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.

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