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.

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