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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Op-Ed, The Measure of a Disaster – Authors – Ian R. MacDonald is a professor of oceanography at Florida State University. John Amos is the president of SkyTruth, which uses satellite images to monitor environmental problems. Timothy Crone is a research scientist at the …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via National Geographic – “A 2009 stock assessment report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimated that the potential biological removal, or PBR, level for the Gulf of Mexico sperm whale population is three…The loss of a handful of whales each year can …
“Partnerships between NIH-funded researchers and industry are often essential to the process of moving discoveries from the bench to the bedside. However, managing Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) can be a major challenge because of the complex relationships among government, academia, and industry. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which is open for public comment for …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill this news from ProPublica:”Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would ultimately cost the company billions in revenue and could end its drilling in federally controlled oil fields. Over the past 10 years, …
“On May 21, 2010 the Fish and Wildlife Service will observe Endangered Species Day in order to recognize the national conservation effort to protect our nations endangered species and their habitats.”
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Policies and Procedures for Preparing Public Health Products Should Be Strengthened, GAO-10-741T, May 20, 2010 Aviation Security: Efforts to Validate TSA’s Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Challenges, GAO-10-763, May 20, 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: An …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last night began posting results from the ongoing monitoring of BPs use of underwater dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico at http://www.epa.gov/bpspill. EPA received this data from BP last night and posted it within hours. Dispersants are …
Active Transportation – Making the Link from Transportation to Physical Activity and Obesity, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “Neighborhoods and transportation systems that promote regular physical activitythrough public transit, sidewalks, bike paths, trails, greenways and traffic-calming devicesare associated with more walking and bicycling, greater physical activity and lower rates of obesity. As Congress considers reauthorization of …
News release: “The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for both April and for the period from January-April, according to NOAA. Additionally, last months average ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for any April, and the global land surface temperature was the third warmest on record. The …
News release: “On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 2.2 percent before seasonal adjustment. The index for energy decreased 1.4 percent in April and accounted for the …
Project of Government Oversight “As the Senate continues debating legislation to reform the financial regulatory system, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has issued a new report examining a wide range of regulatory and management failures at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and offering recommendations for reform that are …
Aviation Safety (AVS) Work Plan for NextGen 2010: “The Next Generation Air Transportation System, better known as NextGen, represents the most significant overhaul of the National Airspace System (NAS) in our history. Aviation Safety (AVS) contributions are vital to the successful implementation of NextGen because efficiency and capacity benefits will not occur without the successful …
