Monday, September 28, 2009

Beets, grizzlies, Plum Creek, and big polluters

The UN held a vaguely-productive climate summit in New York. (UK Telegraph)

Ditto the G20, discussing energy sources in Pittsburgh (Los Angeles Times)

The US Senate declined to consider a proposal preventing the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions... (Miami Herald)

... which it apparently won't do anyway (Ledger-Enquirer)

Maine regulators approved Plum Creek Timber Comany's big development/"preservation" plan for the Moosehead Lake region, after four years of debates, hearings and assorted commotion [which continues here with loads o' reader comments]

New York Times
Roundup Ready (GM) sugar beets might become illegal to grow in the US, following a federal court ruling.

Another court ruling: a certain bunch of states and land trusts may proceed with plans to sue certain energy companies for producing greenhouse gas emissions.

The EPA will soon[ish] require "industrial sites and suppliers of petroleum" to report their greenhouse gas emissions, though some already do.

Yellowstone's grizzly bears were returned to Threatened status on the Endangered Species List

A major ecologist died, one who helped establish the influential notion that carnivores control herbivore populations.

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