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Nuke Rebuke Research panel discourages presidential plan for U.S. nuclear-waste reprocessing		30 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 2:17 PM on 30 Oct 2007 A 17-member panel of researchers from the National Academy of Sciences released a report yesterday discouraging President Bush from continuing on his quest to resume U.S. nuclear waste reprocessing. The researchers said the president's proposed Global Nuclear Energy Partnership plan has not been adequately peer reviewed and relies on unproven technology. Instead, the pan ...
Topics: energy, George Bush, National Academy of Sciences, news, nuclear power, scientific research (all these topics)

Current Events Wind power is controversial but should keep on keeping on, says report		08 May 2007	Daily Grist
Current Events Wind power is controversial but should keep on keeping on, says report U.S. wind-power capacity has quadrupled in the past six years and could eventually produce up to 7 percent of the nation's electricity. Easy-breezy? Not quite: Wind-industry growth lacks "any truly coordinated planning," says a report from the National Academy of Sciences. Developers and officials should r ...
Topics: energy, National Academy of Sciences, news, wind power (all these topics)

Dioxin Another Day EPA should reassess dioxin risk, science panel says		12 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Dioxin Another Day EPA should reassess dioxin risk, science panel says The U.S. EPA may be overestimating the cancer-causing risk of the chemical dioxin at very low doses, and should crunch the numbers in new ways before setting a cleanup standard, says a research council from the National Academy of Sciences. The EPA published a draft report on dioxin in 2003 indicating that the level of dioxin exposure ...
Topics: National Academy of Sciences, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Mend Is Nigh Some scientists look to geoengineering to stave off climate change		28 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
The Mend Is Nigh Some scientists look to geoengineering to stave off climate change What will it take to stop global warming? Reducing developed-world consumption and funding clean technologies in the developing world? Boooring. Human-engineered ultra-reflecting clouds, altered carbon-soaking oceans, trillions of little sunshades floating in space? Now we're talking! "We should treat these ideas like any ot ...
Topics: climate, National Academy of Sciences, news (all these topics)

And You Were Worried! Expert panel backs Energy Department nuke-waste transport plan		10 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
And You Were Worried! Expert panel backs Energy Department nuke-waste transport plan An expert panel organized by the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that it's likely safe to ship tens of thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel to Nevada for disposal. After all, what could go wrong? [Spends a moment in terrified contemplation.] The panel reviewed the Department of ...
Topics: Department of Energy, National Academy of Sciences, Nevada, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Puh-lease Academies Science academies from 11 countries say global warming is, yes, real		08 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Puh-lease Academies Science academies from 11 countries say global warming is, yes, real Yesterday, national science academies from 11 nations cosigned a letter to the world's leaders, making an unprecedented joint statement: Global warming is almost certainly caused by human activity; it's the biggest risk we've ever faced as a species; please #$&!% do something about it. Signatories include science organi ...*
Topics: climate, National Academy of Sciences, news (all these topics)

Spare the Rod, Foil the Riled Spent nuclear fuel vulnerable to terrorist attacks, experts warn		07 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Spare the Rod, Foil the Riled Spent nuclear fuel vulnerable to terrorist attacks, experts warn Despite its renewed popularity (even Umbra's giving it a second look!), nuclear power makes the eggheads at the National Academy of Sciences nervous. Specifically, a new NAS report raises red flags about the dangers posed by possible terrorist attacks on the pools of spent fuel rods stored at nuclear reactors all ...
Topics: National Academy of Sciences, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Heavy Metal Madness Pombo eggs on mercury debate with controversial report	Amanda Griscom Little	24 Feb 2005	Muckraker

Topics: coal, energy, fishing, mercury, Muckraker, National Academy of Sciences, National Wildlife Federation, NRDC, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Clear Skies and Present Danger Clean Air Act more effective than proposed Clear Skies bill, panel says		14 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Clear Skies and Present Danger Clean Air Act more effective than proposed Clear Skies bill, panel says A new report by the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the Bush administration's proposed reform of current air-quality standards will effectively do less to reduce pollution than existing Clean Air Act regulations, much as critics, including John Kerry (remember him?), charged ...
Topics: air pollution, National Academy of Sciences, politics, United States (all these topics)

