the start-up of the Belo Monte power dam, a controversial $17 billion project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists."
Source: Reuters, 01/28/2011
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