2. Announcements – April 6, 2011 Matt Richtel Pulitzer Price winning journalist from the New York Times " The Scorpion and the Frog, How Journalists and Scientists Can Learn To Trust Each Other (though occasionally they shouldn't) ." Matt’s talk (about 30 minutes) will be followed by a discussion of Science and Journalism with a small panel of colleagues from science and the media. Thursday, April 7 at 11:00 a.m. Beckman Auditorium
3. EPA Announces Landmark Greenhouse Gas Regulations Plan For Nation's Biggest Polluters 12/23/10 A press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that new standards granted under the Clean Air Act will be implemented in 2012 to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Unites States. The EPA's new plan will establish standards specifically for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries, both of which combine to represent roughly 40 percent of GHG pollution in the United States.
4. Mar 16, 2011 House panel rejects EPA's greenhouse gas rules A U.S. House panel has voted to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., has written a bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. By a vote of 34 to 19, House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill Tuesday that would strip the E.P.A. of its authority under the Clean Air Act to limit the emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from power plants, oil refineries and other sources.
6. Congressional hearing on climate science “expert witnesses”: Professor of marketing – discussed past cases that are “analogies to the alarm over dangerous manmade global warming” — included problems such as acid rain and the ozone hole that have been contained precisely thanks to environmental regulation.
8. Congressional hearing on climate science “expert witnesses”: Scientist - Prof. Richard Muller of Berkeley, a physicist and climate change skeptic, has been leading the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project Reported that his group’s preliminary results find a global warming trend “very similar to that reported by the prior groups.”
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10. CNN Booming China's acid rain 'out of control' November 30, 2004 China's explosive economic growth is outpacing environmental protection efforts, leaving the country awash in "out of control" acid rain. Acid rain fell on more than 250 cities nationwide and caused direct annual economic losses of $13.3 billion, equal to nearly three percent of the country's gross domestic product. Two major causes were the rapidly growing number of cars and increasing consumption of cheap, abundant coal as the country struggles to cope with energy shortages and meet power demand. China is the world's largest source of soot and sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal, which fires three-quarters of the country's power plants.
11. Third of China 'hit by acid rain' Sunday, 27 August 2006 One third of China is suffering from acid rain caused by rapid industrial growth, an official report quoted by the state media says. Pollution levels have risen and air quality has deteriorated, the report found. This comes despite a pledge by the authorities to clean up the air.
12. CNN, November 16, 2004 Study links smog increase, urban deaths CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Increases in air pollution caused by cars, power plants and industry can be directly linked to higher death rates in U.S. cities. Reducing such ozone pollution by about 35 percent on any given day could save about 4,000 lives a year across the country. The conclusion came from a look at 95 urban areas where about 40 percent of the U.S. population lives, comparing spikes in ozone pollution there with death rates from 1987 to 2000. Ground-level ozone typically increases when temperatures rise. While short-term increases have been recognized as causing jumps in hospital admissions, this study provides strong evidence of short-term effects of ozone on mortality," said Francesca Dominici, an author of the study.
13. March 14, 2008 Documents Show EPA Lessened Smog Restrictions At President's Request (AP) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to weaken an important part of its new smog requirements after being told at the last minute that President Bush preferred a less stringent approach, according to government documents. The disagreement concerned the amount of protection from ozone, or smog, that should be afforded wildlife, farmlands, parks and open spaces.
