"Can BPA Make You Fat?"
"The food industry likes to portray obesity as a matter of personal responsibility: People who eat too much gain weight, and it's their own fault."
Source: Mother Jones, 05/31/2012
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"Repsol's Move Raises Questions About Cuba Offshore Oil Drilling"
"Spain's Repsol oil company announced Tuesday it was 'almost certain' to withdraw from exploration in Cuba, after spending an estimated $150 million on a dry well and seeing far more profitable prospects in other countries such as Brazil and Angola."
Source: Miami Herald, 05/31/2012
"Iran Tells of Oil-Industry Cyberattack"
"TEHRAN, Iran - Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures - cutting off Internet links to Iran's Oil Ministry, rigs, and the hub for nearly all the country's crude exports."
Source: AP, 05/31/2012
"RISK: If a Church Is Flooded 6 Times, Will the Lord Still Provide?"
"The answer to this question is unknown. What is known is that the U.S. government's flood insurance program has paid the First Apostolic Church of Rio Linda for six damage claims and will probably be on the hook again when another flood crests, which could be pretty soon."
Source: ClimateWire, 05/31/2012
"Citizens Plan Suit Against Hancock Coal-Ash Dam"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Local citizens on Wednesday threatened to sue FirstEnergy Corp. over a huge coal-ash impoundment along the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border, alleging the operation is polluting area streams, tainting groundwater, and violating federal waste disposal requirements."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 05/31/2012
Southern Great Plains Could Run Out of Groundwater in 30 Years: Study
"A new study looking at key aquifers beneath the Great Plains and California's Central Valley suggests that areas of Texas and Kansas are drawing groundwater at an unsustainable rate."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/31/2012
"On Climate Change, It's Money vs. Mouth"
"A number of major United States corporations publicly support climate change science but contribute heavily to politicians and research groups that deny or play down the threat of global warming, according to a new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists."
"The study found that ExxonMobil, General Electric, Caterpillar and Boeing are among companies that play both sides of the fence, supporting groups that promote climate change science as well as those that seek to undercut it."
Source: Green (NYT), 05/31/2012
Justice Department Says Citizens Can Record Police Activity
The JD said that individuals have a First Amendment right to record police officers in the public performance of their duties. It also said police can not seize or destroy such recordings without a warrant and due process.
Clear Channel Mounts FBI Billboards Promoting Trade Secrecy
Claims of trade secrecy — often unsubstantiated — are a huge barrier to environmental reporters and others trying to find the truth about chemicals that may harm human health and the environment. But the FBI's billboards urge Americans to be vigilant against corporate insiders who may appear suspicious, and presumably to turn them in.
Data.gov Keeps on Giving Gifts to Gumshoe Reporters
The federal Data.gov, while not perfect, has grown over three years especially strong in datasets from federal agencies that deal with the environment, energy, natural resources, health, and science. Many of them are downloadable, so that you can crunch them on your own computer. Several are map layers or geo-tagged in some way. See a few randomly chosen examples here.
