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AAAS Policy Alert
Posted on April 29, 2009For those of you who try to stay current on science policy, I am a member of AAAS and receive its policy alerts. I encourage all of you to join and subscribe to Science. Here is today's policy alert: AAAS...
WHO publishes the 2009 Pandemic Preparedness and Planning Recommendations
Posted on April 28, 2009By an accident of timing, WHO just published new recommendations about pandemic preparedness and planning. WHO Pandemic Influenza Planning document The recommendations have been 18 months in the making...but I guess WHO thought it was time to push them out...
Swine Flu spreads worldwide -- 14 nations have suspected cases, 5 nations have confirmed cases
Posted on April 28, 2009New Zealand news link There have been six lab-confirmed cases of mild swine flu in Canada and one in Spain, which became the first country in Europe to confirm a case after a man who returned from a trip to...
California swine flu cases rise to 13; Texas to 6; total US now 55
Posted on April 28, 2009With three cases in Sacramento as of Monday evening, the California case count has risen to 13. Sacramento news link While CDC still has a total of 40 confirmed cases posted on its site, the number of confirmed cases appears...
Enormous Gap between WHO figures and Mexico figures about extent of swine flu
Posted on April 28, 2009The report from Mexico is at least 20 confirmed deaths and up to 149 deaths from the swine flu epidemic: Mexico cancelled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149...
Comparison of EPA Authorities under CAA with Proposed Cap-and-Trade
Posted on April 28, 2009Here's an interesting paper produced by NYU's Institute for Policy Integrity, outlining EPA's obligations under the CAA given the endangerment finding and contrasting that approach with the proposed cap-and-trade legislation pending in Congress. The Road Ahead
CDC Raises Case Count to 64; Increase due to NYC Count; 3 Cases Counted by California as Confirmed Still Missing from CDC Count
Posted on April 28, 2009CDC Swine Influenza (Flu) Page CDC link Swine Flu website last updated April 28, 2009 11:00 AM ET U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection (As of April 28, 2009 11:00 AM ET) State # of laboratory confirmed cases California...
Findlaw environmental case summaries February 2009
Posted on April 28, 2009Table of Contents - February 23rd - 27th ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CASES ? US v. Holden ? Sierra Club v. EPA ? Am. Farm Bureau Fed. v. EPA FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without...
Findlaw environmental case summaries March 2009
Posted on April 28, 2009Table of Contents - March 16-29th ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CASES ? Trout Unlimited v. Lohn ? Natural Resources Def. Coun. v. EPA FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without prior approval. You may, however, freely...
Findlaw environmental case summaries - March 30 - April 3
Posted on April 28, 2009Table of Contents ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CASES ? Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. ? New Jersey Dept. of Envtl. Prot. v. US Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n ? Columbia Venture LLC v. S.C. Wildlife Fed. ? Center for Biological Diversity v. Marina Pt....
Now back to our regularly scheduled program: Findlaw environmental case summaries
Posted on April 28, 2009Here are the Findlaw case summaries from mid-April. No cases of interest were published during the last week. Table of Contents ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CASES ? Ecology Center v. Castaneda ? Kane Cty. v. Salazar ? Arizona Pub. Serv. Co. v....
Bending over backwards: Waxman and Markey grant Republicans another day of hearings on climate change bill
Posted on April 28, 2009Listing the 40 days of hearings that have already been held, Waxman and Market nevertheless agree to hold another day of hearings on May 1, 2009. The list is a good beginning for a legislative history on the bill. hearings...
House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on Swine Flu Scheduled for Thursday
Posted on April 28, 2009Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on ?Swine Flu Outbreak and the U.S. Federal Response? Publications - Media Advisories April 27, 2009 The Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing titled, ?Swine Flu Outbreak and the U.S. Federal Response,? on Thursday,...
California declares state of emergency as confirmed cases rise to 15; LA coroner investigating 2 flu-related deaths discounts swine flu in one case and is still investigating the other
Posted on April 28, 2009ABC news reports: link Alarmed by the growing number of swine flu cases and the possibility that a California man may have died from the disease, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency today to help deal with the...
WHO Continues to Advocate No Restrictions on International Travel
Posted on April 28, 2009I wonder whether WHO has been captured somehow by the WTO or perhaps just aliens. It continues to advocate no restrictions on international travel: WHO does not recommend to restrict international travel. As usual it is considered prudent for people....
