Special Environmental Justice Issue of the American Journal of Public Health

American Journal of Public Health free special online issue on environmental justice. — November 1 2009, Volume 99, S3 
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/content/vol99/issueS3/
[EPA press release] A new resource is available to those working for environmental and occupational justice.  Appearing as a free online supplement to the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), the compilation of articles demonstrates the advancement [...]

Global Environmental Health: Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services : Workshop Summary

National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12597&utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new_from_nap_rss
[Summary] One of the objectives of the workshop was to think about the interdependence of environmental health and human health as connected through water. Organizations cannot discuss water without considering the interrelationship of sanitation and hygiene. It is the convergence of these strategies that promotes healthy outcomes for both individuals and the environment.
A [...]

Clean Air Act : Preliminary Observations on the Effectiveness and Costs of Mercury Control Technologies at Coal-Fired Power Plants

Government Accountability Office / Statement of John B. Stephenson, Director Natural Resources and Environment
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09860t.pdf
[Summary] The 491 U.S. coal-fired power plants are the largest unregulated industrial source of mercury emissions nationwide, annually emitting about 48 tons of mercury—a toxic element that poses health threats, including neurological disorders in children. In 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [...]

Climate Change : Potential Regulation of Stationary Greenhouse Gas Sources Under the Clean Air Act

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/R40585/
[Summary] In the 111th Congress, both the House and Senate committees of jurisdiction are expected to give climate change legislation high priority. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has already held hearings on draft legislation, and expects to hold markup before Memorial Day. The schedule for Senate action is less certain, [...]

Cars and Climate: What Can EPA Do to Control Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources?

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/R40506/
[Summary] As Congress considers legislation to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change, attention has focused on cap-and-trade legislation. Such legislation would set a national cap on GHG emissions, with allowances (permits) to emit limited amounts of the gases distributed or auctioned to affected parties. Recently, there has also [...]

2002 National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment

EPA, Technology Transfer Network
http://www.epa.gov/nata2002/
“The EPA has just released the results of its 2002 national-scale assessment of air toxics emissions (NATA). The purpose of the national-scale assessment is to identify and prioritize air toxics, emission source types and locations which are of greatest potential concern in terms of contributing to population risk. EPA uses the results [...]

Climate Change and Health Costs of Air Emissions from Biofuels and Gasoline

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (early edition — Feb. 2, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812835106)  / by Jason Hilla, Stephen Polaskya, Erik [...]

Central Valley Project Improvement Act : Program Activity Review Report

US Bureau of Reclamation / US Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/docs_reports/docs/cpar_rpt_dft_fnl_12-22-08.pdf
[EDF blog posting by Ann Hayden] Payments by federal water and power users into the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) Restoration Fund for such projects as doubling salmon populations must continue for many years to come. This is the key conclusion of a recently released [...]

State of the Parks : Redwood National and State Parks

National Parks Conservation Association,  Center for the State of the Parks
http://www.npca.org/stateoftheparks/redwood/REDW_Report.pdf
This report finds that the current overall conditions of Redwood National Park’s known natural resources rated a “fair” score of 69 out of 100. Park staff continue to work to correct past ecosystem damage that resulted from unsustainable logging practices and incompatible upstream development. These [...]

Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics : Workshop Summary

National Research Council / by Yank Coble, Christine Coussens, and Kathleen Quinn, Rapporteurs, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Institute of Medicine
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12444
Free but may require registration
[From summary] This workshop focused on the strategies used to make decisions, whether they are based on the precautionary principle or cost-benefit analysis. During the initial session of [...]