A Bush plan to expand offshore oil drilling on much of the US coast was halted for review and revision by the Interior Department (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/MNB015R7TQ.DTL&tsp=1
A federal court reversed a ruling which would have been a legal obstacle to mountaintop-removal coal mining. (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSJOr-NBI35YZsgfG0YNbfsQDF-gD96ARM302
Grist breakdown of the big stimulus bill's "green" components as of Thursday, after the Triple Demons of Compromise had worked their magic.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/2/12/83439/6486
A New Jersey utility proposed a major solar-power project spread across the state. (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/nyregion/10solar.html?_r=1&ref=science
Study: salamander declines in Mexico and Guatemala are attributed to climate change. (Reuters UK)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE5187PD20090209?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
American pikas will be considered for placement on the US Endangered Species list due to habitat loss from climate change. (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29167918/
Economist
Several British NGOs hope to establish a huge marine reserve in the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean territory from which the locals were evicted forty years ago and would allegedly like to return.
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13089462&fsrc=rss
Spain is working on an extensive new railroad system.
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13061961
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