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Are Food Makers’ Health Claims Valid?
Just how valid are food makers’ health claims on their packaging? We as consumers tend to believe what we read on a food package, unless of course there is a far overreaching claim that a even a 5 year old knows is a bunch of bull. Something like Redco Food’s. . .
BP’s Oil Still Keeps Surfacing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. It also has become the latest federal agency to stretch the truth regarding the amount of oil that is now allegedly gone from the BP Gulf oil spill. NOAA. . .
New Jersey Seeks To Become Wind Mega State
No, this article has nothing to do with Snookie and the Jersey Shore series. New Jersey yesterday passed a law that would ultimately make it the leading provider of offshore wind energy in the country.The Offshore Wind Economic Development Act directs the state’s Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to establish. . .
Time To Push Geothermal
There is one area in the sustainable energy debate that seems to be relegated to the back of the bus – geothermal. Most of the coverage surrounding Washington’s energy initiatives are on solar, wind, and when we can lift the ban on deep-ocean drilling. Missing the bus on tapping geothermal. . .
Global CO2 Emissions Fall 1.3 Percent
For the first time in over a decade worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1.3 percent. Total global carbon dioxide emissions fell in 2009 to 31.3 billion tons. The Internationals Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien, IWR, (a German based Renewable Energy Industry Institute), issued their annual report highlighting the drop in. . .
Report Challenges Big Ag Interests
The National Research Council, an independent influential scientific body, issued a report criticizing the current state of industrialized farming. The NRC has been around since 1916, and its mission is to provide elected leaders, policy makers, and the public with expert scientific advice. Their report, “Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in. . .
Gulf Blue Crab Larvae Now Found To Be Tainted
Since the BP oil spill hit the Gulf, researchers from Loyola University in New Orleans, Tulane University, and the University of Southern Mississippi have been gathering shellfish to study the effects the oil may have on them. Shellfish are watched closely because they are such a large staple of the. . .
NOAA Report On Spill – Take It With A Grain Of Salt
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey issued a new report as to the status of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The upbeat report was delivered at a White House press conference. According to the report, relatively little oil remains on the surface. . .
BP Delaying Claims Payments
BP is delaying its settlement of claims until Kenneth Feinberg, the independent administrator appointed by President Obama to oversee the compensation process, takes over the claims system in mid-August. BP is using the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) as its guideline in determining who will get paid. The OPA is a. . .
Feds To Gulf Fisherman – Smell The Fish
Yesterday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reopened a third of the banned fishing areas in the Gulf of Mexico. Some 26,388 square miles of the Gulf were reopened to fishing by NOAA. NOAA along with the FDA and surrounding States, indicated that the fish they have been testing. . .
Gulf Fishing Reopens
Good news for Gulf fishermen as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reopens one third of the BP oil spill area that was closed to fishing.According to NOAA 26,388 square miles will be reopened to Gulf fisherman. The NOAA, Gulf States, and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all. . .
$41,000 For A Chevy?
GM finally disclosed their pricing for the Chevy Volt electric car: $41,000 before a federal tax credit. The cost of a lease is $350 a month for 36 months with a $2,500 down payment. The Volt, which has an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty, qualifies for a $7,500 federal tax credit, which. . .
Water, Water Everywhere
Water is life. Without fresh water we and countless of other species could not exist. The amount of fresh water in the world is only 2.5% of the total amount of water found on this planet. I’ve listed below a graphic from flowingdata.com that illustrates the water equation quite eloquently.. . .
New Battle For Climate Bill
Senate Democrats indicated that they would wait until the fall to take up the climate-change legislation. Breathing new life into the remote chances of trying to pass the legislation prior to the fall elections, Senate Democrats are setting the stage for a political fight before November. Senate Majority Leader Harry. . .
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