Climate facts — and fancy

By Chris Hamby

Truth and fiction, from God’s role to the culpability of cows

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… s have reached a broad consensus on global warming. A 2010 report from the National Academy of Sciences found, for instance, that “climate change is occurring, is caused largel …"

Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… substances: antimony, boron, cadmium, selenium, mercury. In July 2006, the National Academy of Sciences identified 24 potentially hazardous metals in coal ash. And the list is li …"

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… in the release.In September, the Chemical Safety Board contracted with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a $575,000, congressionally mandated study of MIC at the Instit …"

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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

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… Chemical Safety Board has been soliciting public comments to prepare for a National Academy of Sciences study of MIC and perhaps other highly toxic chemicals. John Vorderbrueggen …"

Coal ash debate now moves to minefilling

By Kristen Lombardi

Ever since that disastrous late December coal-ash spill in Eastern Tennessee, Congressional attention has focused on one federal agency — th

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… rization of the proposed rule. “We feel it addresses the concerns of the National Academy of Sciences,” he told Papertrail, referring to the Academy’s July 2006 report on m …"

EPA toxic chemicals bill likely on hold until after election

By Chris Hamby

The way the Environmental Protection Agency evaluates the risks posed by toxic chemicals is badly in need of an overhaul, but any change wil

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"… emicals under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act.A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences offers a roadmap to update the EPA’s process of assessing chemical hazar …"

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Dispute in Pennsylvania town highlights EPA's coal ash dilemma

By Amy Biegelsen

It was a windy Friday morning last December when Gary Kuklish stepped out of the post office in the tiny coal town of LaBelle, PA, looked do

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… s its effect on his neighbors is quite the opposite.A 2006 report from the National Academy of Sciences found 24 potentially hazardous metals in coal ash — like arsenic and cad …"

Rep. Rahall champions new fed oversight, but opposed it in 2000

By Kristen Lombardi

The lack of federal regulation for coal ash has become something of a Congressional cause célèbre since that disastrous late December coal a

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"… w to regulate coal ash. Groff said Rahall also helped initiate a July 2006 National Academy of Sciences report on the dumping of coal ash in mine pits, which notes the need for f …"

Science panel has “low confidence” in Homeland Security’s risk analyses

By Amy Biegelsen

The Department of Homeland Security is using the wrong mathematic approach to assess the risk of terrorist attacks, which means that “only l

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… ice or to park a bomb sniffing dog at every airport.A committee within the National Academy of Sciences — the scientific advisory organization chartered by Congress — found D …"

"… ond to a request for comment about the report.Game theory a better toolThe National Academy of Sciences panel’s core recommendation: DHS should move away from “probabilistic …"

"… ier, a professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who advised the National Academy of Sciences panel in the early phases of its 15-month study, points out that the DHS t …"

"… he two years since the National Academies began its review."FAST FACT: The National Academy of Sciences panel that produced the 148-page report was led by John Ahearne, a nuclear …"

In health, like everything else, men and women really are different

By Amy Biegelsen

Health studies still do not adequately root out differences between men and women, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sc

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Academy of Sciences":

"… out differences between men and women, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.In the past, researchers concerned with how a study might damage a fetus o …"

"… -tech exporter and foreign companies obtaining 51 percent of U.S. patents (National Academy of Sciences)The number of subprime mortgages originated in 2000-07 that were seriously …"

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