tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155723773155214392009-11-02T10:12:44.630-05:00Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-59853401494142533312009-11-02T10:09:00.002-05:002009-11-02T10:12:44.639-05:00...and cynicism from me. Plus some baaaad water pollution.<br /><br />ECO-NEWS, WEEK SEVEN<br /><br />An energy company reversed its plans for natural-gas drilling in New York City's watershed [but will still drill in my hometown's :( ]. (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/business/energy-environment/28drill.html?_r=1&ref=science ">New York Times</a>)<br /><br /><br />Kenya's finance department ordered government officials to trade in their gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient ones. [Says NPR on Wednesday: most didn't.] (<a href="http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=60633 ">Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation</a>)<br /> <br /><br />Coverage of last Saturday's Belfast "rally against carbon dioxide particles in the air we breathe." [*bangs head against wall*] (<a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/126788.html ">Bangor News</a>)<br /><br /><br />How New York City, one California farmer, and some [annoyingly cheerful] investors are trying to adapt to climate change. (<a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/30/pm-climate-race4/ ">NPR</a>)<br /><br /><br />BBC<br />An <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8336564.stm ">oil rig in Australia's Timor Sea </a>has been leaking severely for 10 weeks. Now it's on fire.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8329771.stm ">Bangladesh's government announced creation of a conservation plan </a>to "save" its Bengal tigers and part of their mangrove-forest habitat. <br /><br /><br />Living on Earth radio<br />California may soon have <a href="http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=09-P13-00044&segmentID=6 ">energy-efficiency standards for new TVs</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=09-P13-00044&segmentID=5 ">Invasive golden algae </a>suddenly sterilized a salt-polluted Appalachian stream in September, and could spread to other waters.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-5985340149414253331?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-71431050341551773262009-10-26T09:57:00.003-04:002009-10-26T09:59:56.073-04:00ECO-NEWS, WEEK SIX<br /><br /><a href="http://news.aol.com/article/pew-poll-americans-cooler-on-global/731614 ">Poll</a>: Americans' belief in human-induced climate change is at a three-year low. [I'm not sure which disturbs me more, this news or Senator Boxer's assertion that "science always wins the day."] (Associated Press)<br /><br />The public comment period began for a very controversial plan to "regulate" [or not regulate, says Earthjustice] natural-gas drilling in upstate New York's Marcellus Shale. (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/news/economy/new_york_natural_gas.fortune/ ">CNN</a>)<br /><br />A roundup of worldwide events from yesterday's Day of Climate Action. (<a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-10-24-thousands-gather-worldwide-on-day-of-climate-protests/ ">Grist</a>)<br /><br />A "red tide" of toxic algae killed fish and inconvenienced people around Texas's South Padre Island. (<a href="http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/beach-104043-island-hockaday.html ">Brownsville Herald</a>)<br /><br />This year, two Michigan colleges began buying produce from local farms. (<a href="http://mlui.org/farms/fullarticle.asp?fileid=17355# ">Michigan Land Use Institute</a>; article is from August)<br /><br />Bangor News<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/126223.html ">Rockweed harvesting vs. conservation </a>continues to provoke disputes around Cobscook Bay. [Note to author: rockweed isn't a plant]<br /><br />A national NGO ranked <a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/126234.html">Maine tenth in the nation for energy efficiency</a>, noting major improvements here this year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-7143105034155177326?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-91552102506922728022009-10-19T10:18:00.001-04:002009-10-19T10:20:58.724-04:00ECO-NEWS, WEEK FIVE<br /><br />A new California law requires standard-setting and labeling for "sustainable" seafood. (<a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_13546458?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com ">Santa Cruz Sentinel</a>)<br /><br />Offshore wind power will soon be tested in the Gulf of Maine (<a href="http://www.fishermensvoice.com/">Fishermen's Voice</a>) <br /><br />In urban Australia, human noise is affecting frog courtship and demonstrating that natural selection does indeed work. (<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113717563">NPR</a>) <br /><br />New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/business/energy-environment/15degrees.html?_r=1&ref=science ">Methane leaks from oil and gas pipes/wells</a>: a notable contributor to climate change and a target in reducing it.<br /><br />A defender of sustainable "commons" won a Nobel prize in economic sciences. [The <a href="http://economixblogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/elinor-ostrom-and-oliver-e-williamson-win-nobel-in-economic-science/ ">prize committee' s linked statement </a>is worth reading if you're interested]<br /><br /><br />Earthjustice<br />A<a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/library/features/exhilaration-as-dam-falls-on-rogue-river.html "> major dam was removed from Oregon's Rogue River </a>two weeks ago, following a long legal fight.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/blog/2009-october/what-procter-gamble-doesn%E2%80%99t-want-you-know ">Earthjustice sued large manufacturers of cleaning products</a>, trying to make them publicly reveal their products' ingredients.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-9155210250692272802?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-909905617120529162009-10-12T09:56:00.002-04:002009-10-12T09:59:14.605-04:00ECO-NEWS, WEEK FOUR<br /><br />The U.S. Navy plans to conduct sonar training near a Florida calving ground for endangered North Atlantic right whales. (<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1226004.html ">Miami Herald</a>)<br /><br />The USDA announced plans to fight the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" by reducing agricultural nutrient runoff in the Midwest [good luck]. (<a href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/post_31.html ">New Orleans Times-Picayune</a>)<br /><br />UN climate talks in Bangkok don't seem to have yielded much. (<a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-10-09-climate-talks-end-with-rich-poor-rift-wide-open/ ">Grist/Agence France-Presse</a>)<br /><br />A Native American community was forced to leave their eroding home in coastal Louisiana. (<a href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/post_31.html ">Lafayette Advertiser</a>)<br /><br />Are overfished sea urchins recovering in Downeast Maine? (<a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/124225.html">Bangor News</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-90990561712052916?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-9931323944364408122009-10-05T10:42:00.001-04:002009-10-05T10:43:50.130-04:00ECO-NEWS, WEEK 3<br /><br />Palau's government banned commercial shark fishing there, although enforcement is lousy. (<a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/pacific-nation-declares-itsself-a-shark-haven/ ">New York Times</a>)<br /><br />Grist<br />The U.S. Senate released their first version of the current big climate bill-in-process. Newspapers responded; <a href="http://www.grist.org/Senate-climate-bill-reactions ">here's an article directory</a>.<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/the-climate-post-gentlemen-start-your-lawsuits/ ">"weekly roundup"</a> of other climate news. [Thank you, Duke U!]<br /><br />COA' s food systems conference was awesome. :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-993132394436440812?