Monday, March 1, 2010

Pythons, beetles, Montana, Walmart, United We Fish

ECO-NEWS, WEEK 8

Florida now has a hunting season for large invasive reptiles. (Miami Herald)

Wal-Mart pledged to make its suppliers majorly reduce their greenhouse-gas emission, sparking much debate.

Montana's government intends to ban mining and drilling in its part of the trans-border Flathead Valley, following British Columbia's lead. (Missoulian)

A major cement maker promised in court to cut its emissions of airborne toxins. (Earthjustice)

Living on Earth: nuclear waste, bark-beetle battling, tennis balls, the Chagas Islands, and the intensifying fight over US fishery management. Plus some lovely prose about herons.

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