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Keystone Public Comments Won't Be Public
Posted by: RevElvis, 11:20 PM GMT on April 01, 2013 +2
Keystone Public Comments Won't Be Made Public, State Department Says


InsideClimateNews.org

When the State Department hired a contractor to produce the latest environmental impact statement for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, it asked for a Web-based electronic docket to record public comments as they flowed in each day. Thousands of comments are expected to be filed by people and businesses eager to influence the outcome of the intense international debate over the project.

But the public will not find it easy to examine these documents.

A summary of the comments will be included in the final version of the environmental impact statement when it is released, said Imani J. Esparza of the Office of Policy and Public Outreach in State's bureau of oceans, environment and science.

But the only way to see the comments themselves is by filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, a process that can take so long that the Keystone debate could be over before the documents are made available.
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Livestock falling ill in fracking regions
Posted by: RevElvis, 2:14 PM GMT on December 02, 2012 +1
Livestock falling ill in fracking regions

nbcnews.com

After drilling began just over the property line of Jacki Schilke’s ranch in the northwestern corner of North Dakota in 2009, in the heart of the state’s booming Bakken Shale, cattle began limping, with swollen legs and infections. Cows quit producing milk for their calves, they lost from 60 to 80 pounds in a week and their tails mysteriously dropped off. Eventually, five animals died, a...
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U.S. Satellite Plans Falter, Imperiling Data on Storms
Posted by: RevElvis, 3:29 AM GMT on October 30, 2012 +1
NYTimes.comWASHINGTON — The United States is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement, lack of financing and delays in launching replacements, according to several recent official reviews. The looming gap in satellite coverage, which some experts view as almost certain within the next few years, could result in shaky forecasts about storms like Hurricane Sandy, whi...
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Why We Won and How We Are Losing
Posted by: RevElvis, 5:57 PM GMT on October 02, 2012 +1
From Start to Finish: Why We Won and How We Are LosingTruth-Out.org (Op-Ed)Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall ends his recent book about the "Masters of the Planet" with such reflection:[A]part from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences. Our brains are extraordinary mechanisms, and they have allowed us to accomplish truly amazing things; but we are still only good at anticipating — or at least of paying atten...
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Scientists ask to keep their work out of court
Posted by: RevElvis, 4:19 PM GMT on October 02, 2012 +1
Scientists ask for legal safeguards to keep their work out of courtARStechnica.comHow much privacy is the scientific process entitled to? During the course of their work, researchers produce e-mails, preliminary results, and peer reviews, all of which might be more confused or critical than the final published works. Recently, both private companies with a vested interest in discounting the results, and private groups with a political axe to grind have attempted to ...
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