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• Your Air Quality, Now Jun 15, 2010
  May 3-7, 2010 was Air Quality Awareness Week Here is a welcome tool that can provide you with an easily-accessible indicator of your local air quality. Go to the AIRNow Web Site to get national air quality information.
  Sidney Draggan
• DiscussionCentral: Reaction to System Failure Jun 1, 2010
  From its Earth and Climate section, ScienceDaily reports on research that indicates, ". . . people generally do not act on information about the effects fossil fuel-based products . . . Question: Given the prevalence of media reports and supposed attention given to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, what do you make of these findings published i […]
  Sidney Draggan
• DiscussionCentral: Analyses of Climate Change May 19, 2010
  Climate Change Choices for the U.S. The National Research Council, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, released three reports within its America's Climate Choices suite of studies. The reports were requested by the U.S. Congress—to inform responses to climate change. Question: How useful do you think these reports will be in addressing climate cha […]
  Sidney Draggan
• DiscussionCentral: President’s Cancer Panel Report May 8, 2010
  President's Cancer Panel: Environmentally caused cancers are 'grossly underestimated' and 'needlessly devastate American lives. "The true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated," says the President's Cancer Panel in a strongly reported report that urges action to reduce people's wi […]
  Sidney Draggan
• DiscussionCentral: Climate Change Confirmed? May 1, 2010
  Climate Change Indicatorsin the United States The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notes that “Collecting and interpreting environmental indicators play a critical role in our understanding of climate change and its causes. An indicator represents the state of certain environmental conditions over a given area and a specified period of time. Example […]
  Sidney Draggan
• DiscussionCentral: Citizen Participation Informing Decision-Making on S&T Apr 28, 2010
  A report from the Science and Technology Innovation Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars defines the criteria for a new technology assessment function in the United States. Q: Do you believe that scientists (or other “experts”) are ready or able to entertain the opinions or concerns of laypersons?
  Sidney Draggan
• Human Health Perspective: On Climate Change Apr 24, 2010
  The Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (IWGCCH) has prepared a report outlining the range of research needs on the human health effects of climate change titled "A Human Health Perspective: On Climate Change". The IWGCCH states that:
  Sidney Draggan
• DiscussionCentral: So You Say You Are Green Apr 8, 2010
  ScienceDaily reports on research conducted at the University of Minnesota. The research acknowledges that “Environmentally friendly products are everywhere one looks. Energy efficient dishwashers, bamboo towels, the paperless Kindle and, of course, the ubiquitous Prius are all around.” But, . . . Q: How do you see the need for status as influencing […]
  Sidney Draggan
• Energy Crops Impacts on Soil and Environment Apr 5, 2010
  Humberto Blanco-Canqui of Kansas State University reports in Agronomy Journal that: "Crop residues, perennial warm season grasses, and short-rotation woody crops are potential biomass sources for cellulosic ethanol production. While most research is focused on the conversion of cellulosic feeedstocks into ethanol and increasing production of biomass, t […]
  Sidney Draggan
• Electronic Waste: Policy Priority Mar 29, 2010
  Jinglei Yu and co-authors report in Environmental Science and Technology on proposed regulations, now under debate in the U.S. Congress to ban the export of electronics waste. The authors say in their policy analysis that the regulations would likely make a growing global environmental problem even worse.
  Sidney Draggan

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