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By Stephen Holzer, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 26, 2011 at 11:52:40

The fluorescent bulb-a dimmer future than first thought?

Posted on February 11, 2011
Beginning January 1 of this year, California began phasing out the traditional incandescent light bulb in favor of the fluorescent. However, according to Dailytech.com, "[a] multi-million dollar program by the state designed to evaluate the actual results has concluded that...

Global Warming Solutions Act halted-by environmentalists

Posted on February 11, 2011
California's sweeping plan under AB 32 (The Global Warming Solutions Act) to institute cap and trade and regulate "greenhouse gases" has been thrown out by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith. As SFGate.com recently reported: "The California Air...

EPA MOUNTAINTOP MINING REGULATION UNDER CHALLENGE

Posted on February 08, 2011
"Health care issues aren?t the only way some Democrats are looking to distinguish themselves. Manchin, for one, introduced a bill to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency?s recent ruling against mountaintop mining, and he?s won over two other Democrats, fellow...

EPA'S NEW GREENHOUSE-GAS REPORTING RULE

Posted on February 07, 2011
...which became effective 1/1/10 can be found at http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads09/GHG-MRR-Full%20Version.pdf. Enjoy the light reading.

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EPA TO REGULATE MILK SPILLS

Posted on February 07, 2011
According to The Wall Street Journal: "Two weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule that subjects dairy producers to the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure program, which was created in 1970 to prevent oil discharges in navigable waters...

Austerity pulling plug on Europe's green subsidies - The Globe and Mail

Posted on February 07, 2011
The Spanish and Germans are doing it. So are the French. The British might have to do it. Austerity-whacked Europe is rolling back subsidies for renewable energy as economic sanity makes a tentative comeback. Green energy is becoming unaffordable and...

$700 million for power research bought? bird and salmon studies? - OC Watchdog - The Orange County Register

Posted on February 05, 2011
The quest was a noble one: To develop, and help bring to market, new energy technologies that are better for the environment, provide greater system reliability and lower system costs, while furnishing ?tangible benefits to electric utility customers...

American Thinker Blog: California global warming regulations voided by judge (updated)

Posted on February 05, 2011
California's sweeping plan to institute cap and trade and regulate "greenhouse gases" has been thrown out by a San Francisco judge. SFGate.com reports: The California Air Resources Board violated state environmental law in 2008 when it adopted a comprehensive plan...

USDA Sides With GE Alfalfa | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural

Posted on January 30, 2011
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled back from issue regulations on genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa. Here are reactions, from Whole Foods Market to the American Farm Bureau. via www.dailyyonder.com

New paleo reconstruction shows warmer periods in Alaska over the past 3000 years | Watts Up With That?

Posted on January 29, 2011
For those worried about tundra melt and methane outgassing, this study might dampen those worries a bit. A new peer-reviewed study by Clegg et al. demonstrates that modern global warming is significantly less than the global warming experienced in the...

The New Light Bulbs Lose a Little Shine - WSJ.com

Posted on January 22, 2011
California utilities have used ratepayer funds to subsidize sales of more than 100 million of the bulbs since 2006, most of themmade in China. It is part of a comprehensive state effort to use energy-efficiency techniques as a substitute for...

Va. lawmakers look to stop climate change probe - wtop.com

Posted on January 19, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. - A power struggle is unfolding in Virginia over climate change research. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been taking the University of Virginia to court to get information on a climate change researcher who once worked at the...

Climate change study had 'significant error': experts - Yahoo! News

Posted on January 19, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) ? A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said Wednesday. The study was posted on the website of the....

Health Plague extensive, military considering stopping all use of lead-free ammunition (Norway)

Posted on January 18, 2011
(Dagbladet): One and a half years after the newspaper Dagbladet revealed major problems with the Armed Forces' new environmental ammunition, considering the military to stop the use of lead-free ammunition and reintroduce traditional lead balls. Defence Management admits that they...

Organic Product Consumer Base Holds Steady -FoodManufacturing.com

Posted on January 17, 2011
SHELTON, Conn.(PRNewswire) -- For the third straight year, the percentage of US consumers purchasing Organic products has held steady in the 38-39% range, reports Shelton, CT-based marketing research and consulting company, TABS Group, Inc. (www.tabsgroup...

