Jan 2
2013
Polar ice …
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Jan 2
2013
Jan 2
2013
An analysis of Senate and House voting patterns dating to the 1870s shows that, over the past 40 years, Democrats haven’t gotten more liberal, but Republicans have voted much more conservatively. An analysis by Daily Kos based on research done by the Guardian.
Dec 31
2012
It’s a story that hasn’t been picked up yet by mainstream news outlets in the U.S., but the Guardian and Daily Kos are reporting on documents that show the FBI and major banks worked with local police to crack down on the Occupy Wall Street movement lasted year.
Dec 31
2012
A “by the numbers” review by ProPublica finds so-called gun rights groups far outspend organizations that advocate gun control.
Dec 31
2012
Dec 28
2012
The authority that operates the Peace Bridge and a trio of state agencies maintain that fumes from traffic crossing the bridge have little impact on the health of residents who live nearby. The Environmental Protection Agency disagreed Friday, and backed up those concerns with a grant to the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York to monitor air quality around the bridge and educate and mobilize neighborhood residents. The $25,000 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program award announced Friday will be used by the Clean Air Coalition to partner with West Side residents to train them in mobile air sampling and educate[...]
Dec 27
2012
Lisa Jackson’s announcement today that she is retiring as head of the Environmental Protection Agency guarantees she won’t be revisiting her plan to limit smog in 2013 after President Obama shoved it to the side more than a year ago. For Jackson, her tenure has had its ups and downs. Jackson was successful in creating the first national standards for mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants and increasing the fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. She told the New York Times that the most important decision in her four years is the endangerment finding that marked carbon[...]
Dec 27
2012
People took to Facebook and Twitter Wednesday wondering why water levels for Lake Erie and its tributaries were abnormally low. I thought I was going to have to make calls today to meteorologists and other weather experts to explain what happened, but our partners at WGRZ did it for us. Channel 2 WGRZ discovered that a seiche is the culprit. A seiche starts with a storm surge or high sustained winds from one direction that push the water up at the opposite — which in this case would be in Toledo, OH, — and cause the other side to drop like it[...]