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-75250966578205758782009-09-28T10:12:00.003-04:002009-09-28T10:57:32.558-04:00The UN held a vaguely-productive climate summit in New York. (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/22/un-general-assembly-climate-change">UK Telegraph</a>)<br /><br />Ditto the G20, discussing energy sources in Pittsburgh (<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-g20-climate26-2009sep26,0,5748722.story?track=rss">Los Angeles Times</a>)<br /><br />The US Senate declined to consider a proposal preventing the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions... (<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1250313.html">Miami Herald</a>)<br /><br />... which it apparently won't do anyway (<a href="http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/gogreen/story/472465.html">Ledger-Enquirer</a>)<br /><br />Maine regulators approved Plum Creek Timber Comany's big development/"preservation" plan for the Moosehead Lake region, after four years of debates, hearings and assorted commotion [<a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/122071.html">which continues here with loads o' reader comments</a>]<br /><br />New York Times<br />Roundup Ready (GM) <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/23beet.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">sugar beets might become illegal to grow in the US</a>, following a federal court ruling.<br /><br />Another court ruling: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/earth/22carbon.html?ref=science">a certain bunch of states and land trusts may proceed with plans to sue certain energy companies </a>for producing greenhouse gas emissions.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/energy-environment/23emissions.html?ref=science">The EPA will soon[ish] require "industrial sites and suppliers of petroleum</a>" to report their greenhouse gas emissions, though some already do.<br /><br />Yellowstone's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/us/22brfs-PROTECTIONSF_BRF.html?ref=science">grizzly bears were returned to Threatened status </a>on the Endangered Species List<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/nyregion/22slobodkin.html?ref=science">A major ecologist died</a>, one who helped establish the influential notion that carnivores control herbivore populations.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-7525096657820575878?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-89924698290468625492009-09-24T09:19:00.004-04:002009-09-24T09:29:59.502-04:00ECO-NEWS, WEEK 1<br />Eco-news is my community service projects, a weekly collection of links to environmental news and analysis sent to messageboard. Major sources include Grist, the New York Times, Bangor News, and articles e-mailed to me by NGOs such as Earthjustice and the Gulf Restoration Network. Comments and constructive criticism are welcome.<br /><br />Disclaimers: (appearing only this week)<br />~Inclusion of an article here does not imply that I support (or oppose). Any action or viewpoint described within. [Bracketed] comments are my own opinions.<br />~Some sources are (unusually) biased. I aim for thorough, well-rounded coverage of each story, but arm tendinitis has greatly reduced my web-surfing ability. For most stories, a Google News search will yield a range of perspectives, should you be interested in exploring further.<br />And now, the news . . .<br /><br />New York adopted a program to help people weatherize their homes for energy efficiency, with semi--bipartisan support. (<a href="http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090914/gop-lawmaker-hero-passage-5b-green-building-and-jobs-bill">Solve Climate</a>)<br /><br />The US government proposed rules to limit vehicles' carbon dioxide emissions (effective 2012) and increase their fuel economy. ( <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/15/15greenwire-white-house-rolls-out-details-of-auto-fuel-eco-13342.html">New York Times</a>)<br /><br />Earthjustice lost their latest legal battle against recently-reinstated gray wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana. (<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/09/judge-clears-way-for-wolf-hunt-in-idaho-and-montana.html">Los Angeles Times</a>)<br /><br />Grist<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-11-epa-says-pending-mountaintop-removal-permits-would-likely/">The EPA denied all permits </a>under consideration for mountaintop-removal coal mining, until they can be shown to [appear to] obey the Clean Water Act.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-16-epa-revamping-rules-for-toxic-releases-from-coal-plants/">They also announced plans to change regulations </a>on toxic water released from coal-fired power plants.<br /><br />Earthjustice (from summer)<br /><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/groups-intervene-to-protect-california-salmon-from-industry-attack.html">Salmon-restoration advocates and "large agricultural interests" continue their water wars </a>in central California.<br /><br />After being sued for not doing so, <a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/epa-agrees-to-set-limits-on-fertilizer-and-animal-waste-pollution-in-florida.html">the EPA agreed to set limits on algae-growing nutrient discharges</a> into Florida's waters.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-8992469829046862549?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-43287434395074634472009-06-03T09:06:00.001-04:002009-06-06T09:18:11.834-04:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris<br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.</span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Obama delayed deciding how to implement Clinton's besieged "roadless rule" covering millions of acres of federal lands in ten states, and put the USDA in charge of managing those lands for now. (New York Times; one of 400+ online articles)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/28/28greenwire-one-year-delay-on-roadless-rule-for-federal-la-38237.htm">http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/28/28greenwire-one-year-delay-on-roadless-rule-for-federal-la-38237.htm</a>l </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">"The Goode Family" premiered on ABC, and is working wonders for environmentalism's image. Not. (review in Miami Herald)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1065395.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/story/1065395.html</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bangor News</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bald eagles were removed from Maine's state Threatened Species list. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/106976.htm">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/106976.htm</a>l </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">...and were blamed last week for decimating Maine's great cormorants [Deja vu ;)]  </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/106175.htm">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/106175.htm</a>l </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Grist</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">On the environmental credentials of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, and the near-future decisions the Court is likely to face.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-26-obama-supreme-court-pick/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-26-obama-supreme-court-pick/</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Congress is considering a bill to regulate natural-gas-drilling (now exempt) under the Clean Water Act. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-26-natural-gas-water-politics/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-26-natural-gas-water-politics/</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">UK Guardian</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">On the intersection of British agricultural policy and declines in farm-haunting songbirds.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/25/birds-wildlife-conservation">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/25/birds-wildlife-conservation</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">On the impacts of "wildlife tourism" on Cayman Island stingrays and other wildlife.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/29/wildlife-tourism-stingray">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/29/wildlife-tourism-stingray</a> </p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-4328743439507463447?