"Bangladesh, India Most At Risk From Climate Change"
"Bangladesh and India are the countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to an index on Wednesday that rates the Nordic region least at risk."
Source: Reuters, 10/21/2010
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Billionaire Climate Denial Funders Plot with Beck, Industries, Media
The billionaire Koch brothers, who are estimated to have given as much as $50 million to anti-environemental groups, meet twice yearly with major industries to coordinate right-wing efforts to eliminate 90 percent of all laws. Those in on the planning include the Wall St. Journal's Stephen Moore and Fox News' Glenn Beck.
Source: Think Progress, 10/21/2010
"G.M. Estate to Provide Millions for Cleanup of Old Sites"
"The bankruptcy estate of General Motors will commit $773 million toward cleaning up old plant sites and other property abandoned by the automaker, under a deal reached Wednesday with the Obama administration and 14 states."
Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2010
"Study: Mineral on ND Roads Can Affect Lungs"
"An asbestos-like mineral used on western North Dakota gravel roads can cause changes in workers' lungs consistent with commercial asbestos exposure that could lead to breathing problems, a study has found."
Source: AP, 10/21/2010
Feds: People Can Take Photos Outside Court Houses
Photojournalists doing environmental stories have been harassed and blocked by federal police for a decade or more when they try to take pictures of federal facilities from public spaces. Now, under a court settlement, the federal government is publicly acknowledging that it is acting illegally when it does this.
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Toolbox: Following the Secret Money Can Be a Hard Job. Here's Help
The new buzzword is "dark money." Since the US Supreme Court's decision to override Congress and allow unlimited secret cash from corporations (even from foreign governments) to influence US elections, following the money has gotten hard.
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Congress Too Busy Electioneering To Make Mandated Reports Public
It's hard to believe that some of the reports Congress demands of federal agencies are not available to the public. But it's true — not because the reports are classified but because neither the agencies nor Congress bothers to publish them.
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Report: Despite Promises, Obama Hasn't Improved Open-Info Much
As soon as he arrived in office, President Obama promised to bring an unprecedented openness to the federal government. A mid-term report by a watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, concludes that Obama's promise has yet to be met.
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MSHA Watchdog Journalist Gets FOIA Records After 7 Years
Is the federal government covering up mine disasters? The Mine Safety and Health Administration was certainly not going out of its way to dispel that impression when it waited seven years to produce records sought by Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Safety and Health News.
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Spill Commission: Obama Admin Blocked Release of Oil Flow Data
"The White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could have been, according to a panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history."
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