World Bank http://vx.worldbank.org/t/3061380/23937714/17145/0/ [Announcment] The e-Atlas of Global Development is a free, online, interactive tool, which maps and graphs more than 175 indicators from the World Bank’s development database. Its launch coincides with the release of a new print edition of the Atlas of Global Development a concise and up-to-date reference for journalists, teachers, students, … Continue reading »
Posted on April 4, 2011 …
Lead In Tap Water: CDC Public Health Communications Need Improvement
Government Accoutability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-279?source=ra [Summary] In February 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was asked to assess the effects of elevated lead levels in tap water on Washington, D.C., residents. In April 2004, CDC published the results. However, an inaccurate statement and incomplete descriptions of the limitations of the analyses resulted in … Continue reading »
Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation
Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University http://emf.stanford.edu/files/pubs/22530/summary25.pdf EMF Publications Site [From a Climate Wire article by Saqib Rahim, sub. req'd] … [a] troupe of researchers expects that carbon intensity — the amount of carbon dioxide emissions occurring with each dollar of gross domestic product — will stay relatively flat for the next 20 years, even without … Continue reading »
S.394: No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011
US Senate Thomas link: http://tinyurl.com/3b26327 [From Press Release by Sen. Kohl's Office] Today, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl introduced bipartisan legislation to permit the Department of Justice to bring actions against foreign states – such as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – for collusive practices in setting the price or limiting the … Continue reading »
H.R.910 and S.482: The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011
US Congress Thomas link for H.R.910: http://tinyurl.com/43zopvp Thomas link for S.482: http://tinyurl.com/3tgy5pj Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 – Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas (GHG) to … Continue reading »