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-69262088012410776692009-05-27T14:22:00.000-04:002009-05-30T14:28:20.454-04:00<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br /><br />Obama announced new vehicle fuel-efficiency requirements, to be implemented by 2016 (New York Times)<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/business/energy-environment/20emit.html?_r=1&amp;hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/business/energy-environment/20emit.html?_r=1&amp;hp </a><br /><br />...although they may not be as effective as some would hope for. (Grist)<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/fuel-economy-in-context/">http://www.grist.org/article/fuel-economy-in-context/ </a><br /><br />[Google yielded thousands of articles on this announcement, many distinctly biased in one way or another. Browse 'em if you're interested]<br /><br />Congress passed a measure allowing loaded guns in national parks, tucked into a very different bill (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://news.aol.com/main/politics/article/guns-in-national-parks/479231">http://news.aol.com/main/politics/article/guns-in-national-parks/479231 </a><br /><br />Update on the big climate bill du jour (Grist)<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-house-panel-oks-climate-bill">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-house-panel-oks-climate-bill </a><br /><br />Obama put the federal government in charge of formerly-state-led efforts to reduce pollution into Chesapeake Bay. (Washington Times)<br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/13/obama-federalizes-cleanup-of-chesapeake-bay/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/13/obama-federalizes-cleanup-of-chesapeake-bay/ </a><br /><br />Obama nominated an environmentally-controversial someone to head the Forest Service. (New West)<br /><a href="http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/obamas_stuns_with_forest_service_nominee/C37/L37/">http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/obamas_stuns_with_forest_service_nominee/C37/L37/ </a><br /><br />The EPA began to clean PCBs from New York's Hudson River--toxins which will be landfilled atop a major Texas aquifer (Facing South).<br /><a href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/05/dumping-in-dixie-toxic-waste-from-ny-river-cleanup-headed-to-texas.html">http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/05/dumping-in-dixie-toxic-waste-from-ny-river-cleanup-headed-to-texas.html </a><br /><br />The Mid America CropLife association apparently wrote to Michelle Obama, distressed that her "White House garden" would be organic. (La Vida Locavore) [I can hardly believe this, but it's too ridiculous not to share]<br /><a href="http://www.lavidalocavore.org/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E6383A70290E038C84B643E47A2B36BE?diaryId=1309">http://www.lavidalocavore.org/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E6383A70290E038C84B643E47A2B36BE?diaryId=1309 </a><br /><br />Earthjustice<br />A six-month suspension of Gulf of Mexico "bottom longline" fishing took effect, ordered last month after federal managers were sued for letting it kill endangered sea turtles. [I imagine some people are miffed]<br /><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/emergency-action-taken-for-threatened-and-endangered-sea-turtles.html">http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/emergency-action-taken-for-threatened-and-endangered-sea-turtles.html </a><br /><br />Also last month, Bush's weakening of the Endangered Species Act was formally revoked.<br /><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/obama-admin-restores-scientific-consultations-to-endangered-species-act.html">http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/obama-admin-restores-scientific-consultations-to-endangered-species-act.html </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-6926208801241077669?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-1908808136659834352009-05-20T11:55:00.002-04:002009-05-20T12:03:44.626-04:00<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris <br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br /><br />A bill introduced in the Senate aims to shift transportation, via federal spending, from cars toward public transit (Washington Post).<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051303687.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051303687.html </a><br /><br />The EPA newly reviewed permits for mountaintop-removal coal mining--and has approved most of them. (West Virginia News)<br /><a href="http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&amp;storyid=30478">http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&amp;storyid=30478</a><br /><br />Six Indo-Pacific nations adopted a "plan" to protect their Coral Triangle (Business World Online)<br /><a href="http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051609/content.php?id=073">http://www.bworldonline.com/BW051609/content.php?id=073 </a><br /><br />....and other news from the World Oceans Conference (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSUN0r9EnsgSkdGCaJmUnLQ0QLHAD986MLH00">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSUN0r9EnsgSkdGCaJmUnLQ0QLHAD986MLH00</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />Several massive food producers (e.g. Frito-Lay) are trying to market their products as "local." [*hits head against wall*]<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/dining/13local.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/dining/13local.html?_r=1 </a><br /><br />Groundwater use may become regulated in California--a fiercely-resisted notion.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/science/earth/14aquifer.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/science/earth/14aquifer.html?_r=1 </a><br /><br />A hazard of increasingly-popular urban gardening: lead-laced soil.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/garden/14lead.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/garden/14lead.html </a><br /><br />BBC News<br />A British scientist invented "briquettes" of banana waste, which he hopes could help replace wood as cooking fuel in parts of Africa.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8044092.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8044092.stm </a><br /><br />International whaling "peace talks" have stalled over the prospect of Japan's resuming openly-commercial killing.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8042713.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8042713.stm </a><br /><br />Bangor News<br />Maine's governor proposed consolidating four state natural-resource agencies, earning loud support and opposition for the management implications.<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105818.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105818.html </a><br /><br />Should Maine lobsters get certified as "sustainable"? Even within the industry, that's a controversial question.<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105920.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105920.html </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-190880813665983435?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-24970961277723405812009-05-13T10:33:00.002-04:002009-05-20T12:03:27.244-04:00<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris <br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br /><br />Ambitious plans were adopted to "green" Vancouver (Canada Globe and Mail)<br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090505.wbcgreen05art0034/BNStory/National/home">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090505.wbcgreen05art0034/BNStory/National/home </a><br /><br />...and slash Berkeley's greenhouse gas emissions (San Fransisco Chronicle)<br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/06/BAMM17G0VB.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/06/BAMM17G0VB.DTL </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Associated Press</span><br />Gray wolves in parts of the Rockies and Great Lakes regions were officially removed--again--from the Endangered Species List.<br /><a href="http://news.aol.com/article/gray-wolves-off-endangered-list/460212">http://news.aol.com/article/gray-wolves-off-endangered-list/460212 </a><br /><br />Kansas' governer left for a federal position, and her replacement approved one of the long-vetoed coal power plants.