ECO-NEWS, WEEK 7
A major climate and energy bill entered the US Senate; here's a summary and a chart of comparison with other pending legislation. (Grist)
Some commentary on its chances.
A US government panel released a report highlighting environmental chemicals as likely cancer-causers -- which was criticized by the American Cancer Society. [Sandra Steingraber, where are you?] (New York Times)
A dreaded Japanese tunicate was confirmed to be colonizing Oregon's coast. (Oregonian)
A Canadian government plan to field-test oil cleanup methods in Arctic Ocean waters met resistance, for some strange reason. (Canada East)
The Gulf oil spill may be much bigger than initially calculated, and the latest efforts to stanch it have failed. (New York Times and Washington Post, respectively)
More Q. & A. on the oil spill's coming environmental impacts. (Environmental Defense Fund)
Maine passed five energy bills which -- among other things -- promote wind farms and efficiency improvements. (Bangor News)
Living on Earth
This week: oil dispersants, E. O. Wilson's new novel, and a growing farmers market in inner-city Los Angeles.
Last week: possible upcoming reforms of synthetic-chemical regulation in the US, and the man who relocated Marsh Forks Elementary School.
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