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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Michele Bachmann Tea Party Rally - An Honest Man's Perspective

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Today I spoke with a man who attended the Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally near the capitol in Washington DC. He was an honest man. ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

No Time to Lose on Climate Change!! Angela Merkel Lectures the US Congress

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"We all know, we have no time to lose." These are the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel today in an address to a joint sess...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Auto Industry Worried Chemical Regulations in US Will Look Like Europe's REACH Program

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As Senator Lautenberg prepares to introduce chemical control reform legislation in the US, possibly as early as this month, some in the auto...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Revised Senate Climate Bill Released Today - Plus the EPA Analysis

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Today the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) released a “chairman’s mark” of the climate bill s...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Chemical Industry Wants Input to Changes in US Chemical Control Policy

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Representatives from the chemical industry are calling for a more formal process for the development of a new chemical regulation policy in ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Apparently even George Bush felt that Greenhouse Gases needed to be regulated

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"U.S. EPA released a long-sequestered document on global warming today showing the George W. Bush administration had concluded in Decem...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

EPA Administrator Jackson Offers More Insight into the "Essential Principles" for TSCA Chemical Control Reform

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Administrator Jackson, with a small entourage that included Steve Owens, the new Assistant Administrator for the Office of Prevention, Pesti...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

More Americans Win Nobel Prizes

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It's that time of year again...Nobel Prize week. Each day the Nobel Prize committee will announce the winners of this year's awards...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

New Report Updates Climate Change Science - It's Getting Worse, Faster

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In anticipation of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the International Alliance of Research Universities has issued a report p...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

EPA outlines "Essential Principles" for TSCA Chemical Control Reform

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Previously I have reported on EPA's shutting down of the voluntary ChAMP program of chemical control priortization. We've been wait...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Senate Climate Change Bill Expected September 30th

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It appears that Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer Sources will finally introduce climate change legislation on Wednesday, September 30th...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Are biodegradable plastics the answer to the Pacific gyre?

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Not long ago I posted here about a continent of plastic circulating in the Pacific gyre, and how slow degradation of some plastics may actu...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Fake "Experts" Touted by Climate Denialists (A Series): Paul Chesser

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"Paul Chesser is a special correspondent for The Heartland Institute." That in itself should immediately bring into question Mr. C...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Natural Fix?: The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation

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The title of this post is also the title of a new report from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The bottom line = The abi...
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