Oh My! 2010 tied for 'hottest' year?! Relax, it is 'purely a political statement' -- Even NASA's Hansen admits it is 'not particularly important' -- Prof. mocks 'hottest decade' claim as 'a joke' | Climate Depot

Posted on January 14, 2011
UK Telegraph Headline Claim: ?Flood warnings: hottest year confirms global warming say experts -- Last year was the joint warmest on record, according to new figures from NASA, that experts say confirm the case for man-made climate change.? Climate Depot...

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

Posted on January 14, 2011
For the second day in a row, an active region on the far side of the sun is exploding and hurling CMEs into space. via www.spaceweather.com

Forecaster: Two phenomena responsible for world's bizarre weather ? This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Posted on January 14, 2011
The catastrophic weather events taking place across the globe ? from Brazil?s and Australia?s flooding to the Eastern United States? heavy snowfall ? have two likely explanations. Tony Barnston, lead forecaster at Columbia University?s International Research Institute for Climate and...

EPA Handing Out Millions in Taxpayer Money to Study Combination of Pollution and ?Social Stressors? in Poor Neighborhoods | CNSnews.com

Posted on January 13, 2011
(CNSNews.com) ? The Environmental Protection Agency is giving scientists at several universities $7 million in grants to study how pollution, in combination with ?stress? and other social factors, affects people in ?poor and underserved? communities. At a symposium in Washington...

EPA recommends nationwide tests for hexavalent chromium in your drinking water | OregonLive.com

Posted on January 13, 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday recommended that utilities nationwide test drinking water for hexavalent chromium. The new guidelines, issued to state water agencies and public water system managers, acknowledge the growing concern over the cancer-causing form of chromium, known...

AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Coldest January Since 1985 Could be Taking Shape

Posted on January 10, 2011
How widespread the cold air is across the U.S. through mid- to late month could make this the coldest January for the nation as a whole since 1985, according to AccuWeather.com Chief Long Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi. via www.accuweather.com When...

Atmosphere's self-cleaning capacity stable: study - Yahoo! News

Posted on January 07, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) ? An international team of researchers has found that the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself of pollutants and other greenhouse gases, except carbon dioxide, is generally stable. The study, published in Friday's edition of the journal Science, comes...

Dead Birds: Thousands of turtle doves fall from sky in Italy - National Cultural Oddities | Examiner.com

Posted on January 07, 2011
Witnesses in Italy said thousands of turtle doves fell from the sky, Wednesday, Jan. 5, following a series of incidents in the United States and Sweden. According to residents in the town of Faenza, birds were falling from the sky...

NAS - The National Association of Scholars :: Press Releases

Posted on January 07, 2011
PRINCETON, NJ (January 3, 2011)?S. Fred Singer said in an interview with the National Association of Scholars (NAS) that ?the number of skeptical qualified scientists has been growing steadily; I would guess it is about 40% now.? Singer, a leading...

Electric Cars May Accelerate Global Warming - William Pentland - Clean Beta - Forbes

Posted on January 07, 2011
Electric cars are not a silver bullet solution for global warming, but could they actually be part of the problem? In some developing countries, the answer is likely ?yes,? according to the results of a modeling exercise conducted by Oxford...

Victoria river mysteriously turns bright green | Posted | National Post

Posted on January 04, 2011
VICTORIA ? Horrified nature-lovers at Goldstream Provincial Park watched as the Goldstream River turned bright green late Wednesday afternoon. The fluorescent green colouring appeared to start about 500 metres on the Victoria side of the entrance to the park and,...

Have scientists discovered how to create downpours in the desert? | Mail Online

Posted on January 03, 2011
Technology created 50 rainstorms in Abu Dhabi's Al Ain region last year For centuries people living in the Middle East have dreamed of turning the sandy desert into land fit for growing crops with fresh water on tap. Now that...

Researchers Find "Alarming" Decline in Bumblebees - ABC News

Posted on January 03, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four previously abundant species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States, researchers reported Monday in a study confirming that the agriculturally important bees are being affected worldwide. They documented a 96 percent decline in...

Feds wind plan may zap Massachusetts - BostonHerald.com

Posted on January 02, 2011
Massachusetts electric ratepayers could get jolted by plans to open up huge swaths of federal waters south of Martha?s Vineyard and Nantucket for more offshore wind farms. About a million National Grid ratepayers are already expected to get hit with....

Clean Air Act Permitting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions ? Final Rules

Posted on December 31, 2010
Clean Air Act Permitting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions ? Final Rules FACT SHEET ACTION ? On December 23, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a series of rules that put the necessary regulatory framework in place to ensure...

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