Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Thank for your interest in Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly!  I will be taking a short respite for the remainder of this month, but will return to my regular semi-monthly posting schedule in September. C. Mei-Ling HAMILTON

Chevron Agrees to Pay $2M for California Refinery Fire ( USA Today News ; August 5, 2013) http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/08/05/chevron-2m-fire/2620303/ Halliburton Pleads Guilty To Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence ( Reuters ; July 25, 2013) http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-gulf-spill-halliburton-idUSBRE96O1HF20130726 Halliburton to Pay $200K Fine for Destroying Evidence in 2010 Gulf Oil Spill ( RT.com ; July 25, 2013) http://rt.com/usa/halliburton-guilty-destroying-evidence-spill-605/ N. B. :   A link to the January 2013 Columbia University study discussed in the aforementioned RT.com news article is available for your perusal below. Children’s Health after the Oil Spill:   A Four-State Study (NCDP Briefing Report, January 2013) http://academiccommons.columbia.edu/download/fedora_content/download/ac:156716/CONTENT/NCDP_Briefingreport_Feb21_Web.pdf

  The main theme to this week's blog post is the word "TRANSPARENCY" .  Below, one will find several updates to newsworthy issues that have previously been posted on this blog. I.  Update to December 19, 2012 EGISM Blog Post:      In this first update, of note is a link to the "Reconsideration of A. B. No. 7" during the California State Assembly Floor Session which may be viewed live on August 5, 2013 starting at 12:00 pm PDT (Link provided below).  It is this legislation on Hydraulic Fracturing authored by California State Assemblyman Bob WIECKOWSKI that was mentioned by Rudy SALAS in the first listed article published by KGET 17 News on July 31, 2013.  The history, amendments, and other pertinent documents concerning A. B. No. 7 can be perused on the two provided links below.   Also included is an article by Don HOPEY of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette concerning the lifelong gag order on two children subject to...