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Fazed by the nicotine fog
While the Germans are pretty eco-conscious, many are notorious smokers. Non-smoker BRENDA BENEDICT waits with bated breath for a ban on indoor smoking
Study: About 200,000 Killed in Darfur
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Between 170,000 and 255,000 people have died in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region since 2003, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science.
Drug offers hope to beat diabetes epidemic
A drug that has been shown to cut the risk of diabetes by two thirds has been hailed by doctors as giving new hope to thousands of people
WHO approves DDT spraying for malaria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the insecticide DDT for use indoors to fight malaria. :tea:
India
SC to Centre: Where's data on cola?
| NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from various central ministries on a PIL seeking to know the scientific data collected by authorities
Climate change wreaking ecological havoc on globe
By Daniel Howden, Andrew Buncombe and Justin Huggler In Greenland, barley is growing for the first time since the Middle Ages.
Lebanon: No 'Civil War' This Time
Israel as a "Jewish state," to quote the title of the book by Theodor Herzl who founded the Zionist Movement in 1897, was in trouble from the start.
BBC News
Al Gore: A matter of convenience
Al Gore's new global warming movie has been a blockbuster in the United States. At this point, it stands third in box office history among documentaries.
Bats' disappearance puzzles Qld scientists
By Melanie Christiansen for The World Today Scientists in north Queensland cannot figure out what has happened to all the bats that usually populate the region.
State Argues for Tough Vehicle-Emission Rules
Letters, 9/16
California, Taking Big Gamble, Tries to Curb Greenhouse Gase
More hot air
UN officials praise California bill to curb greenhouse gas e
Hunger kills guillemots
Tobacco is bad
Calif. says lower port emissions to reduce deaths
Need to protect the ozone layer stressed
Massive surge in disappearance of Arctic sea ice sparks glob
New Air Pollution Index Adopted
Tesco opens doors to local growers
UK facing tight deadline on climate change
Today: September 16, 2006 at 8:15:4 PDT
Editorial: A polluted culture
Federal official describes failed ethics in top ranks of Interior Department
In scathing testimony before a congressional committee earlier this week, the Interior Department's inspector general accused top department officials of ethical failures, favoritism and cronyism.
"Simply stated, short of a crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of the Interior," Inspector General Earl E. Devaney on Wednesday told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy.
Devaney had been asked to testify regarding the Interior Department's "bureaucratic bungling" of 1,000 oil and natural gas leases that could result in billions of dollars worth of lost royalties revenue for the federal government. He also was asked to comment on the department's overall culture of "managerial irresponsibility and lack of accountability."
He described the arrogance of upper-level Interior Department officials who summarily dismissed dozens of inspector general's reports that detailed the department's widespread ineptitude.
People awarded bonuses after their programs failed, massive project collapses and "indefensible failures to correct deplorable conditions in Indian country" - all were reasons that Devaney called for work to "disassemble the troubling culture."
He was particularly angered by the department's dismissal of some two dozen alleged ethical missteps by J. Steven Griles, a former lobbyist who served as deputy interior secretary during President Bush's first term. Griles resigned amid allegations that he promoted policy decisions that favored, or sought contracts for, his former oil and gas industry clients.
Troubling, indeed. Devaney's testimony should not be the last public discussion of the polluted culture that the Bush administration has allowed to exist within the Interior Department. Congress should call for a full investigation of this broken department.
hi guyes now get updated
Fazed by the nicotine fog
While the Germans are pretty eco-conscious, many are notorious smokers. Non-smoker BRENDA BENEDICT waits with bated breath for a ban on indoor smoking
Study: About 200,000 Killed in Darfur
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Between 170,000 and 255,000 people have died in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region since 2003, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science.
Drug offers hope to beat diabetes epidemic
A drug that has been shown to cut the risk of diabetes by two thirds has been hailed by doctors as giving new hope to thousands of people
WHO approves DDT spraying for malaria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the insecticide DDT for use indoors to fight malaria. :tea:
India
SC to Centre: Where's data on cola?
| NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from various central ministries on a PIL seeking to know the scientific data collected by authorities
Climate change wreaking ecological havoc on globe
By Daniel Howden, Andrew Buncombe and Justin Huggler In Greenland, barley is growing for the first time since the Middle Ages.
Lebanon: No 'Civil War' This Time
Israel as a "Jewish state," to quote the title of the book by Theodor Herzl who founded the Zionist Movement in 1897, was in trouble from the start.
BBC News
Al Gore: A matter of convenience
Al Gore's new global warming movie has been a blockbuster in the United States. At this point, it stands third in box office history among documentaries.
Bats' disappearance puzzles Qld scientists
By Melanie Christiansen for The World Today Scientists in north Queensland cannot figure out what has happened to all the bats that usually populate the region.
State Argues for Tough Vehicle-Emission Rules
Letters, 9/16
California, Taking Big Gamble, Tries to Curb Greenhouse Gase
More hot air
UN officials praise California bill to curb greenhouse gas e
Hunger kills guillemots
Tobacco is bad
Calif. says lower port emissions to reduce deaths
Need to protect the ozone layer stressed
Massive surge in disappearance of Arctic sea ice sparks glob
New Air Pollution Index Adopted
Tesco opens doors to local growers
UK facing tight deadline on climate change
Today: September 16, 2006 at 8:15:4 PDT
Editorial: A polluted culture
Federal official describes failed ethics in top ranks of Interior Department
In scathing testimony before a congressional committee earlier this week, the Interior Department's inspector general accused top department officials of ethical failures, favoritism and cronyism.
"Simply stated, short of a crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of the Interior," Inspector General Earl E. Devaney on Wednesday told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy.
Devaney had been asked to testify regarding the Interior Department's "bureaucratic bungling" of 1,000 oil and natural gas leases that could result in billions of dollars worth of lost royalties revenue for the federal government. He also was asked to comment on the department's overall culture of "managerial irresponsibility and lack of accountability."
He described the arrogance of upper-level Interior Department officials who summarily dismissed dozens of inspector general's reports that detailed the department's widespread ineptitude.
People awarded bonuses after their programs failed, massive project collapses and "indefensible failures to correct deplorable conditions in Indian country" - all were reasons that Devaney called for work to "disassemble the troubling culture."
He was particularly angered by the department's dismissal of some two dozen alleged ethical missteps by J. Steven Griles, a former lobbyist who served as deputy interior secretary during President Bush's first term. Griles resigned amid allegations that he promoted policy decisions that favored, or sought contracts for, his former oil and gas industry clients.
Troubling, indeed. Devaney's testimony should not be the last public discussion of the polluted culture that the Bush administration has allowed to exist within the Interior Department. Congress should call for a full investigation of this broken department.