Oh You NAS-ty Boys NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy		11 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Oh You NAS-ty Boys NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy A National Academy of Sciences panel report on safe levels of perchlorate -- an ingredient in rocket fuel, firecrackers, and road flares -- in drinking water has some enviros up in arms. The report, released yesterday, suggests that levels of perchlorate about 20 times higher than the U.S. EPA's proposed guid ...
Topics: National Academy of Sciences, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Big Duddy Missouri River management plan to be election-year hot potato	Amanda Griscom	03 Mar 2004	Muckraker
Basically, the Army Corps has flipped us the bird -- at a time when it's supposed to be saving the birds." Hello, Big Muddy. Photo: FWS. That's how Eric Eckl, spokesperson for American Rivers, sums up the Army Corps of Engineers' new plan to manage the Missouri River, released on Friday to blistering protest and threats of a new round of lawsuits from the environmental community. The p ...
Topics: American Rivers, Army Corps of Engineers, dams, energy, Missouri, Missouri River, Muckraker, National Academy of Sciences, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Ash Holes Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Halt Ash Dumping		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Ash Holes Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Halt Ash Dumping A coalition of 125 environmental groups has filed a petition with the U.S. EPA, asking it to immediately halt the dumping of waste ash from coal-fired power plants. They claim the ash contains a variety of toxins and pollutes ground, surface, and drinking wat ...
Topics: energy, environmental non-government organizations, health, National Academy of Sciences, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Monoxy, Oxy, Oxycuted		24 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Monoxy, Oxy, Oxycuted Lest you think environmental news is all gloom, all the time, here's a little pick-me-up: Thanks to the Clean Air Act, the U.S. has all but eradicated carbon monoxide pollution, one of the most hazardous air emissions, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences reported yesterday. In 1971, when the act set federal standards for carbon monoxide, 90 percent of monitored areas vio ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, health, National Academy of Sciences (all these topics)

Withering Heights		26 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Withering Heights The Bush administration's proposal for addressing climate change was subjected to withering criticism by 17 experts in a report released yesterday. The experts, who were convened by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences at the request of the administration, said that the proposal lacked "a guiding vision, executable goals, [and] clear timetables" and that its goal -- to determine ...
Topics: climate, National Academy of Sciences, politics (all these topics)

The Mice That Roared		10 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
The Mice That Roared Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have established a first-ever link between urban air pollution and genetic damage that can be passed on from generation to generation. In a study published in the most recent issue of the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, biologists at the university f ...
Topics: air pollution, Canada, health, National Academy of Sciences, Ontario, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Security: Blank It		21 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Security: Blank It In the name of keeping sensitive information out of the hands of terrorists, the Bush administration has restricted access to a broad range of scientific research -- removing Internet links, deleting information from websites, and even requiring federal librarians to destroy a CD-ROM about public water supplies. The information lockdown is ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, National Academy of Sciences, politics, United States (all these topics)

Animal Crackers		21 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Animal Crackers The U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the nation's highest scientific authority, has issued a long-awaited report cautioning that genetic manipulation of animals could pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. The report identifies a series of concerns about cloning and other genetic alteration of animals, ranging from fears that such animals could escape into the wild and chan ...
Topics: GMOs, National Academy of Sciences, wildlife (all these topics)

Suddenly Sizzlin'		13 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
Suddenly Sizzlin' Global warming is typically thought of as a gradual process, but a report released this week by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences warns that greenhouse gases and other atmospheric pollutants could cause massive, sudden, and potentially disastrous climate shifts. The authors of the report relied on paleontological evidence, the historical record, and computer modeling to demonstrate that in the pas ...
Topics: climate, National Academy of Sciences (all these topics)

Bad Air Day		07 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
Bad Air Day As if flying didn't already make you nervous: Air quality aboard commercial jets can be hazardous to passenger's health and the airlines, but federal regulators have done little to address the problem, according to a report released yesterday by a panel of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The report said the systems for collecting health data about cabin air quality " ...
Topics: air pollution, health, National Academy of Sciences, placemaking (all these topics)

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