<br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/05/05/ap6378113.html">http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/05/05/ap6378113.html </a><br /><br />The USDA proposed new cow-grazing requirements for organic milk<br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/19/us_revises_rules_on_cow_grazing_for_organic_dairies/">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/19/us_revises_rules_on_cow_grazing_for_organic_dairies/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grist</span><br />The Obama admin upheld a Bush-era rule preventing use of the Endangered Species Act to regulate activities that harm Threatened polar bears outside their range (i.e. greenhouse-gas emitters)<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/index/2009-05-08-polar-bear-climate-salazar/PALL/">http://www.grist.org/article/index/2009-05-08-polar-bear-climate-salazar/PALL/ </a><br /><br />The EPA proposed two (highly criticized) models for measuring the net greenhouse-gas emissions of biofuels, land use included.<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-05-epa-ethanol-biofuel/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-05-epa-ethanol-biofuel/ </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New York Times</span><br />The BLM (may have) authorized new uranium mining permits near the Grand Caynon, on lands previously off-limits to said mining.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/06/06greenwire-blm-authorizes-grand-canyon-uranium-exploratio-10572.html">http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/06/06greenwire-blm-authorizes-grand-canyon-uranium-exploratio-10572.html </a><br /><br />The Obama admin had been urged to amend the ozone-depleter-related Montreal Treaty to include immediate phase out of potently 'climate-warming' hydroflourocarbons. They decided not to.<br /><a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/obama-not-seeking-climate-action-under-ozone-treaty/">http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/obama-not-seeking-climate-action-under-ozone-treaty/ </a><br /><br />Obama announced a bunch of new federal efforts to support production of corn ethanol and other biofuels.<br /><a href="http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/white-house-steps-up-support-for-biofuels/">http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/white-house-steps-up-support-for-biofuels/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/white-house-steps-up-support-for-biofuels/"> </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-2497096127772340581?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-88486818025257308702009-05-04T16:27:00.001-04:002009-05-20T12:03:03.882-04:00<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris <br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br /><br />The Obama administration moved to reverse a late-term Bush rule making it easier for the waste from mountaintop-removal coal mining to be dumped in streams (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giHtT8Pyma73d73FFOJx-evlk65QD97R0FDG4">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giHtT8Pyma73d73FFOJx-evlk65QD97R0FDG4 </a><br /><br />The EPA began crafting restrictions on waterborne toxins discharged from power plants--toxins which had been airborne until the plants were required to "scrub" them from their smoke. (Washington Post)<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/02/AR2009050200703.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/02/AR2009050200703.html </a><br /><br />Grist<br />Indiana's proposed "renewable" energy bill--including "clean coal" and nuclear power--failed.<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-no-renewable-nukes-and-coal/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-no-renewable-nukes-and-coal/ </a><br /><br />On water pollution caused by natural-gas drilling [which is planned for my home region in the Finger Lakes--eek!!]<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-26-propublica-gas-drilling-water/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-26-propublica-gas-drilling-water/ </a><br /><br />Bangor News<br />A serious illness outbreak in Sangerville, Maine, was (inconclusively) linked to a nearby dump of assorted nasty substances.<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105073.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105073.html </a><br /><br />Maine's limited and recently reopened salmon sport-fishing season was canceled under pressure from federal managers.<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/104899.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/104899.html </a><br /><br />The public comment period opened for a plan to restore anadromous fish in the Penobscot River<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105038.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105038.html </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-8848681802525730870?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-34631076299868800252009-04-29T09:01:00.002-04:002009-04-29T09:04:17.087-04:00<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br /><br />California adopted a "Low Carbon Fuel Standard" to eventually reduce the carbon footprint of vehicle fuel sold there, counting the impact of biofuel-related changes to land use. (Los Angeles Times editorial, set three days before the measure was approved, but--with associated comments--describing the issue's controversy well)<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-lowcarbon20-2009apr20,0,1679884.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-lowcarbon20-2009apr20,0,1679884.story</a><br /><br />Report-out from the first day of hearings on the current big "climate bill." (Grist, which has since been posting daily updates on the hearings. Keep checking grist.org if you're interested.)<br /><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-23-as-biz-leaders-call-for-a/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-23-as-biz-leaders-call-for-a/</a><br /><br />For the fourth time in two years, the governor of Kansas vetoed a bill to allow construction of two coal-power plants (Associated Press).<br /><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1140243.html">http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1140243.html</a><br /><br />The EPA proposed new restrictions on mercury and other toxins emitted by cement kilns, after being sued for not doing so. (Earthjustice)<br /><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/federal-government-cracks-down-on-mercury-pollution-from-cement-kilns.html">http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/federal-government-cracks-down-on-mercury-pollution-from-cement-kilns.html</a><br /><br />Earthjustice convinced a Florida power company to replace plans for a coal-power plant with plants for a solar-power plant. (Naples Daily News editorial)<br /><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/11/editorial-solar-powered-plant-proposal-looks-winne/">http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/11/editorial-solar-powered-plant-proposal-looks-winne/</a><br /><br />Winter flounder fisheries have declined in New England, and inter-state fishery regulators are considering their options. (Brunswick Times Record)<br /><a href="http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/CE0A47AE604971EF852575A00059D7B9?Opendocument">http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/CE0A47AE604971EF852575A00059D7B9?Opendocument</a><br /><br />Lobster-trap reductions were proposed for reducing whale entanglements. Somehow, the idea is meeting resistance. (Bangor News)<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/104153.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/104153.html</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />Obama signed a bill newly designating two million acres of "wilderness" in nine states. [It had been rejected by the House in March, but was re-introduced]<br /><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/wilderness-lands-bill-becomes-law/">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/wilderness-lands-bill-becomes-law/</a><br /><br />On the continuing "problem" of wild horses in the western US, and whether equine birth control can solve it.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/science/21horse.