First conclusion of a series that began after Earth Day and includes Fossil Fuels and a Walk on the Moon, Drill Baby Drill or Drill Baby Oops, Magnitude, Part 1, One Month After, The Chernobyl of Fossil Fuel?, and Magnitude, Part 2. ) As I wrote on Earth Day, "In 100 years our descendants will [...]
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From the Pump Handle- Are More Food Crises on the Way?Remember the global food crisis of 2008? Disappointing wheat harvests in Europe, the US, and Australia led to a shortfall in global supplies, and poorer countries and consumers couldn't afford grain that had suddenly become much more expensive. In the US, families struggled to stretch their food budgets; in 14 other countries, food-related violence erup […]
- Labor Day is a memorial day if your loved one went to work but never came homeKaren Lubanty recounts: "He kissed me goodbye, told me he'd call me at work later. He kissed Jennifer goodbye. That was it, he never came home." Her husband, Walter Lubanty, was killed in October 2006 while working at a Tilcon NY Inc. plant in Wharton, NJ. He was crushed by 75 tons of steel. The company was assessed a $7,500 penalty by OSHA fo […]
- Excessive work hours: a serious safety hazards for workersPublic Citizen, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and other worker advocates petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a regulation limiting the number of hours worked by medical residents. The petitioners argue that the excessive hours expected by the employers (hospitals) of these physicians-in-training caus […]
- Public Health 101: Ten Great AchievementsWhen I first started to get interested in public health several years ago, I thought of it mostly as dealing with things like vaccines and handwashing. From one of my friends who enrolled in a Master of Public Health program, I learned that it actually covers a whole range of issues that affect the population's health and quality of life - things like w […]
- Holdren Promises Scientific Integrity Plan by Year's EndBack in March of 2009, President Obama signed a memorandum that laid out six scientific integrity principles and gave the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 120 days to "develop recommendations for Presidential action designed to guarantee scientific integrity throughout the executive branch." My colleagues and I submitted comments […]
- Are More Food Crises on the Way?
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- Stimulus Clawback: USDA Rescinds $19 Million Broadband Award to Texas Firm Charged with Fraud by SECAn Exclusive Breaking News Report from StimulatingBroadband.com StimulatingBroadband.com 09/03/2010 San Francisco – In response to investigative reporting by StimulatingBroadband.com, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today disclosed that it has issued one of the few funding... This is a content summary only. For the full story, click on the link to […]Peter Pratt
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- Stimulus Clawback: USDA Rescinds $19 Million Broadband Award to Texas Firm Charged with Fraud by SEC