WHO Swine influenza - update 4 - additional confirmed cases in Israel, Spain, and US
Posted on April 28, 200928 April 2009--The situation continues to evolve rapidly. As of 19:15 GMT, 28 April 2009, seven countries have officially reported cases of swine influenza A/H1N1 infection. The United States Government has reported 64 laboratory confirmed human cases, with no deaths...
Current WHO information -- about 16 hours old
Posted on April 27, 2009Here's the latest from WHO -- it appears to be lagging about 8 hours: 27 April 2009 -- The current situation regarding the outbreak of swine influenza A(H1N1) is evolving rapidly. As of 27 April 2009, the United States Government...
Assessing Community Mitigation Efforts that Should be Implemented - Second Guessing the CDC
Posted on April 27, 2009I admit that there are enormous information asymetries between the CDC and me -- as well as an enormous difference in expertise. However, I worry that CDC is moving too slowly because it has never dealt with a pandemic within...
CDC Guidance regarding Swine Flu
Posted on April 27, 2009How to Care for Flu Victims at Home Circumstances Requiring Preventative Use or Treatment with Anti-Viral Drugs Recommended Community Mitigation Measures Prior Community Mitigation Measure Recommendations based on pandemic severity index Use of Face Masks or Respirators
US Count at 40 cases in California, Kansas, NYC, Ohio, and Texas as of 11 am PST
Posted on April 27, 2009Here's the latest from CDC: Swine Flu website last updated April 27, 2009 1:00 PM ET U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection (As of April 27, 2009 1:00 PM ET) State # of laboratory confirmed cases California 7 cases...
Day late and a dollar short on swine flu response
Posted on April 27, 2009Reasonably intelligent people could tell on Saturday morning that the appropriate pandemic level was Phase 4 (or even 5), that people should be advised not to travel to Mexico, California, and Texas, and I would argue that travel be stopped....
CDC Health Advisory
Posted on April 25, 2009This is an official CDC Health Advisory CDC Link Distributed via Health Alert Network April 25, 2009, 3:00 EST (03:00 PM EDT) CDCHAN-000281-2009-04-25-ALT-N Investigation and Interim Recommendations: Swine Influenza (H1N1) CDC, in collaboration with public health officials in California and...
Local flu preparedness planning
Posted on April 25, 2009As of 4:30 pm PDT, 11 cases of H1N1 swine flu have been confirmed in the US -- now including Kansas. U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection State # of laboratory confirmed cases California 7 cases Texas 2 cases...
Swine Flu with Pandemic Potential Hits US and Mexico: Previous Study indicated that the only way to delay spread of an epidemic is to contain the local epidemics and to prevent international travel
Posted on April 25, 2009WHO warned today that it may be too late to prevent the spread of the swine flu that has been reported in three places in Mexico as well as California and Texas. WHO Swine Flu Home page WHO Swine flu...
G8 + 10 summit seeks consensus on climate change
Posted on April 22, 2009International environmental ministers of G8 + 10 will meet tomorrow in Sicily to try to achieve consensus on climate change. President Obama's pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 may be a catalyst, especially if...
Ocean acidification
Posted on April 22, 2009According to the Science blog: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked scientists how to revise the Clean Water Act to protect seas against ocean acidification from atmospheric carbon dioxide. Under the current rules, waters are designated as impaired if...
Catholic Coalition Pushes Climate Change Action
Posted on April 22, 2009Grist reports: Citing dual obligations to care for God?s creation and the world?s poor, a broad coalition of Catholic groups today announced a new commitment to take action climate change. The ?St. Francis Pledge,? named after the patron saint of...
Earth Week on Capitol Hill - News from Markey's Select Committee
Posted on April 22, 2009TUESDAY 4/21: -The Energy & Commerce Committee and the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment began hearings on the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation. -Speaker Nancy Pelosi held an event with House committee chairmen, faith and business leaders -The Catholic Church...
CEO salaries - from NY Times - no comment!
Posted on April 21, 2009Visit the NY Times for an interesting interactive graphic about CEO salaries Pay at the Top Here's an example of the information available for about 200 top CEOs.
US News and World Report
Posted on April 21, 2009TaxLawProf blogged the peer reputation ratings of all law schools based on the USN&WR list. You can view that peer rating list here. What should you make of all this? Well, not much. I routinely refuse to fill out USN&WR...
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