NewsRack: 'Impacts' news in 'Sustainability-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

BLM fracking rules just got more industry-friendly	21.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
Feds weaken a proposal that many enviros say wasn’t strong enough in the first place
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New rice contamination reported in China	21.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
BEIJING -- Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan province's Youxian county were ordered to suspend business and recall their products after samples showed excessive levels of cadmium, according to an official notice issued Tuesday by the county government.
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Water at risk	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT With a proposed new set of rules, the federal Bureau of Land Management took a step toward better regulation of energy industries that use fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, to extract fossil fuels on public lands and Native American tribal lands. But the regulations are too lax to give much comfort to those who fear fracking is permanently poisoning land and water supplies, endangering wildlife and the public. Each well uses between 2 million and 5 million gallons of fresh water that is perma... ...
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Camp Lejeune: Test that would have flagged water problems never done	19.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.
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Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
RAMALLAH, West Bank—Palestinians are rallying in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to mark the 65th anniversary of their displacement in the war that followed the creation of the state of Israel.
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Colorado lawmakers OK Child fatality review, abuse hotline bills	7.5.2013	Denver Post: All Political News
Two key pieces of legislation to improve Colorado's child welfare system are headed to the governor's desk.
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Valley fever hits thousands in parched West	6.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people across the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it.
China’s bad air prompting many expats to rethink career moves	5.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Louise Watt The Associated Press Published May 4, 2013 08:58PM MDT Beijing • Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays in the hospital and finally a written warning from her doctor telling her she needed to leave, Small packed up and left for Thailand. In doing so, the Ford Motor Co. executive became another expatriate to leave China because of the country’s notoriously bad air. Other top executives whose careers would be boosted by a stint in the world’... ...
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Spray at your own risk	4.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Moench Published May 4, 2013 01:01AM MDT My bike route to work crosses Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Riding home last week under a beautiful blue sky, my exhilaration was jolted by several warning signs — “Weed control spraying tomorrow, cemetery closed.” It is a spring ritual for state agencies, farmers and gardeners to arm themselves with chemicals to wipe out insects and weeds, with little thought of the broader consequences. It is long overdue that this ritual give way to science. Not surprisingly, chemicals that kill the cells of mosqui... ...
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Could your lipstick be bad for your health?	4.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Sandy Kleffman Contra Costa Times Published May 3, 2013 02:07PM MDT Lipsticks and lip glosses purchased in Northern California stores contained lead, chromium and other metals that could raise health concerns, a new study reveals. Researchers at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health tested 32 products commonly found in drugstores and department stores. In addition to lead and chromium, they detected cadmium, aluminum and five other metals. The study highlights a need to have more oversight from the Food and Drug Administration, especially since the United States... ...
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Tests link deadly ricin to Obama letter suspect	1.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TUPELO, Miss.—When poison-laced letters were sent to President Barack Obama and two other officials, it didn't take long to track down a suspect based on a phase in one of the letters often used by a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator named Kevin Curtis: "I am KC and I approve this message.
Tests of dust mask, other items link ricin to Obama letter suspect	1.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Holbrook Mohr And Jay Reeves The Associated Press Published Apr 30, 2013 03:24PM MDT Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and other public officials, and was also discovered on a dust mask and other items he threw in the trash, federal prosecutors said in a court document made public Tuesday. The affidavit says an FBI surveillance team saw James Everett Dutschke remove several items from the studio in Tupelo, Miss., on April 22 and dump them in a trash bin about 100 yards down the street. The i... ...
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Shoppers face hurdles in finding ethical clothing	1.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
NEW YORK -- You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn't so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back. Take Jason and Alexandra Lawrence of Lyons, Colo. The couple eat locally grown food that doesn't have to be transported from far-flung states. They fill up their diesel-powered Volkswagen and Dodge pickup with vegetable-based oil. They even bring silverware to a nearby coffeehouse to avoid using the shop's plastic utensils.
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China career boost can come with health risks	30.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
BEIJING—Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker.
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Brief hearing held in suspicious letters case	29.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
OXFORD, Miss.—A Mississippi man appeared briefly in court Monday on a charge that he made a deadly poison that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge.
Mapping your way to better health	27.4.2013	From the Blogs
California is a test-ground for the new field of Geomedicine
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Slide Rock restroom in plan to cut human waste	25.4.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Slide Rock restroom in plan to cut human waste
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Moral climate: Beyond science and politics	21.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys \| The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT Rob Gillies and his team gather data on Nepal’s changing climate for a research project. They log temperatures, raindrops and snow. They pump the numbers into powerful computers and read the trend lines the computers spit out. Gillies sees the numbers in human terms, too. Global warming is likely to mean less water, putting crops and livestock in peril, along with nourishment for children who already don’t get enough to eat. That leaves the climate scientist with questions instruments can’t answ... ...
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Across America, a week of chaos, horror and hope	20.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs.
Mississippi man accused in ricin letters believed in body parts conspiracy	18.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Holbrook Mohr The Associated Press Published Apr 17, 2013 11:03PM MDT A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters to national leaders with suspected poisonous ricin believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and sometimes performed as an Elvis Presley impersonator. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 50 miles north of Presley’s birthplace in Tupelo. Authorities were waiting for definitive tests on intercepted letters that were addressed to President Bara... ...
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