 | |
| Above the fold. News aggregated by www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org | Read today's editorials |
| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. Descendants of slaves hold out against coal mining in Texas town. Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community — nearly all descendants of slaves. Now, just weeks from her 102nd birthday, Finley faces the prospect of losing the land worked by her husband and his parents to a coal mining company. Associated Press Lead poisoning killing loons in Maine. Lead poisoning from fishing gear is the leading cause of death in adult loons in Maine, and a Bay State animal medical examiner is the main voice behind a law passed earlier this year by the Maine Legislature that banned lead fishing sinkers and jigs, identified as the major culprit behind poisoning. Portland Press Herald, Maine. Shrinking role for nuclear power in US energy mix. The pending closure of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station is the latest in a string of planned plant retirements that many industry analysts say forecast a shrinking role for nuclear in the nation’s energy mix. Boston Globe, Massachusetts. [Subscription Required] New radiation hotspots found at Fukushima Daiichi. Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced the discovery of contaminated spots in new parts of the compound where the water is stored, while radiation levels jumped to highly dangerous levels in another part of that area where readings were previously lower. Wall Street Journal [Subscription Required] Ohio state calls a new play for football: the compost route. With thousands of fans roaring above them, the Ohio State University Buckeyes burst into Ohio Stadium on Saturday. High in the scarlet and gray bleachers above them, students were asked to help with a different goal: eliminating garbage. Washington Post [Registration Required] Connecticut takes on wood furnances. Connecticut's Attorney General's Office has joined with five other states - Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Vermont - and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency in Washington to push the federal Environmental Protection Agency to write new regulations governing these furnaces. Danbury News Times, Connecticut. 15 killed and 25 injured in ammonia leak at Shanghai seafood refrigeration plant. An accident at Shanghai Weng's Cold Storage Industrial Company left 25 people requiring hospital treatment for the effects of caustic gas, including five in a critical condition, local authorities said. Beijing News, China. Beijing issues new measures aimed at curbing air pollution. The Chinese capital unveiled yet another slew of measures on Monday to curb a choking pollution problem, including limiting the number of new vehicles on the roads and closing or upgrading the facilities of 1,200 companies. Reuters Greening the brownfields. As China's galloping economy slows to a stride, experts are realizing the economic and environmental benefits of extending existing buildings' use by up to 20 years rather than destroying them and building hundreds of new towers in their place. China Daily Life expectancy gap growing between rich and poor women. Life expectancy for women at 50 has improved, but the gap between poor and rich countries is growing and could worsen without better detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease and cancers, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Reuters In Paso Robles, California, vineyards' thirst pits growers against residents. With little if any rainfall, the Paso Robles region must rely on an ancient aquifer for water. As the water table drops and wells go dry, residents seek to curb use by the area's increasingly popular wineries. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Rim fire now the fourth-largest blaze in California history. The Rim fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park became the fourth-largest blaze in California history as it grew to 348 square miles Sunday, officials said. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Specter of more fires looms in Indonesia. Fires related to agricultural management in Sumatra have largely abated after a massive, sudden spike last week, but the outbreak offers a hint of things to come as the Indonesian island enters the heart of the dry season. Wall Street Journal [Subscription Required] Protests in Romania against shale gas, Canadian gold mine. Thousands of people took to the streets of Romania on Sunday to protest against shale gas exploration and a controversial Canadian gold mine project using cyanide. Agence France-Presse Biofuel project funded by UK ‘leaves Africans without food.’ Thousands of people in one of Africa’s poorest countries are going hungry because of a biofuels “land grab” by a firm that receives funding from the Department for International Development, a charity claims. The Independent, United Kingdom. Breaking the mold. In 2010 Kenyan authorities reported that 2.3 million bags of corn harvested in that country had been contaminated with fungal poisons known as aflatoxins. Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa’s goal is to make Africa “aflatoxin-safe” using both proven and innovative strategies. Environmental Health Perspectives Coalition details plans to protect reef. Australia's federal coalition has outlined its long-term plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The Reef 2050 Plan includes a $40 million trust fund that will be used to reduce crown-of-thorns starfish, improve coastal habitat and boost water quality. Australian Associated Press Neighbors sue rural Georgia city to fix sewer system. Residents in Rochelle, Ga., say they've been living with sewage spills for years, but their complaints to the city have been dismissed. But now eight people sued the city in U.S. District Court seeking to force it to fix the 48-year-old pipes on the north side of town where most of the rural city's black residents have lived for decades. Associated Press Ohio communities home in on brownfield revitalization. Although West Lafayette, Ohio, has protections in place, a carcinogenic agent that has been making its way toward the village aquifer is still a concern. The substance - trichloroethene, or TCE for short - is leftover from the old Penn-Michigan plant. Coshocton Tribune, Ohio. Experts say most polluted part of the bay of Green Bay can be rehabbed. Just because it is called a "dead zone" does not mean Green Bay's most polluted area is being buried and forgotten. Experts say the newly identified zone - so badly polluted that it is uninhabitable for fish and other wildlife - can be restored and resurrected. Gannett News Service More news from today Shortcuts to stories from today about The good news, Avian flu, Climate, Children's health, Air pollution, Cancer, Reproductive disorders, Endocrine disruption, Birth defects, Learning and developmental disabilities, Immune disorders, Environmental justice, Superfund, Water treatment/sewage, Food safety, Integrity of science, Green chemistry. You can also read last weekend's news. Plus: If you were on vacation last week, don't miss last week's top stories... Would you like to display the news stories from EnvironmentalHealthNews.org on your own web site? Check out our RSS feeds. Compiled by Environmental Health Sciences | |
No comments:
Post a Comment