ECO-NEWS, WEEK 3
The Senate did indeed receive legislation aimed at blocking EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. (Seattle Times)
The latest climate controversy: were the experts wrong about how fast Himalayan glaciers will melt? (AOL and Grist)
Los Angeles Times
The US Supreme Court lifted corporate spending limits for election campaigns -- "a victory for Big Oil"
Safari Club International wants a federal court to re-remove grizzly bears' "Threatened" status.
NMFS announced plans to work on preventing fish longlines from entangling false killer whales.
Earthjustice
A bunch of groups sued the US government over approval of oil drilling in Alaska's Chukchi Sea.
The EPA announced new restrictions on nitrogen oxide emissions from ships.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Airplanes, lobbyists, farmed salmon, seal pepperoni
ECO-NEWS, WEEK 2
The Monterey Bay Aquarium approved a certain type of salmon farming -- freshwater, incidentally -- as "sustainable," a first for the industry. (Scientific American)
Canada stepped up a campaign to market seal products in China, to make up for an EU ban. (Kelowna; British Columbia)
Wildlife-airplane collisions are rising in the US, for various reasons. (AP)
New York Times
Anticipated next week: a senator's proposed bill amendment aimed at blocking EPA regulation of carbon dioxide [or greenhouse-gas?] emissions.
Lobbyists on both "sides" of these regulations are also targeting the EPA.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium approved a certain type of salmon farming -- freshwater, incidentally -- as "sustainable," a first for the industry. (Scientific American)
Canada stepped up a campaign to market seal products in China, to make up for an EU ban. (Kelowna; British Columbia)
Wildlife-airplane collisions are rising in the US, for various reasons. (AP)
New York Times
Anticipated next week: a senator's proposed bill amendment aimed at blocking EPA regulation of carbon dioxide [or greenhouse-gas?] emissions.
Lobbyists on both "sides" of these regulations are also targeting the EPA.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Smog, WWAWWG, coyotes, backward steps
No post-comment-period news yet about the proposed natural-gas drilling in upstate New York, but it could become a theme for this term. I promise to keep reporting other news as well.
ECO-NEWS, WEEK ONE
The EPA approved another mountaintop-removal coal mine in West Virginia, after reviewing its permit and hearing claims by the company to reduce the resulting environmental damage. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
A local coyote-hunting "tournament" in Jackman, Maine, has drawn much controversy. (MPBN)
In October, Congress passed a measure exempting factory farms from reporting their 2010 greenhouse-gas emissions under a recent EPA rule. I don't think I posted this at the time. (OMB Watch)
Living on Earth: Where We're At, Where We're Going. *Nods at Davis Taylor*
Grist
the EPA proposed more restrictions on ozone (smog) emissions.
Eco-villain Richard Pombo is running for a seat in the California Congress again, after getting ousted in 2006.
ECO-NEWS, WEEK ONE
The EPA approved another mountaintop-removal coal mine in West Virginia, after reviewing its permit and hearing claims by the company to reduce the resulting environmental damage. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
A local coyote-hunting "tournament" in Jackman, Maine, has drawn much controversy. (MPBN)
In October, Congress passed a measure exempting factory farms from reporting their 2010 greenhouse-gas emissions under a recent EPA rule. I don't think I posted this at the time. (OMB Watch)
Living on Earth: Where We're At, Where We're Going. *Nods at Davis Taylor*
Grist
the EPA proposed more restrictions on ozone (smog) emissions.
Eco-villain Richard Pombo is running for a seat in the California Congress again, after getting ousted in 2006.
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