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/science/21horse.html?ref=science</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-3463107629986880025?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-59026060113436629212009-04-22T13:12:00.011-04:002009-04-22T13:29:38.071-04:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Climate change--locally identified as such--is taking a toll across Australia (Los Angeles Times)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-climate-change-australia9-2009apr09,0,65585.story?page=1">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-climate-change-australia9-2009apr09,0,65585.story?page=1</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Six environmental groups sued the federal government for failing to prevent bycatch of protected sea turtles in Gulf of Mexico longline fisheries. (Associated Press) </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30246972/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30246972/</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">A proposed bill in Indiana would label nuclear and "clean" coal electricity as "renewable," included in tax breaks and future renewable-energy standards. (Grist)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/">http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-14-indiana-bill-would-define/</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Report: Atlantic bluefin tuna could "die out" within three years.  The Mediterranean fishing season for them opened on Wednesday.  [What doom upon the seas we wish, to sate our yearnings for raw fish]  (The Times of London). </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6094307.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6094307.ece </a></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bangor News</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Two animal-welfare groups sued the state of Maine for not preventing all trapping of endangered Canada lynx. (They've been threatening to do that since at least last June)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103716.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103716.html</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Federal and state wildlife managers are in dispute over recreational fishing for endangered Atlantic salmon in part of the Penobscot River. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103966.html">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103966.html </a></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">New York Times</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Soot, especially in "third world stoves," is newly targeted as an atmospheric heat-trapper.  Cue the miffed comments. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/science/earth/16degrees.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/science/earth/16degrees.html?ref=science</a> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">On efforts to "replant" a dying coral reef off of Japan</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/world/asia/15coral.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/world/asia/15coral.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a> </p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-5902606011343662921?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-45279162586771423512009-04-13T16:58:00.001-04:002009-04-22T13:30:24.677-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br />The Empire State Building will get renovated for energy efficiency (New York Times)<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/science/earth/07empire.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/science/earth/07empire.html?ref=science </a><br /><br />A coal-power plant in China is capturing and "recycling" (selling) some of its carbon dioxide emissions. (NPR)<br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102920210">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102920210</a><br /><br />Bangor Daily News<br />A federal grant went to a project for developing tidal power in Maine.<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103480.html?content_source=&amp;category_id=&amp;search_filter=&amp;event_mode=&amp;event_ts_from=&amp;list_type=&amp;order_by=&amp;order_sort=&amp;content_class=&amp;sub_type=stories&amp;town_id=&amp;page=2">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103480.html?content_source=&amp;category_id=&amp;search_filter=&amp;event_mode=&amp;event_ts_from=&amp;list_type=&amp;order_by=&amp;order_sort=&amp;content_class=&amp;sub_type=stories&amp;town_id=&amp;page=2 </a><br /><br />The Maine legislature rejected a proposed tax on plastic shopping bags.<br /><a href="http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103418.html?content_source=&amp;category_id=&amp;search_filter=&amp;event_mode=&amp;event_ts_from=&amp;list_type=&amp;order_by=&amp;order_sort=&amp;content_class=&amp;sub_type=stories&amp;town_id=&amp;page=2">http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103418.html?content_source=&amp;category_id=&amp;search_filter=&amp;event_mode=&amp;event_ts_from=&amp;list_type=&amp;order_by=&amp;order_sort=&amp;content_class=&amp;sub_type=stories&amp;town_id=&amp;page=2 </a><br /><br />BBC News<br />On the need--and possibilities--for developing crops that can grow in saltwater as irrigated soils get salty and sea levels rise.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7765109.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7765109.stm </a><br /><br />The EU will actively try to expand is aquaculture industries.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7989295.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7989295.stm </a><br /><br />A small cardboard solar cooker won first prize in an international contest of practical inventions to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7991654.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7991654.stm</a><br /><br />Oil drilling vs. drinkable water: legal and political battles in Peru.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7951182.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7951182.stm </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-4527916258677142351?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-79398782165289742962009-04-06T16:53:00.001-04:002009-04-22T13:31:02.589-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br />Jane Lubchenco, marine biologist and conservation advocate, was confirmed as head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Woo! (Washington Post)<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032003295.html?hpid=moreheadlines">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032003295.html?hpid=moreheadlines</a><br /><br />House Democrats introduced an ambitious bill for cutting CO2 emissions. (Grist; the site layout was recently changed)<br /><a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/3/31/183040/523">http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/3/31/183040/523</a><br /><br />The EU proposed a ban on importing Canadian seal products; Canada's government threatened to "launch a World Trade Organization action" if it does so. [This seems to have happened before]. (CBC; the article doesn't discuss the issue's controversial nature, but the 568+ comments do).<br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/03/seal-canada.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/03/seal-canada.html </a><br /><br />A planned coal and petroleum-coke power plant in Louisiana was suspended by the local government (Times-Picayune, New Orleans)<br /><a href="http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/psc_orders_entergy_to_suspend.html">http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2009/03/psc_orders_entergy_to_suspend.html</a><br /><br />A bill in the Florida legislature would make it easier for developers to destroy wetlands. (St. Petersburg Times)<br /><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wetlands/article985783.ece">http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wetlands/article985783.ece </a><br /><br />Earthjustice<br />A federal court ruling in February gave producers of major toxin-tainted sites less leeway to avoid paying cleanup costs, and the EPA more responsibility to force them.