July 30, 2010
US EPA is working on a coarse screening tool as part of its "environmental justice" initiative to help its employees ...
Enviro 101: Glossary of Environmental Compliance Terms DE - Enviro.BLR.comThe Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is an ambitious project, aimed at cleaning up contaminated waste and invasive species ...
- Chilean authorities begin to prepare for a possible earthquake that could strike the north of the country "at any time", say scientists.
- AP - Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never reached the powerful loop current.
- AP - In stories July 28 and July 29 about an oil spill on the Kalamazoo River, The Associated Press reported erroneously how deep the oil would be if put in a walled-in football field. The roughly 800,000 gallons of oil would fill a walled-in football field, including the end zones, with just under 2 feet of oil, not 14 feet.

Andrew Charlesworth, BusinessGreen, Friday 30 July 2010 at 17:16:00
Analysts question intent and wisdom of accelerated smart meter deployment but empirical experience is favourable
As part of its energy review, the…
by Brad Johnson.
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room.
In a contrarian take, Time Magazine‘s Michael Grunwald wrote a preemptive post-mortem impact of BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, saying that it “does not seem to be inflicting severe environmental damage.” Grunwald believes that…
