A coalition of western states and provinces proposed beginning its own controversial carbon cap-and-trade system (Los Angeles Times).
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-climate24-2008sep24,0,3099901.story
European Union legislation would require industrially-used mercury to be stored after use instead of exported (eGov Monitor)
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/21173
The Government Accountability Office reported that the EPA is shirking its duty to control pollution from factory farms (Associated Press).
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdDdJvrh2hGb5mQ3Fbz6UHrx-gewD93CRQVG0
A Maine government panel is investigating ways for more Mainers to switch from oil to wood for home heating without bad side effects [This also made the front page of AOL News on Saturday morning--cool!] (Bangor News)
http://bangornews.com/detail/89972.html
New York Times
*How a biologist saved the white-headed langurs (monkeys) in a Chinese nature reserve by working with the nearby humans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/science/23monk.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
This summer's hurricanes destroyed numerous barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico, and others continue eroding rapidly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/science/23islands.html?ref=science
A bill currently in the House would ban most removal of Great Lakes water from the lakes' watershed, to preempt the threat of drainage by other regions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/us/23lakes.html?ref=science
Grist
The first Northeastern carbon-credit auction was on Thursday, though results aren't out yet
http://grist.org/feature/2008/09/24/rggi/index.html
More discussion of the current energy bill, notably that its tax credit extensions for renewable-energy developments have stayed in so far...
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/9/23/15321/7486
...although they may still be lost [check out the "Sources" links for more detail]
http://www.grist.org/news/2008/09/26/house_tax/
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