Environment
October 10, 2006 -
According to this South Florida Sun-Sentinel investigative report, a Florida FEMA program sounds more like a circus than a crisis counseling program:
October 9, 2006 -
Residents evacuated from a North Carolina town following last week's major fire at a chemical handling facility were allowed to return home Saturday. But an environmental watchdog group warns that the proper testing has not been done to ensure their safety -- and that instructions given by officials could in fact jeopardize the ongoing investigation and any legal action.
October 6, 2006 -
The firm that owns the North Carolina plant where a chemical fire has been burning out of control since Thursday evening was fined earlier this year by state environmental officials for unsafe practices.
September 25, 2006 -
Global warming isn't the only issue where science, politics and media coverage live in different worlds.
September 22, 2006 -
Cataloochie Elk (click image for larger view)
September 20, 2006 -
I just got a call from an official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) about our post earlier today on how global warming research is being politicized.
September 19, 2006 -
An AP report entitled "FEMA Seeking Ideas on Housing" caught our eye this morning. According to the report: