U.S. News and World Report April Issue Front to Back About the Future of Energy
I had a lot of time to kill today because I went to an appointment with my elderly mother. I took a few magazines from home, one of which was my April issue of U.S. News and World Report. Its …...
View ArticlePut Down That Soft Drink; High Fructose Corn Syrup NOT Like Sugar
According to an article this week on Science Daily’s website, “A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain.” Rats with access to...
View ArticleCoal is Dirty Start to Finish
The idea of clean coal gets even more ludicrous after reading a horrific expose in Rolling Stone Magazine called, “Coal’s Toxic Sludge,” by Jeff Goodell. The article was enlightening to say the least....
View ArticleClean Air Under Attack; Bill Written by Lobbyists May Come Up for Vote This Week
While we still don’t know how badly the pollution from oil in the Gulf will play out, our clean air is under attack. I wrote a blog about Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski’s amendment that would pretty...
View ArticleAnimal Experiments Hinder Breakthroughs in Health for Humans
I was filling out postcards on behalf of lab animals through In Defense of Animals or IDA organization. The postcards included responses from researchers in major organizations like the NIH and...
View ArticleDengue Fever Makes the States
I blogged about a huge outbreak of Dengue Fever working its way up from South America to Mexico and in the Caribbean back in 2007. Well, “It’s heeeerrre.” As far back as May this year, there were...
View ArticleGulf Oil Leak to be Plugged but Corexit is an Ongoing Problem
The leaking well in the Gulf may get plugged for good this week but there may be a bigger problem emerging with the massive use of the dispersant Corexit. An unprecedented amount literally millions of...
View ArticleEPA Claims Dispersant Used in Gulf Is No More Toxic Than Oil
The Boston Globe reported: “A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is no more toxic to aquatic life than...
View ArticleAbout the EPA Lawsuit Against DTE
On August 5, 2010, the U.S. EPA sued DTE Energy, seeking to halt an EXPANSION to a coal-fired electric plant that the government says will worsen air pollution in Michigan. The lawsuit alleges DTE made...
View ArticleEarthquakes Rattle Virginia and Colorado as North American Plate Gets a Shove
Today’s earthquake in Virginia is rare, ur um, kinda rare since it was the worst since 1897 when another 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia. There was a 4.2 aftershock reported just a short time...
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