November2015
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Keep It In The Ground: A Crown of the Continent Kickoff?
The lands at issue are surrounded by protected areas: Glacier National Park to the north, the immense Bob Marshall Wilderness Area to the south and west and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the east. In fact,...November 25, 2015 383 0 -
No Vacancy? Why the Inhofe Inquiry Should Probably Go Nowhere
As we’ve noted at the Lab before, CEQ has been without permanent leadership since Nancy Sutley resigned in early 2014. By operation of a little-known statute enacted in 1998, that might seem to leave a bit...November 23, 2015 322 0 -
The Risk of Genetically Engineered Accidents
The FDA’s decision to license the first genetically engineered food animal for consumption in the US garnered little attention last week at its issuance. That by itself is odd: though perhaps small, there is a confident...November 20, 2015 1741 1 -
FDA Take Note: Approval of Ractopamine Use in Animal Ag *Is* a NEPA Issue
Ractopamine hydrochloride. Practically rolls off the tongue. And although its use is banned in most countries—including Russia and China—it’s been approved for use here in the States since 1999. Animal “finishing” operations feed it to pigs,...November 12, 2015 360 0 -
KXL the Keystone of US/Canada Relations No Longer
As has been widely reported, the KXL application will be denied. Our stories about KXL (like here) noted the challenges inherent in counting greenhouse gas emissions from something like the Alberta tar sands. In weighing a single infrastructure project...November 6, 2015 227 0 -
An Atlantic Antiquity: A Thriving Fishery About to be Deep-Sixed?
Fisheries everywhere have been collapsing, some at alarming rates. The Atlantic coast fisheries that traditionally meant the most revenue, the most jobs, and the most stability have been no exception. (See this recent Science piece suggesting that the...November 6, 2015 313 0
