ECO-NEWS, WEEK 1
Outcomes of last week's CITES meeting: bluefin tuna trade ban rejected, shark-finning regulations rejected, coral protections rejected, ivory sales rejected. (Discover; multiple articles. There are many others on this subject.)
The federal US government announced nationwide standards for greenhouse-gas emissions from cars...
... though credits for "green" cars could weaken the effect. (Christian Science Monitor)
Canada did the same. (Winnipeg Free Press)
The UK established a huge marine reserve around the Chagos Islands, miffing the islands' previously-evicted human population. (BBC)
The EPA proposed new regulations that could theoretically impede mountaintop-removal coal mining significantly. (Grist)
http://www.grist.org/article/appalachians-hail-epas-great-victory-for-clean-water-act-and-justice/
The US Supreme Court refused to consider reopening a loophole in airborne-toxin emissions standards for major polluters. (Earthjustice)
Living on Earth: Carbon trading and forest preservation in the Congo.
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