End of Right-To-Know? Terrorism, Patriotism, and Environmental Law - "Congress should remember that the toxic cloud slaying the innocent people of Bhopal, India, was not the result of a terrorist act but the consequence of business as usual."
White House fails to protect public health "When the government comes across this kind of information and doesn't tell people about it, I just think it's wrong, unconscionable, not to do that," he said. "Your first obligation is to tell the people ... of the possible danger" -- Former EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus
Shock and Awe. : Achieving Rapid Dominance by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade with L.A. "Bud" Edney, Fred M. Franks, Charles A. Horner, Jonathan T. Howe, and Keith Brendley. This is the DOD document that explains it all. Some visitors report that the above link is problematic. We have provided an archived copy of this report for research and educational purposes. Click here to access the archive.
Behind the Homefront: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "A daily chronicle of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public's right to know."
End of Right-To-Know? Terrorism, Patriotism, and Environmental Law - "Congress should remember that the toxic cloud slaying the innocent people of Bhopal, India, was not the result of a terrorist act but the consequence of business as usual."
Smallpox in America: Forced Vaccination? -
A far more grave threat, however, is the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA, MEHPA, or EHPA), portions of which were incorporated into the Homeland Security Act (HSA). The EHPA provides for forced vaccinations and confiscation or destruction of personal property under the mere threat of a threat of an outbreak.
White House fails to protect public health "When the government comes across this kind of information and doesn't tell people about it, I just think it's wrong, unconscionable, not to do that," he said. "Your first obligation is to tell the people ... of the possible danger" -- Former EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus
UNEP -- The State Of The Planet Is Getting Worse But For Many It's Still "business As Usual."
The State of the Air 2002 Report says, "Three-quarters of the nation’s population who reside in areas with ozone monitors—a total of 142,668,846 Americans—are breathing in unhealthy amounts of ozone pollution." That's half the population!
EPA Coverup? September 11th Environmental Hypocrisy.
Web sites told to delete data: The White House yesterday ordered all federal agencies to scrub their Web sites of sensitive information on weapons of mass destruction and other data that might be useful to terrorists...
Eric V. Schaeffer, EPA Director, Office of Regulatory Enforcement resigns. Click here to read his February 27, 2002 letter of resignation.
Doomsday Clock Moves Forward: On February 27, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the “Doomsday Clock,” the symbol of nuclear danger, from nine to seven minutes to midnight, the same setting at which the clock debuted 55 years ago. Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, this is the third time the hand has moved forward.
Human & Ecological Costs of High-Tech Scrap: It's been over 10 years since Bill Moyers and the Center For Investigative Reporting wrote their ground-breaking, Global Dumping Ground: The International Traffic in Hazardous Waste. Read this long awaited update to this story.
New Report Available: Smokestack Rollback:
How the Bush administration's Clean Air Act proposals will increase toxic refinery pollution and jeopardize public health - Study Exposes Bush Administration's Roll Back of Clean Air Protections as National Disaster for Public Health.
US Energy Supplies Vulnerable: Report Says Exposed Infrastructure, Oil Dependence to Blame - Scientists Counter President, Offer Responsible Energy Security Plan.
Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Climate Change: Potential Impacts on Inland Freshwater and Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the United States, Pew Center on Global Climate Change January 2002.
Reimagination - Reimagining, exploring and celebrating the changes in infrastructure, politics and culture that will help us live in harmony with each other and the earth now and in the future.
Democracy at Risk: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen's report Top To Bottom Review finds that electronic voting machines supplied by several vendors are subject to hacking and inaccuracies.
Climate Shift - The effects of climate shift on the future of planet earth and its inhabitants.
