December2015
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No Big Deal? Space X’s Falcon May Mean a New Era of Space Travel and Cause No Environmental Impact?
Earlier this month, the Federal Aviation Administration, tiering to NEPA documents already prepared by the U.S. Air Force, found that the famed “SpaceX” Falcon launch vehicles don’t cause a significant enough impact on the environment to...December 26, 2015 429 0 -
Beyond the Four Corners: Extending the Life of a Western Coal Belt
Combined, the Navajo Generating Station, Four Corners Generating Station, and San Juan Generating Station make up a sizable portion of just about everything in their vicinity. Their emissions of greenhouse gases, conventional pollutants like particulates and...December 25, 2015 788 0 -
Deadlines on Scientific Integrity II: Inter-Disciplinarity in the Real World
Our last post explained the Office of Inspector General’s conclusions surrounding Lease Sale 193’s hurry-up supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). In that report, OIG found numerous instances where staff specialists at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...December 21, 2015 390 0 -
When Do Deadlines Mean Compromising Scientific Integrity?
Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea came to a close earlier this year when Royal Dutch Shell announced it was suspending operations there for the “foreseeable future.” Before that move, though, that Lease had become...December 10, 2015 462 0
