international

EPA Announces Joint Research Partnership with UK Agencies Regarding the Behavior and Effects of Nanomaterials in the Environment

Lynn L. Bergeson
January 05, 2009 22:55

On December 29, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is in the process of finalizing a major joint research effort with a number of United Kingdom (UK) agencies that is intended to develop and validate predictive tools and similar conceptual models that predict...

Biofuels too

Susan L. Smith
January 04, 2009 23:23

A new study by Stanford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mark Jacobson entitled “Review of Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Security” Jacobson study link comprehensively analyzes various energy solutions, addressing associated impacts on water supply, land...

Biofuel Soars on Air New Zealand

Susan L. Smith
January 04, 2009 20:34

Due to the poor EO/EI ratio of biofuel and its competition with food crops, most of us are skeptical about widespread use of biofuel to meet transportation needs. However, air transportation is one of the few sectors where finding alternative...

U.S. Businesses in Hungary want whistleblower law

Richard Renner
January 02, 2009 23:52

"Whistle-blower legislation brings in a lot of money," proclaims the headline in Business Hungary magazine. The article in November's issue reports on a trip to Hungary by Stephen M. Kohn, President of the National Whistlelbower Center.  Stephen Kohn traveled to Hungary last Fall to...

Top 10 Drug Law Blog Stories of 2008

Alex Coolman
January 02, 2009 18:40

Here are the Top 10 Drug Law Blog stories of 2008. Keep in mind that my stories reflect the focus of this blog -- i.e. on changing areas of criminal drug law, with emphasis on California -- and so do...Here are the Top 10 Drug Law Blog stories of 2008. Keep in mind that my stories reflect the focus...