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Apria - resources - News: "Congressional panel calls for release of CDC report about the Great Lakes: Congress begins probe of CDC
James Janega

Feb. 29--A congressional committee said Thursday that it was investigating why the Centers for Disease Control has declined to release a report about health problems near contaminated sites around the Great Lakes.
A spokesman for the CDC said the report was held over questions about the data it used because it was presented in a way that may be misinterpreted. Though the report lists contaminant sites and illnesses reported nearby, it does not say the illnesses were caused by toxins at the sites."

Committee Calls for Release of Great Lakes Report from CDC - Health - redOrbit

Committee Calls for Release of Great Lakes Report from CDC - Health - redOrbit: "Download full size image Committee Calls for Release of Great Lakes Report from CDC
Posted on: Friday, 29 February 2008, 09:00 CST
A congressional committee said Thursday that it was investigating why the Centers for Disease Control has declined to release a report about health problems near contaminated sites around the Great Lakes.
A spokesman for the CDC said the report was held over questions about the data it used because it was presented in a way that may be misinterpreted. Though the report lists contaminant sites and illnesses reported nearby, it does not say the illnesses were caused by toxins at the sites."

Google Maps 'Bike There' Feature Request Petition

Google Maps 'Bike There' Feature Request Petition To: Google, and the Google Maps team
We would like a 'Bike There' feature added to Google Maps - to go with the current 'Drive There' and 'Take Public Transit' options. The feature would take into account actual bicycle lanes from the locality being mapped, and it would automatically plan a route for a bicyclist, possibly even providing the cyclist options for either the most direct route, or the most bicycle-friendly (safest) route. The Google Maps-based third party site, byCycle.org (http://byCycle.org/), provides these features for two metro areas - Portland, Oregon and Madison, Wisconsin, and there are countless other mapping initiatives around the world aimed at accomplishing the same goal. We hope that Google will consider building this feature into the core Google Maps service.

Congressional panel calls for release of CDC report about the Great Lakes -- chicagotribune.com

Congressional panel calls for release of CDC report about the Great Lakes -- chicagotribune.com: "A congressional committee said Thursday that it was investigating why the Centers for Disease Control has declined to release a report about health problems near contaminated sites around the Great Lakes.

A spokesman for the CDC said the report was held over questions about the data it used because it was presented in a way that may be misinterpreted. Though the report lists contaminant sites and illnesses reported nearby, it does not say the illnesses were caused by toxins at the sites."

Mapping the Other 70 Percent - The New York Times

Mapping the Other 70 Percent - The New York Times: "Mapping the Other 70 Percent
Scientists are building the first worldwide portrait of human impact on the world’s oceans."

I remember when I began RochesterEnvironment.com back in 1998, when it was the Year of the Oceans. Worldwide focus was on the plight of our oceans and since then the media has not given much attention to the state of our oceans. You'd think, given the importance of our oceans, that in the last decade a state of alarm would have existed and major changes in human behavior towards our oceans would have begun for the positive. But, it didn't. Now, scientists have mapped the oceans and this map shows increasing decline. Is that what we do? Watch impotently as our ship of life sinks?

A Reporter at Large: Big Foot: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

A Reporter at Large: Big Foot: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker: "Big Foot
In measuring carbon emissions, it’s easy to confuse morality and science.
by Michael Specter"

(Interesting points about ethics and science.) Frank J. Regan