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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