Wolffish, Tom Allen, Everglades, marine reserves, deforestation

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College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  

Human Ecology in Action.

California's governor signed a bill to help reduce suburban sprawl and, explicitly, its resulting greenhouse-gas emissions, though he also vetoed one to charge 'pollution taxes' on incoming container ships (San Francisco Chronicle).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/01/BAGF139266.DTL

*The Conservation Law Foundation petitioned for Atlantic wolffish, which are "ugly," jeopardized by bottom-trawling and eat various commercially important creatures, to be listed and protected as Endangered. Unsurprisingly, this is not going over well. [Yes, the article has a distictly biased tone. Check out the CLF website if you want to see their side.] (Bangor News)
http://bangornews.com/detail/90249.html

A coalition of environmental groups proposed having 30% of Oregon's territorial sea 'enclosed' in a mix of marine reserves and limited-fishing protected areas (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/122282970711550.xml&coll=7&thispage=1

The deforestation rate in Brazil was reported to be three times what it was last year [though that could partly be due to counting of partial cuts, not just clearcuts, as described in a NYT article from May, which I'll send you if you want] with several forces blamed (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jj6FM7gVo9zif1KOjAtBzGUmUn7QD93GPQD81

...And the Environment Minister will press criminal charges on the top 100 "illegal loggers," a list topped by the government's Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform, which has given lots o' land to farmer-settlers.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20080930082104253C481389

Grist
Interview with Maine Senatorial candidate Tom Allen about politics and environmental issues [rival Susan Collins allegedly couldn't be reached to give her opinions, but I'm pleased whenever Maine issues are discussed in the broader media]
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/9/25/14133/7205

In case you missed Thursday's debate: a rundown of Biden and Palin's statements about energy and climate change.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/9/29/8245/94809

New York Times
As of Monday, Congress was in deadlock over renewing tax breaks for development of renewable energy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/washington/30energy.html?ref=science

The National Research Council reported that efforts to restore the Florida Everglades aren't working.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/us/30everglades.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin