Let's see:
1) Martin Philbert is Chair of the committee looking at the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA.)
2) Philbert is founder and co-director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center.
3) Philbert's Center receives $5 million (50 times its annual budget) donation from Charles Gelman, who thinks that health risks posed by BPA are exaggerated by "mothers' groups and others who don't know... Read more...
Image credit: GreenpeaceUK Opposition Party Continues Stance Against Aviation Expansion
The UK Conservative Party is not necessarily thought of by many as the party of protest, but it has already come out strongly against airport... Read more...
Gail the Actuary made Hawaii headlines by questioning our sustainability some months back, and now she’s dishing an “I told you so” on the non-coincidence of peak oil and financial collapse (via oildrum).
Says Gail, “it is not a coincidence that just as we are hitting peak oil, world monetary systems seem to be edging toward [...] Read more...
More than 1,000 firefighters battle huge blazes 20 miles north-east of Los Angeles that have led to the evacuation of at least 1,200 people from the San Fernando Valley Read more...