ECO-NEWS, WEEK SIX
Poll: Americans' belief in human-induced climate change is at a three-year low. [I'm not sure which disturbs me more, this news or Senator Boxer's assertion that "science always wins the day."] (Associated Press)
The public comment period began for a very controversial plan to "regulate" [or not regulate, says Earthjustice] natural-gas drilling in upstate New York's Marcellus Shale. (CNN)
A roundup of worldwide events from yesterday's Day of Climate Action. (Grist)
A "red tide" of toxic algae killed fish and inconvenienced people around Texas's South Padre Island. (Brownsville Herald)
This year, two Michigan colleges began buying produce from local farms. (Michigan Land Use Institute; article is from August)
Bangor News
Rockweed harvesting vs. conservation continues to provoke disputes around Cobscook Bay. [Note to author: rockweed isn't a plant]
A national NGO ranked Maine tenth in the nation for energy efficiency, noting major improvements here this year.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Frog love, downed dams, sustainable seafood and more
ECO-NEWS, WEEK FIVE
A new California law requires standard-setting and labeling for "sustainable" seafood. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Offshore wind power will soon be tested in the Gulf of Maine (Fishermen's Voice)
In urban Australia, human noise is affecting frog courtship and demonstrating that natural selection does indeed work. (NPR)
New York Times
Methane leaks from oil and gas pipes/wells: a notable contributor to climate change and a target in reducing it.
A defender of sustainable "commons" won a Nobel prize in economic sciences. [The prize committee' s linked statement is worth reading if you're interested]
Earthjustice
A major dam was removed from Oregon's Rogue River two weeks ago, following a long legal fight.
Earthjustice sued large manufacturers of cleaning products, trying to make them publicly reveal their products' ingredients.
A new California law requires standard-setting and labeling for "sustainable" seafood. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Offshore wind power will soon be tested in the Gulf of Maine (Fishermen's Voice)
In urban Australia, human noise is affecting frog courtship and demonstrating that natural selection does indeed work. (NPR)
New York Times
Methane leaks from oil and gas pipes/wells: a notable contributor to climate change and a target in reducing it.
A defender of sustainable "commons" won a Nobel prize in economic sciences. [The prize committee' s linked statement is worth reading if you're interested]
Earthjustice
A major dam was removed from Oregon's Rogue River two weeks ago, following a long legal fight.
Earthjustice sued large manufacturers of cleaning products, trying to make them publicly reveal their products' ingredients.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Change is in the seas
ECO-NEWS, WEEK FOUR
The U.S. Navy plans to conduct sonar training near a Florida calving ground for endangered North Atlantic right whales. (Miami Herald)
The USDA announced plans to fight the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" by reducing agricultural nutrient runoff in the Midwest [good luck]. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
UN climate talks in Bangkok don't seem to have yielded much. (Grist/Agence France-Presse)
A Native American community was forced to leave their eroding home in coastal Louisiana. (Lafayette Advertiser)
Are overfished sea urchins recovering in Downeast Maine? (Bangor News)
The U.S. Navy plans to conduct sonar training near a Florida calving ground for endangered North Atlantic right whales. (Miami Herald)
The USDA announced plans to fight the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" by reducing agricultural nutrient runoff in the Midwest [good luck]. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
UN climate talks in Bangkok don't seem to have yielded much. (Grist/Agence France-Presse)
A Native American community was forced to leave their eroding home in coastal Louisiana. (Lafayette Advertiser)
Are overfished sea urchins recovering in Downeast Maine? (Bangor News)
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sharks and the Senate
ECO-NEWS, WEEK 3
Palau's government banned commercial shark fishing there, although enforcement is lousy. (New York Times)
Grist
The U.S. Senate released their first version of the current big climate bill-in-process. Newspapers responded; here's an article directory.
A "weekly roundup" of other climate news. [Thank you, Duke U!]
COA' s food systems conference was awesome. :-)
Palau's government banned commercial shark fishing there, although enforcement is lousy. (New York Times)
Grist
The U.S. Senate released their first version of the current big climate bill-in-process. Newspapers responded; here's an article directory.
A "weekly roundup" of other climate news. [Thank you, Duke U!]
COA' s food systems conference was awesome. :-)
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