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Newsworthy articles of interest

A Bad Electronic Voting Bill NY Times Editorial, August 3 2008 | Track the Bill

Lawsuit Seeks EPA Pesticide Data SFGate.com, August 19 2008

Ancient Glacier Creatures Brought Back to Life Telegraph UK, August 7 2008 Read

Suppressed Aviation Report Forecasts 'Massive Environmental Damage' May 7 2008 Read

EPA Chief Refuses to Testify to Testify Before Senate Committee TPM Muckraker, July 24 2008

China Wages War on Olympic Weather Toronto Star, July 16 2008

Naomi Klein Tears into Bush's Offshore Drilling Plan on Fox:



Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Website

Bush Rejects Regulation of Greenhouse Gasses International Herald Tribune, July 11 2008

Wrong Fuel in Canada's Tank The Toronto Star, July 11 2008

Bird Species Plummet as Habitat Dwindles SFGate.com, July 11 2008

Shock Bracelets for Airlines? No Joke The Washington Times, July 10 2008 | Lamperd Less Lethal

World Bank Secret Report Confirms Biofuel Cause of World Food Crisis GlobalResearch.ca, July 10 2008
The Guardian UK, July 4 2008

Monsanto Patent Fight Ensnares Missouri Farm Town Forbes.com, July 10 2008

Harper and G8 Fail Climate Test Toronto Star, July 9 2008

EU To Cap Airline Pollution Over U.S. Objections Houston Chronicle, July 8 2008

Ex-EPA Official: White House Lied To Hide Cheney’s Role In Eviscerating Global Warming Testimony Think Progress, July 8 2008

Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Change Testimony The Boston Globe, July 8 2008

High Food Prices May Cut Opposition to Genetically Modified Food Herald Tribune, July 8 2008

Lockheed: U.S. Must Pay For Rocket-Test Cleanup. Lawsuit filed over toxins Washington Times, July 7 2008

Toxic Assessment Delays Block New Standards OMB Watch

World Leaders Have 8-Course Dinner and 6-Course Lunch Before the G8's Food Crisis Talks Telegraph UK, July 8 2008

Europe Tells Airlines to Pay for Emissions New York Times, June 27 2008

White House Tried to Silence EPA Proposal on Car Emissions Washington Post, June 26 2008

Court Rewards Exxon for Valdez Oil Spill Greg Palast, June 26 2008

Dominion's Coal-Fired Electric Plant to Advance Washington Post, June 26 2008

Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming Common Dreams, June 24 2008

Earth Near Tipping Point, Scientist Warns Toronto Star, June 24 2008

Climate Pollution From Aviation Increasing Science Daily, Jan 3 2008

Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal NY Times, May 30 2008

1952: Lessons from history
Why the Great Smog of London Was Anything But Great NY Times, Aug 12 2003
Days of Toxic Darkness BBC News, Dec 5 2002
Historic Smog Death Toll Rises BBC News, Dec 5 2002

The Trouble With Markets for Carbon New York Times, June 20 2008

Worries Mount as Farmers Push for Big Harvest - NY Times, June 10 2008

Germany Bans Chemicals Linked to Honeybee Devastation The Guardian UK, May 23 2008

TRADE SECRETS reveals how the public's right to know the truth about the thousands of chemicals which surround us has been compromised Moyers Report on PBS

Multinationals Make Billions in Profit out of Growing Global Food Crisis The Independent (UK), May 4 2008

US Government Aims to Tame Hurricanes Telegraph UK, Feb 8 2008

Scientist Accuses White House of 'Nazi' Tactics Read (Original source: LA Times March 19 2007)

Open Skies Pact Will 'Worsen Climate Change' The Independent (UK), March 22 2007

'Open Skies' Air Treaty Threat The Guardian UK, Feb 20 2006

Airlines Must Lose Their Right to Pollute the Skies Common Dreams, June 22 2006

Bush Aide Altered Climate Reports Times (UK), June 9 2005

Ex-Oil Lobbyist Watered Down US Climate Research The Guardian UK, June 9 2005

Climate Change Quick Solution: Limit Flight Read (Source: Vive le Canada, Feb 27 2004)