<br /><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/court-rules-cleanup-tab-for-mines-and-other-hazardous-sites-should-not-fall-to-public.html">http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/court-rules-cleanup-tab-for-mines-and-other-hazardous-sites-should-not-fall-to-public.html </a><br /><br />Another ruling ordered the EPA to revise its standards for particulate air pollution (soot, smoke etc)<br /><a href="http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/earthjustice-wins-case-seeking-stronger-particulate-pollution-standards.html">http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/earthjustice-wins-case-seeking-stronger-particulate-pollution-standards.html </a><br /><br />New York Times<br />"Environmentalists" are clashing over renewable energy projects vs. place protection, e.g. solar arrays in desert wilderness. [A Grist writer posted a miffed response along the lines of 'If they stop solar projects to preserve desert, climate change will give them a lot more desert.' Ideologically, it's not that simple.]<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/science/earth/24ecowars.html?scp=1&amp;sq=%22solar%20panels%22%20%22environmentalists%22&amp;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/science/earth/24ecowars.html?scp=1&amp;sq=%22solar%20panels%22%20%22environmentalists%22&amp;st=cse </a><br /><br />On efforts to make concrete more environmentally-friendly<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/science/earth/31conc.html?pagewanted=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/science/earth/31conc.html?pagewanted=1&amp;ref=science </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-7939878216528974296?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-10191035735457614512009-03-18T17:19:00.001-04:002009-04-22T13:31:15.819-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br />In January, a federal court ruled that pesticide use requires a permit if it could contaminate water. (Agriculture Online and Western Environmental Law Center, respectively. I don't know why this wasn't covered by more mainstream news sources)<br /><a href="http://www.agriculture.com/ag/futuresource/FutureSourceStoryIndex.jhtml?storyId=147700161">http://www.agriculture.com/ag/futuresource/FutureSourceStoryIndex.jhtml?storyId=147700161</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/conservationists-win-decision-protecting-local-water-supplies-fisheries-wildlife">http://www.westernlaw.org/pressroom/press-releases/conservationists-win-decision-protecting-local-water-supplies-fisheries-wildlife</a><br /><br />The House voted down a bill that would have given "wilderness" status to about two million acres of land in nine states. (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ja3vNS7u_ovPaeUpzrEKqDzs5TjAD96RVMRO0">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ja3vNS7u_ovPaeUpzrEKqDzs5TjAD96RVMRO0</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />Green-jobs guru Van Jones is now Obama's green-jobs advisor.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/10/10greenwire-authoractivist-tapped-as-green-jobs-adviser-10055.html">http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/10/10greenwire-authoractivist-tapped-as-green-jobs-adviser-10055.html</a><br /><br />The EPA proposed a rule requiring major point-source producers of greenhouse gases to report their annual emissions.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/washington/11epa.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/washington/11epa.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a><br /><br />On advancements in "noninvasive" methods for studying and tracking wild animals.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10wild.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10wild.html?ref=science</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-1019103573545761451?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-17658053622194768272009-03-09T17:14:00.001-04:002009-04-22T13:31:26.953-04:00<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p><br />"In a world with less and less room for conservation, the continuing challenge is not to seek single solutions, but rather to seek partnerships that promote conservation as a competitive form of land use."--N. Leader-Williams.<br /><br /><br />Once again, gray wolves were removed from the US Endangered species list in much of their range. (Los Angeles Times)<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-wolves7-2009mar07,0,853373.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-wolves7-2009mar07,0,853373.story</a><br /><br />Drought, farming, water consumption and endangered-species protected collided in California. (San Jose Mercury News)<br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11819991">http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11819991</a><br /><br />Congress reintroduced a bill that would ban "industries" (notably mountaintop-removal coal mining) from filling waterways with solid waste (Charleston Gazette)<br /><a href="http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/03/05/its-back-the-clean-water-protection-act/">http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/03/05/its-back-the-clean-water-protection-act/</a><br /><br />The Indian government began a program to replace incandescent light bulbs with CFLs. (OneWorld US and Greenpeace International)<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090304/wl_oneworld/world3606721236138619">http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090304/wl_oneworld/world3606721236138619</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />Obama suspended Bush's eleventh-hour rule that federal industry agencies need not consult federal scientists about projects which could impact endangered species.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/science/earth/04species.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/science/earth/04species.html?ref=science</a><br /><br />Successful opposition to a dam in Japan may signal a changing trend in politics there.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03dam.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03dam.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a><br /><br />UK Guardian<br />Seabed-destructive fishing may get banned on deep-water reefs off of the southeastern US.<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/05/florida-reef-ecosystem-government-protection">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/05/florida-reef-ecosystem-government-protection</a><br /><br />Plans in western China to build reservoirs for, and wisely use, water from rapidly-melting glaciers.<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/02/china-glacier-reservoir-water">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/02/china-glacier-reservoir-water</a><br /><br />Bangor News<br />Recession-driven drops in demand are hurting Maine's organic dairy industry.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/100620.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/100620.html</a><br /><br />Report-out from the Maine Fishermen's Forum. [I went to this last year, and everyone interested in fisheries or marine conservation should go at least once. It's an awesome event.]<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/101033.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/101033.html</a><br /><br />Another Washington County wind farm proposal was approved by the state, though not some [many, it seems] other people.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/100847.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/100847.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-1765805362219476827?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-66639989857717326942009-03-02T10:21:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:31:52.803-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p></div><br />A spending bill under consideration by the House of Representatives includes sneaky reversals of two Bush-era restrictions on the Endangered Species Act. (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022402863.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022402863.html</a><br /><br />The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA can use the Clean Air Act to regulate toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, though that doesn't mean it will. (New York Times)<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/washington/24mercury.