Oysters, inhalers, nuclear waste, scary news

brought to you by Sasha Paris  

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  

Human Ecology in Action.

If you'll be returning to COA next year, I look forward to seeing you again. If you're leaving us, congratulations and good luck. The world needs you.


What I said last week is official: the USDA will stop tracking agricultural pesticide use (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOv_zmzZkXkBWLHq5KSkc7WaHZNQD90QJCA80

Bangor News
Another public comment period opened for the Plum Creek plan
http://bangornews.com/news/t/city.aspx?articleid=165236&zoneid=176

Maine could acquire a new, permanent site for nuclear waste storage.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=165181&zoneid=5

New York Times
Worsening drought, increasingly water-intensive farming and resort development combine to spell bad news for southern Spain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/world/europe/03dry.html?ref=europe

The Senate debate on a current major 'climate bill' might have been funny if it weren't so depressing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/washington/05climate.html?ref=washington

Deforestation is serious in Papua New Guinea
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/earth/03fore.html?ref=science

Washington Post
Asthma-treatment inhalers using CFCs will be phased out in the US by the end of 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002208.html

Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay have declined over the past decade for many reasons, despite costly government attempts to restore them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/01/AR2008060102499.html