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Daily Archives: October 18, 2011
Coin toss immunity: Glaxo’s malaria vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline’s malaria vaccine is possibly better than nothing — but even in the best light, it’s still dilly-dallying. Continue reading
Posted in DDT and malaria
Duke Energy kills endangered bat, stops wind farm
“Thirty-five windmills at a western Pennsylvania wind farm have been silenced at night since a bat that belongs to an endangered species was found dead under one of the turbines.” (Johnstown Tribune-Democrat)
Posted in Clean energy
Sun Not Shining on State Solar Subsidies
“Michigan Capitol Confidential took a look back at the nine solar power companies that were approved for state tax credits. Many have fizzled with reports that the companies are laying off employees at a time they were supposed to have been adding jobs.” (Michigan Capitol Confidential)
Posted in Clean energy
JAMA in 1911: Saccharin a drug
One hundred years ago this week, the Journal of the American Medical Association bemoaned extensions on the legal use of saccharin. Continue reading
Posted in Sweeteners
Greens go after Disney for illegal child lead exposures
Apparently Disney doesn’t greenwash hard enough. Continue reading
Posted in Lead
Japanese burn bras to save fuel…
… and also “to thwart perverts.” So greenwashing finally pays off. Continue reading
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Posted in Odds and ends
WashPost: 2011 on track to be cooler
… “but global warming continues,” says Post columnist Andrew Freedman. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
EPA refuses to commit to not regulating farm dust
EPA started the controversy when Lisa Jackson denied that EPA wanted to regulate farm dust. Now she can’t (or rather, won’t) end it. Continue reading
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Posted in Air pollution, EPA
EU Court: OK to destroy embryos, but not to patent their destruction
“Europe’s top court on Tuesday banned researchers from patenting any process to extract stem cells when it leads to the destruction of a human embryo.” (Agence France Presse)
Posted in Embryonic stem cells
Junkman a ‘Top 10 American Global Warming Denier’
EcoSalon — “the conscious culture and fashion website” — has compiled a list of the “Top 10 American Global Warming Deniers.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Odds and ends
Sen. Isakson: FannieMae should promote green agenda through mortgages
A conservative Senator from Georgia teams up with a green one from Colorado to require that FannieMae consider home energy efficiency in setting mortgage rates? Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Time for Brian Bilbray to catch a wave — out of Congress
Congressman Brian Bilbray (Surfer-San Diego) thinks more of Steve Chu than he does of his fellow House Republicans, taxpayers and consumers. Now, he’s got a tea party challenger. Continue reading
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Posted in Battle of 2012
NYTimes: Who mailed the anthrax letters?
The New York Times reminds us that we spent September-November 2001 freaking out about real and imaginary bioterrorism. So have the feds figured out who was behind the anthrax terror — or are they riding the junk science railroad to frame a dead man who can’t defend himself? Continue reading
Posted in Bioterrorism
News & Views – October 18, 2011
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Posted in Daily News & Views