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/washington/24mercury.html</a><br /><br />The Interior Department suspended new oil-shale mining leases in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah (Bloomberg News)<br /><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6280852.html">http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6280852.html</a><br /><br />Critical habitat was designated for endangered Canada lynx, including nearly 10,000 square miles of northern Maine--an obstacle to development, but not logging. (Kennebec Journal)<br /><a href="http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5990971.html">http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5990971.html</a><br /><br />Bangor News<br />A fishermens' alliance, and Earthjustice, are suing the federal government for allowing herring trawls in areas closed to trawling for groundfish (cod, haddock etc.). They had petitioned in 2007 to end the practice, but got stalled.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/100399.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/100399.html</a><br /><br />A bill was proposed in Augusta to tax shoppers for plastic bags. Lots of angry comments ensued.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/100243.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/100243.html</a><br /><br />The Maine government is working on plans to reintroduce shad and river herring (among other fish) to the Penobscot River watershed.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/100338.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/100338.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-6663998985771732694?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-40220458046309820452009-02-23T10:06:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:32:25.966-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I've been compelled to note that grist.org (where I find many of these articles) also features "Green Videos" by COA alumna Jen Prediger. I haven't watched these videos, so can't say more about them, but am glad to see a COAer involved with Grist.<br /><br />A UN meeting produced the beginnings of an international treaty to reduce mercury pollution from many sources. (Guardian)<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/20/deal-end-mercury-pollution">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/20/deal-end-mercury-pollution</a><br /><br />Layoffs in Maine's forestry industry are impacting supplies of waste-wood pellet fuel.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/99407.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/99407.html</a><br /><br />Residents of Portland, Maine, are now allowed to have backyard hen coops. (Portland Press Herald)<br /><a href="http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=240265&amp;ac=PHnws">http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=240265&amp;ac=PHnws</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />The EPA will "consider" whether to regulate CO2 emissions from coal-power plants, and may eventually regulate other sources too. The public comment period is now.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/science/earth/19epa.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/science/earth/19epa.html?ref=science</a><br /><br />On renewable energy developments in Alaska<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/business/18alaska.html?_r=3&amp;ref=business">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/business/18alaska.html?_r=3&amp;ref=business</a><br /><br />On invasive-species eradication efforts gone bad<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/science/17isla.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/science/17isla.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-4022045804630982045?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-47680879669191233072009-02-16T09:19:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:32:51.415-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.coa.edu/">Human Ecology in Action.</a></span></p></div><div><br /></div>This year, I've relied heavily on grist.org as a daily-changing source of links to articles in many publications. I highly recommend it. Environmental-issue analysis and humor can also be found there.<br /><br />A Bush plan to expand offshore oil drilling on much of the US coast was halted for review and revision by the Interior Department (San Francisco Chronicle)<br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/MNB015R7TQ.DTL&amp;tsp=1">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/MNB015R7TQ.DTL&amp;tsp=1</a><br /><br />A federal court reversed a ruling which would have been a legal obstacle to mountaintop-removal coal mining. (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSJOr-NBI35YZsgfG0YNbfsQDF-gD96ARM302">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSJOr-NBI35YZsgfG0YNbfsQDF-gD96ARM302</a><br /><br />Grist breakdown of the big stimulus bill's "green" components as of Thursday, after the Triple Demons of Compromise had worked their magic.<br /><a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/2/12/83439/6486">http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/2/12/83439/6486</a><br /><br />A New Jersey utility proposed a major solar-power project spread across the state. (New York Times)<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/nyregion/10solar.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/nyregion/10solar.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a><br /><br />Study: salamander declines in Mexico and Guatemala are attributed to climate change. (Reuters UK)<br /><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE5187PD20090209?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0">http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE5187PD20090209?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0</a><br /><br />American pikas will be considered for placement on the US Endangered Species list due to habitat loss from climate change. (MSNBC)<br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29167918/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29167918/</a><br /><br />Economist<br />Several British NGOs hope to establish a huge marine reserve in the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean territory from which the locals were evicted forty years ago and would allegedly like to return.<br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13089462&amp;fsrc=rss">http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13089462&amp;fsrc=rss</a><br /><br />Spain is working on an extensive new railroad system.<br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13061961">http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13061961</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-4768087966919123307?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-13400365517562894932009-02-09T08:57:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:33:13.243-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p></div><br />The California government denied a proposal to expand oil drilling off Santa Barbara--one which certain environmental groups had favored as part of a deal with the oil company. [Politics. Sheesh.] (Los Angeles Times)<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santa-barbara-oil30-2009jan30,0,4266773.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santa-barbara-oil30-2009jan30,0,4266773.story</a><br /><br />The Interior Department halted a set of new oil and gas leases in Utah for review. (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iR6iksPv6MUmw4jraPWPGHWAuGsgD9654M983">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iR6iksPv6MUmw4jraPWPGHWAuGsgD9654M983</a><br /><br />Naturally-growing forests in abandoned tropical farmland have raised controversy over the importance of preserving "pristine" rainforest. (New York Times)<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/science/earth/30forest.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/science/earth/30forest.html?ref=science</a><br /><br />Ten new amphibian species were "discovered" in Columbia. (Reuters)<br /><a href="http://news.aol.com/article/new-amphibian-species/327136">http://news.aol.com/article/new-amphibian-species/327136</a><br /><br />Bald eagles may be removed from Maine's state Endangered Species list (Bangor News)<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/98727.