"BP Says It Didn't Violate Probation in North Slope Spill"
"BP Monday pleaded not guilty to probation violations relating to its criminal conviction for a major North Slope oil spill in 2006."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 12/22/2010
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"Study: Asthma Hits Poor Minorities Worst in California"
"Asthma rates are on the rise in California, but the condition disproportionately affects low-income children and adults, according to a study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research."
Source: TIME, 12/22/2010
"Canada Vows Stricter Look At Oil Sands Pollution"
"Canada said on Tuesday it will design a system to better monitor whether northern Alberta's huge oil sands projects are polluting waterways after an independent scientific panel found major flaws in the current monitoring system."
Source: Reuters, 12/22/2010
"House Passes Overhaul of Food Laws"
"The House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a long-awaited modernization of the nation’s food safety laws, voting 215 to 144 to grant the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over food production."
Source: NYTimes, 12/22/2010
SEJ's 21st Annual Conference
Shark tagging, coral reef and Everglades exploration, a deep-freeze collection of biomedical samples from the ocean, rising sea levels, oil and water... this is just a taste of topics lining up for tours, concurrent and plenary sessions at SEJ's 2011 Annual Conference hosted by the University of Miami.
DEADLINE: AGU Science Journalism Awards
Sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, the Perlman and Sullivan awards annually recognize excellence in Earth and space science news and features reporting, respectively, each with a $5,000 prize. The Cowen Award celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on Earth and space sciences (awarded every other year). Nominations due Mar 31, 2025.
"Helping the Hidden Homeless in Rural Md."
As Christmas approaches former tobacco country in rural Prince George's County, Maryland, a food bank helps poor people living in trailers, discarded campers, and even tents. It's not just food, blankets, and clothing that they need. They need kerosene, propane, heating oil, and firewood. They do not qualify for federal low-income fuel assistance. They do not have plumbing or electricity. It is 23 degress outside and they are 23 miles from the White House.
Source: Wash Post, 12/21/2010
"WikiLeaks: Hackers Tried To Infiltrate U.S. Climate Negotiators"
"A diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks reveals that hackers launched a sophisticated attack against United States climate negotiators about the same time the Climategate hacking of scientists happened last year."
Source: Think Progress, 12/21/2010
US Plotted Getting Activists To Destroy EU GM Crops: Wikileaks
"Reacting to a French pledge to represent the 'common interest' in considering biotech foods, a former US ambassador recommended publishing a 'retaliation list' of European locations where genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were being grown in hopes that activists would destroy them and 'cause some pain' for officials, a leaked diplomatic cable shows."
Source: Raw Story, 12/21/2010
"U.S. Ethanol Industry Faces Subsidy Battle Next Year"
"U.S. ethanol makers face a battle over reforming subsidies next year after current incentives are rolled over in the tax package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 12/21/2010
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