Category «Environmental Law»

New GAO Reports – Cargo Tank Trucks, 2020 Census, Delphi Pensions, Environmental Health, Nuclear Security, Unemployment Insurance

CARGO TANK TRUCKS – Improved Incident Data and Regulatory Analysis Would Better Inform Decisions about Safety Risks, GAO-13-721, Sep 11, 2013 2020 CENSUS – Progress Report on the Census Bureau’s Efforts to Contain Enumeration Costs, GAO-13-857T, Sep 11, 2013 DELPHI PENSIONS – Key Events Leading to Plan Terminations, GAO-13-854T, Sep 11, 2013 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH – EPA Has Made Substantial Progress but Could …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents

EPA Web Tool Expands Access to Scientific, Regulatory Information on Chemicals

“To improve chemical safety and provide more streamlined access to information on chemicals, EPA has built and is populating a new database. This new database, named ChemView, greatly improves access to health and safety data on chemicals regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It contains information EPA receives and develops about chemicals including …

Subjects: E-Government, Environmental Law, Health Care, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports – Defense Headquarters, Global Positioning System, Homeland Defense, Pesticides, Small Business Research, Space, Defense Management

Defense Headquarters – DOD Needs to Reassess Options for Permanent Location of U.S. Africa Command, GAO-13-646, Sep 9, 2013 Global Positioning System – A Comprehensive Assessment of Potential Options and Related Costs is Needed – GAO-13-729, Sep 9, 2013 Homeland Defense – Action Needed to Improve Cost Reporting for DOD’s Aerospace Control Alert Mission – GAO-13-785, Sep 9, 2013 Pesticides – EPA Should …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective

“Human influences are having an impact on some extreme weather and climate events, according to the report Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective released September 5, 2013 by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Scientists from NOAA served as three of the four lead editors on the report. Overall, 18 different research …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress

CRS – Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress. Renée Johnson, Specialist in Agricultural Policy; M. Lynne Corn, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy. August 27, 2013 “Bees, both commercially managed honey bees and wild bees, play an important role in global food production. In the United States alone, the value of insect pollination to U.S. …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Florida Pollution Cases and Fines Nosedive to Record Low Levels

“Enforcement of anti-pollution laws in Florida have plummeted to historic low levels during the second full year of Governor Rick Scott’s tenure, according to agency figures released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Unprecedented deep across-the-board declines occurred in all areas of enforcement activity in nearly every district and division within the state …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

NOAA report highlights climate change threats to nation’s estuaries

“The nation’s 28 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) are experiencing the negative effects of human and climate-related stressors according to a new NOAA research report from the National Ocean Service. The national study, Climate Sensitivity of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, points to three East Coast reserves, Sapelo Island NERR in Georgia, ACE Basin …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

James River Bald Eagle Population Sets Record

By Dr Bryan Watts, Director, The Center for Conservation Biology “The bald eagle population along the historic James River has exceeded 200 pairs for the first time in written history. The 2013 aerial survey conducted by The Center for Conservation Biology recorded 205 pairs that produced 267 young. Areas supporting the highest densities include Charles …

Subjects: Environmental Law

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act

CRS – The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act. Adam Vann, Legislative Attorney; Robert Meltz, Legislative Attorney. July 24, 2013 “The estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is considered to be the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry …

Subjects: Courts, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legislation

Study – Common Chemicals Harm Honey Bees’ Health

“Commercial honey bees used to pollinate crops are exposed to a wide variety of agricultural chemicals, including common fungicides which impair the bees’ ability to fight off a potentially lethal parasite, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The study, published July 24 in …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children Aged 3‒19 Years

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children Aged 3‒19 Years With and Without Asthma in the United States, 1999‒2010 – Number 126, August 2013 Key findings – Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999‒2010 “From 1999 to 2010, the percentage of children without asthma exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) decreased from 57.3% …

Subjects: Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care

Indicators of Climate Change in California

Indicators of Climate Change in California – California Environmental Protection Agency, August 2013 – characterizes the multiple facets of climate change in California. “The report tracks trends in greenhouse gas levels that influence climate, changes in the state’s climate, and the impacts of climate change on California’s environment and people. The report does this by …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Government Documents

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