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Over 800 EPA scientists report political interference in their work, survey says
More than 800 U.S. EPA scientists reported some form of political interference in their work in the last five years, according to a survey of EPA staff by the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS sent out some 5,500 questionnaires to EPA scientists and received some 1,580 responses; over half the respondents asserted they had experienced […]
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Snippets from the news
• U.S. EPA scientists report political interference with their work. • Atmospheric methane and CO2 levels are through the roof. • Utah governor doesn’t want Italy’s nuclear waste. • More than 40,000 comments have come in on Cape Wind. • Canada’s emissions growth tops the G8. • Florida wants to curb ocean sewage dumping. &bull […]
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Monopoly game gets hip to renewable energy
Photo: goat_girl via Flickr Refuse to play Monopoly because you fear Electric Company sources its power from coal? Fear not! Game-maker Hasbro is updating everyone’s favorite interminable game, and in the Here and Now: World Edition, Water Works and Electric Company will be replaced with Wind Energy and Solar Energy. It’s “a nod to the […]
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Ontario plans to ban garden pesticides
Photo: Laura Gibb The province of Ontario plans to ban the sale and use of garden pesticides. The legislation would keep lawn-owners in Canada’s most populous province from using more than 70 chemicals present in more than 300 products. Critics cry double standard, though, as Ontario’s golf courses, farms, and forests would be exempt from […]
