Friday, March 4, 2011

Eight Scientific Organizations Offer Expertise to Solve New Chemical Testing Questions

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The testing of chemicals for health and safety has been a big issue for a long time, but recently there has been heightened awareness of the...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Study Suggests the Pacific Northwest Could Lose All Lodgepole Pine Trees Due to Global Warming

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A new study in the journal Climatic Change by scientists at Oregon State University suggests that the Pacific Northwest, a cherished old-gro...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program to "Ensure the Requirements are Practical"

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The deadline for reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is March 31, 2011.  Or not.  Yesterday the EPA announced that it was " extend...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

European Chemicals Agency Publishes Evaluation of REACH Chemical Registrations

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By now readers should know that REACH is the EU's chemical control law, the Registration Evaluation Authorization (and Restriction) of C...
Monday, February 28, 2011

With No Federal Action, Wal-Mart Takes the Lead in Banning Chemicals - Is Retail Regulation the Future?

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Is retail regulation the wave of the future?  At this site I have talked a lot about the attempts to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Book Review - The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming, by Roger Pielke, Jr.

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Since the Pielke's (father and son) are often in the climate discussion news, I figured this would be a good book review to post here....
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Even Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are Affected by Climate Change

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I have spoken about the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the past.  The Convention is an international effort to re...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

US Chemical Makers to Seek Authorization for Continued European Use of Phthalates Under REACH Regulation

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As noted previously the European Commission has announced that "six substances of very high concern will be banned within the next th...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

ECHA Says - Time to Start Preparing Chemical Authorization Applications Under REACH

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I mentioned last week that the European Commission had formally published the first six chemical substances onto Annex XIV of REACH, the R...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

House Republicans Vote to Repeal Climate Science Funding

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In a vote held just before 2 am ET, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted Saturday to eliminate the United States' contribut...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

EPA Administrator Jackson Makes Trip to Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia)

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The following is the text of an EPA press release dated February 18, 2011. ******************************************** On Friday, Febru...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Lautenberg Confirmed as Senate Subcommittee Chair - Reaffirms Commitment to TSCA Chemical Reform

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It's official.  Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey has been confirmed as the continuing Chair of the Environment and Public Works Su...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

First Set of Chemical Substances Ready to be Phased Out (aka banned) by Europe's REACH

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The first six chemical substances to be given the hangman's noose, er, put on the REACH authorization list, have been announced by the E...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

New Endocrine Disruptor Chemical Bill Introduced in House by Ed Markey

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Actually, its a reintroduction of a bill he introduced in the last Congress.  Last year it was H.R. 5210 and was glued into another bill tha...
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