The Environmental Effects of Civil Aircraft in Flight (Comment on the Royal Commission report) Eur/Activ, Feb 11 2003

Reference documents

Acid Rain Permitting Fact Sheet (EPA Clean Air Markets - Programs and Regulations) Read (PDF)

Air Contaminants Short List (California Occupational and Safety Health Act) Read (PDF)

Air Force Link: Commitment to Environmental Excellence - Contrails (PDFs):
Introduction Read
Background Read
Contrail Read
Wingtip Condensation Trails Read
Exhaust Gases Read
Chaff and Flares Read
Aerial Spraying Read
Cloud Seeding and Fire Suppression Read
In-flight Emergency Fuel Release Read
Layman's Library Read

Air Force News: Squadron expands test-support capability of T-39B Read (PDF)

Air Quality, Emissions, and Modeling (California Air Resources Board) Read (PDF)

An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security Excerpt (HTML) | Full Report (PDF)

American Lung Association: State of the Air 2002 - Particulate Matter Read (PDF)

The Assessment of a Global Contrail Model - K. Klima, I. Waitz MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Read (PDF)

Atmospheric Effects of Aviation - A review of NASA's subsonic assessment project Read free online at NAP

Aviation and the Global Atmosphere Read free online at GRIDA (GRIDA is an official United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) collaborating centre)

Black Carbon Aerosol Pollution Cools, Heats, Confuses - Daily University Science News Read (PDF)

Canada's Toxic Tarsands - The most destructive project on Earth Read (PDF)

Cancer Definition - Environmental Defense Read (PDF)

Carbon Black - Frequently Asked Questions Read (PDF)

Chaff Mixed With Radar Weather Echoes - NOAA Read (PDF)

Climate Change - Todd Wilkinson Read (PDF)

Cloud Radiative Forcing - NASA Read (PDF)

Contrails and Cirrus Clouds - Patrick Minnis, NASA Langley Research Centre Read (PDF)

Critics Assail Fed Study on Health Risks of Military Chaff - Reno Gazette-Journal Read (PDF)

Dennis Kucinich - A Prayer For America Read (PDF)

DHS Detection Limits for Purposes of Reporting Regulated Contaminants - California Dept of Health Read (PDF)

The Environmental Effects of Civil Aircraft in Flight - Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: Special Report Read (PDF)

EPA - Effects of Acid Rain: Forests Read (PDF)

EPA Visitor Center - Global Warming: Meteorologists Read (PDF)

European Conference on Aviation, Atmosphere and Climate 2003 List of Abstracts Read (PDF) | Website

Global Warming and Ice Ages - Edward Teller Read (PDF)

IPCC Special Report: Aviation and the Global Atmosphere Summary for Policymakers – 1999 Read (PDF)

JP-8 Toxicological Assessment Read (PDF)

Losing the Forest and the Trees - Todd Wilkinson Read (PDF)

Man vs Nature: Weather Modification in the 21st Century Read (PDF)

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Read (PDF)

NASA - Aerosols Fact Sheet Page 1 | Page 2 (PDF)

New NASA Satellite Sensor and Field Experiment Shows Aerosols Cool the Surface but Warm the Atmosphere Read (PDF)

NIOSH Carcinogen List - National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health Read (PDF)

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards Read (PDF)

NOAA Weather Modification Program Stats
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 (PDFs)

Nitric Acid Increases Relative Humidity in Low-Temperature Cirrus Clouds - Science Vol. 303 Read (PDF)

PBS Special Report Asks 'Are We Making Our Children Sick?' Read (PDF)

Physiological and Biochemical Changes in Plants Caused by Air Pollution Read (PDF)

Plastic Debris in the World’s Oceans Read (PDF)

Sacrificing Freedom in the Name of Safety - Ukiah Daily Journal Read (PDF)

Space Preservation Act of 2001 Read (PDF)

Space Weather Support for Communications Read (PDF)

Statewide Summary Graph for Iron - California Air Resources Board Read (PDF)

Swiss Re Catastrophe Study Read (PDF)

United States Military Space: Into the Twenty-First Century Read (PDF)

Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 Read (PDF)

Weather Modification Association Journal - A look at the contents Read (PDF)

The World of 2020 and Alternative Futures Read (PDF)