brought to you by Sasha Paris
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.
In January, a federal court ruled that pesticide use requires a permit if it could contaminate water. (Agriculture Online and Western Environmental Law Center, respectively. I don't know why this wasn't covered by more mainstream news sources)
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/futuresource/FutureSourceStoryIndex.jhtml?storyId=147700161
http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/conservationists-win-decision-protecting-local-water-supplies-fisheries-wildlife
The House voted down a bill that would have given "wilderness" status to about two million acres of land in nine states. (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ja3vNS7u_ovPaeUpzrEKqDzs5TjAD96RVMRO0
New York Times
Green-jobs guru Van Jones is now Obama's green-jobs advisor.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/10/10greenwire-authoractivist-tapped-as-green-jobs-adviser-10055.html
The EPA proposed a rule requiring major point-source producers of greenhouse gases to report their annual emissions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/washington/11epa.html?_r=1&ref=science
On advancements in "noninvasive" methods for studying and tracking wild animals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10wild.html?ref=science
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