Sustainability
The Climate of Capitalism
May 5, 2013 6:10 pm-
Methane Outbreak Alert!by Robert Hunziker A cadre of the world’s top climate scientists have seen enough evidence of prospective runaway...by Robert Hunziker on April 28, 2013 7:00 pm -
What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?A member of the Valley Mills Fire Department walks among the remains of an apartment complex next to the fertilizer...by ProPublica.org on April 27, 2013 10:02 pm -
400K Hiroshima Atomic Bombs Per Dayby Robert L. Hunziker The energy of four hundred thousand (400,000) Hiroshima atomic bombs is how much energy imbalance...by Robert Hunziker on April 21, 2013 3:00 pm
Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ category
Double Dose: In Second Case of Flawed Drug Research, FDA Response Was Slow and Secretive
by Rob Garver and Charles Seife, Special to ProPublica This week, we reported that the Food and Drug Administration left medicines on the market for years after discovering they were approved based on fraudulent studies by Cetero Research, which did testing for drug companies worldwide. Turns out that wasn’t an anomaly: The agency’s slow, secretive response in [...]
Top 10 Dreadful Effects of Climate Change
by Robert L. Hunziker (Robert L. Hunziker appears this evening on World View with Denis Campbell to discuss this story.) Our planet is already showing the stress of radical climate change, affecting the Earth right before our eyes. The climate is different than when we were kids, and it is changing more rapidly than ever [...]
Another Layer to Rendell’s Fracking Connections
by Justin Elliott ProPublica Recently, we wrote about former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s connections to the natural gas industry after he published a pro-fracking op-ed in The New York Daily News. Following our story, Rendell’s column — which called on New York officials to lift a ban on the drilling technique — was updated to disclose that he is a [...]
More Than a Matter of Opinion: Ed Rendell’s Plea for Fracking Fails to Disclose Industry Ties
by Justin Elliott ProPublica Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took to the New York Daily News op-ed page Wednesday with a message to local officials: stop worrying and learn to love fracking. As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agonizes over whether to allow the controversial natural gas drilling technique, Rendell invoked his own experience as a Democratic governor who presided [...]
Drilling Deeper: The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick
by Justin Elliott ProPublica When President Obama nominated Ernest Moniz to be energy secretary earlier this month, he hailed the nuclear physicist as a “brilliant scientist” who, among his many talents, had effectively brought together “prominent thinkers and energy companies” in the continuing effort to figure out a safe and economically sound energy future for the country. Indeed, [...]
After a Powerful Lobbyist Intervenes, EPA Reverses Stance on Polluting Texas County’s Water
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica When Uranium Energy Corp. sought permission to launch a large-scale mining project in Goliad County, Texas, it seemed as if the Environmental Protection Agency would stand in its way. To get the ore out of the ground, the company needed a permit to pollute a pristine supply of underground drinking water in [...]
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