Outsiders target Indian land for risky business

By Joe Eaton

Outsiders target Indian land for risky business

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"… €ť said Jeff Besougloff, Associate Director of the EPA’s American Indian Environmental Office.Senator Barbara Boxer and Representatives Wally Herger and Mike T …"

"… m vulnerable to Environmentally hazardous projects. At Cortina, the Wintun Environmental Protection Agency (WEPA) is charged with enforcing its own regulations o …"

Multiple safety failures identified in chemical explosion

By Jim Morris

A new report on a 2008 explosion at a West Virginia pesticide factory offers a chilling account that raises questions about safeguards at th

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"… ade name Temik — of which MIC is an ingredient. In an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency last August, the company said it would stop making ald …"

Congress ponders corn ethanol tax credit as production of plant waste ethanol lags

By Jim Morris

A 2007 federal law envisioned a bright future for cellulosic ethanol, an environment-friendly fuel made of wood chips, switch grass, corn st

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"… d be produced annually by 2011.Things haven’t gone according to plan.The Environmental Protection Agency projected this week that production would reach a mere …"

"… it redundant, said Sheila Korth, a legislative and policy analyst with the Environmental Working Group. The Government Accountability Office agreed in a 2009 rep …"

"… for corn-growing and water pollution from pesticides and fertilizers, the Environmental Working Group says.Nonetheless, farm-state supporters of corn ethanol, a …"

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Global scientists express concern about flame retardants

By Jim Morris

A published statement by 145 scientists from 22 countries expresses new worries about the health effects of flame retardants used in mattres

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"… so questioning the chemicals’ efficacy.The statement, published today in Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed journal, says that brominated and c …"

"… orm of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, which severely limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to require testing of new and existing che …"

EPA says new rules coming for chemicals in dyes, detergents

By Jim Morris

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would issue new rules for three chemicals used in dyes, flame retardants, laund

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"… one month later so members can campaign ahead of the November election. …"

Senate bill aims to tighten regulation of oil spill dispersants

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

Reacting to health worries about chemical dispersants used in the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg intro

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"… rank Lautenberg introduced legislation on Wednesday that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to test such compounds and disclose their ingredients. …"

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25 years after Bhopal, U.S. plant still using same toxic chemical

By M.B. Pell and Jim Morris

Earlier this week, seven former executives of Union Carbide India Ltd. were convicted of “death by negligence” and sentenced to two-year jai

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"… eople went to the hospital. According to a 1993 report commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency, the release went undetected by workers because a high …"

Expert: New toxic chemicals report “unprecedented”

By Jim Morris

In a new report, the President’s Cancer Panel emphatically reinforced what public health officials and activists have been saying for decade

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"… t. The stories will focus on the failings of the primary regulators -- the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration …"

Local officials say they’re in the dark on dangerous freight rail traffic

By Jim Morris

Sixty-two cities in the United States have been deemed “high threat urban areas” by the Department of Homeland Security, meaning they’re sus

Farm subsidies still missing from USDA’s data-rich website

By Jim Morris

The Agriculture Department says it makes farm subsidy data available to anyone who asks, but turning the data into something useful is tedio

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"… on. …"

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