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.

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