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Flint Residents May Have Been Drinking PFCs In Addition to Lead
FLINT RESIDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN DRINKING PFCS IN ADDITION TO LEAD RESIDENTS OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, who drank lead in their water may also have been exposed to perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, according to a report from the Michigan Department of Community Health. The May 2015 report showed elevated levels of PFCs in the Flint River — including […]
New Safe Harbor Data “Deal” May Be More Politicking Than Surveillance Reform
New Safe Harbor Data “Deal” May Be More Politicking Than Surveillance Reform Lobbyists, government officials, and technology executives celebrated newsfrom Strasbourg on Tuesday morning that the European Commission and the United States had reached an agreement to reinstate the free flow of massive amounts of data between companies in the United States and the European Union, […]
Congressional Hearings on Surveillance Programs to Kick Off — in Secret
Congressional Hearings on Surveillance Programs to Kick Off — in Secret The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing next week on two of the NSA spying programs revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden that vacuum up domestic content despite being ostensibly targeted at foreigners: PRISM and Upstream. But, to the great consternation of 26 government accountability […]
Almost 12 Years After Calling a Reporter, DOJ Whistleblower Slapped With Ethics Charges
Almost 12 Years After Calling a Reporter, DOJ Whistleblower Slapped With Ethics Charges The D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel — the legal body responsible for overseeing the D.C. Bar’s professional rules — has filed ethics charges against Thomas Tamm, the former Justice Department lawyer who contacted the New York Times about President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program in 2004. The office’s charging papers, […]
U.S. Radically Changes Its Story of the Boats in Iranian Waters: to an Even More Suspicious Version
U.S. Radically Changes Its Story of the Boats in Iranian Waters: to an Even More Suspicious Version When news first broke of the detention of two U.S. ships in Iranian territorial waters, the U.S. media — aside from depicting it as an act of Iranian aggression — uncritically cited the U.S. government’s explanation for what happened. One of the […]
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — in Iranian Waters
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — in Iranian Waters News broke last night, hours before President Obama’s State of the Union address, that two U.S. Navy ships “in the Persian Gulf” were “seized” by Iran, and the 10 sailors on board were “arrested.” The Iranian government quickly said, and even the U.S. government […]
Toxic ‘Reform’ Law Will Gut State Rules on Dangerous Chemicals
TOXIC “REFORM” LAW WILL GUT STATE RULES ON DANGEROUS CHEMICALS A NEW SET OF BILLS that aims to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act may nullify the efforts of states such as Maine and California to regulate dangerous chemicals. The Senate’s bill, passed last month, just before the holidays, is particularly restrictive. The Frank R. […]
One Map That Explains the Dangerous Saudi-Iranian Conflict
One Map That Explains the Dangerous Saudi-Iranian Conflict The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday. Hours later, Iranian protestors set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran. On Sunday, the Saudi government, which considers itself the guardian of Sunni Islam, cut diplomatic ties with Iran, which is a Shiite Muslim […]
The Deceptive Debate Over What Causes Terrorism Against the West
The Deceptive Debate Over What Causes Terrorism Against the West Ever since members of the UK Labour Party in September elected Jeremy Corbyn as party leader by a landslide, British political and media elites have acted as though their stately manors have been invaded by hordes of gauche, marauding serfs. They have waged a relentless and undisguised […]
In Greenpeace Sting, Professors Agree to Produce Research for Fossil Fuel Industry Without Disclosure
In Greenpeace Sting, Professors Agree to Produce Research for Fossil Fuel Industry Without Disclosure “How much have you taken from Peabody Coal?” That was the question Greenpeace researcher Jesse Coleman asked prominent climate change skeptic and Princeton physicist William Happer in a Senate hearing room Tuesday afternoon, just as Happer was preparing to testify before Sen. Ted […]
Big Banks Suffer Rare Fail as Congressional Deal Cuts Nearly $1 Billion a Year in Handouts
Big Banks Suffer Rare Fail as Congressional Deal Cuts Nearly $1 Billion a Year in Handouts Big banks will lose a portion of a multi-billion-dollar government handout they’ve enjoyed for over 100 years, thanks to a compromise highway bill released Tuesday. One estimate pegged the loss to the banks at $8 billion to $9 billion over […]
Coal CEO Thanks Lamar Smith, Asks Him to Expand Probe of Climate Scientists
Coal CEO Thanks Lamar Smith, Asks Him to Expand Probe of Climate Scientists In recent remarks Robert E. Murray, the chief executive officer of Murray Energy, the largest privately-held coal mining company in America, enthusiastically praised Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Tex., the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, for leading an investigation into […]
WTO Ruling on Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Illustrates Supremacy of Trade Agreements
WTO Ruling on Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Illustrates Supremacy of Trade Agreements International trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) need to be carefully examined piece by piece because they can take precedence over a country’s own laws. Case in point: the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday ruled that dolphin-safe tuna labeling rules — required […]