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/98727.html</a><br /><br />The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted to open federal waters in the Gulf to aquaculture. (Press-Register, Alabama)<br /><a href="http://www.gulflive.com/press-register/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1233224169238650.xml&amp;coll=3">http://www.gulflive.com/press-register/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1233224169238650.xml&amp;coll=3</a><br /><br />They also recommended closing parts of the Gulf to longline fishing, to reduce sea-turtle bycatch. (Mississippi Press)<br /><a href="http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/1233314130310190.xml&amp;coll=5">http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/1233314130310190.xml&amp;coll=5</a><br /><br />Commercial fishing is banned from beginning in the melting seas off northern Alaska until scientists "determine" what its ecological and social impacts would be. (Washington Post)<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020502565.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020502565.html</a><br /><br />Obama ordered the Energy Department to set efficiency standards for a variety of home appliances. [It's unclear how much or by when.] (Reuters UK)<br /><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0536527620090205?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0">http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0536527620090205?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0</a><br /><br />Sweden ended its ban on new nuclear power plants. (Guardian)<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/05/nuclear-sweden">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/05/nuclear-sweden</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-1340036551756289493?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-64497901112373531192009-02-02T09:15:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:33:29.974-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p></div><br />Obama ordered the EPA to "reconsider" allowing states to set their own vehicle efficiency-and-CO2-emissions standards, and the Transportation Department to raise car fuel-efficiency standards by 2011. [This Sunday article says he "will" but on Monday he did.] (New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/us/politics/26calif.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/us/politics/26calif.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;hp</a><br /><br />The EPA suspended approval of a new coal-power plant in South Dakota (Bloomberg)<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aZTtfqEwJpHQ&amp;refer=home">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aZTtfqEwJpHQ&amp;refer=home</a><br /><br />After cutting short Maine's scalloping season last week, the government has responded to local outcy and reopened it in some areas (Bangor News).<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/98116.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/98116.html</a><br /><br />The USDA plans to establish an "Office of Ecosystem Services and Marketing," largely to reward farm and forestry operations for doing things deemed to provide not-previously-commodified "natural assets." (Environmental Protection magazine)<br /><a href="http://www.eponline.com/articles/70313/">http://www.eponline.com/articles/70313/</a><br /><br />US marine policy possibilities for the near future (Grist).<br /><a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/29/15292/0161">http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/29/15292/0161</a><br /><br />Calgary, Alberta is trying out diesel fuel mixed with local waste beef-tallow. Not everyone is pleased. (CBC)<br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/29/beef-biofuel.html">http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/29/beef-biofuel.html</a><br /><br />Caterpillars called "army worms" are undergoing a disastrous [to humans] population boom in Liberia. Not much included on ecological reasons or consequences, but I thought it worth sharing. (Associated Press)<br /><a href="http://news.aol.com/article/caterpillar-infestation-in-liberia/317187">http://news.aol.com/article/caterpillar-infestation-in-liberia/317187</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-6449790111237353119?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-45390004368104397932009-01-26T09:18:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:33:51.651-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p></div><br />President Obama has suspended all of Bush's regulations which weren't yet published (including the gray-wolf delisting) but couldn't stop all of them. (Los Angeles Times, Associated Press)<br />http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-enviro-rules22-2009jan22,0,4342793.story<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2koz1OqqNsQO15NDQw5LPVULiCgD95R8FQO0">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2koz1OqqNsQO15NDQw5LPVULiCgD95R8FQO0</a><br /><br />Last fall, the permit for a major phosphate mine in southwest Florida was suspended. Now the mining company has bullied/persuaded the local powers that be into OK-ing it. A tale of politics, wetlands and eco-offsets. (Sarasota Herald Tribune)<br /><a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090116/ARTICLE/901160335/2081/NEWS">http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090116/ARTICLE/901160335/2081/NEWS</a><br /><br />Bangor News<br />New England's largest "wind farm" began operating in Washington County.<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/97865.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/97865.html</a><br /><br />Halfway into Maine's scalloping season, the state government has canceled the other half, claiming scallop populations are too severely depleted.*<br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/detail/97934.html">http://bangornews.com/detail/97934.html</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />A court suspended a new set of oil and gas leases in federal Utah land after a lawsuit by seven environmental groups.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/19leases.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/19leases.html?_r=1</a><br /><br />Report: Rising Asian demand is depleting reef fish in the Indo-Pacific "Coral Triangle."<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/earth/20reef.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/earth/20reef.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a><br /><br />* "DMR is between a rock and a hard place. When a fishery is booming we (harvesters) want them to leave us the hell alone and not stand in the way of prosperity. When a fishery is in crisis, we want them to leave us the hell alone to keep fishing so we can feed our families."--Andy Mays, Maine Scallop Advisory Council, commentor on this article.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-4539000436810439793?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915572377315521439.post-5095508785825529062009-01-19T09:55:00.001-05:002009-04-22T13:34:06.777-04:00<div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">brought to you by Sasha Paris  <br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  </span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.coa.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Human Ecology in Action.</span></a></p></div><br />The Fish and Wildlife Service will remove endangered-species status from gray wolves in the northern Rockies (except Wyoming) and western Great Lakes. (Duluth News Tribune)<br /><a href="http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/109572/">http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/109572/</a><br /><br />The next Energy Department leader's stances on various energy sources, taken from his confirmation hearing (Grist).<br /><a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/13/134324/999">http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/13/134324/999</a><br /><br />The BLM adopted a plan for management changes in 2.4 million acres of Oregon forest. [Includes a lot o' background on past attempts at this plan and how spotted owls are involved.](Crosscut, from Seattle)<br /><a href="http://crosscut.com/2009/01/13/science-environment/18772/">http://crosscut.com/2009/01/13/science-environment/18772/</a><br /><br />Washington Post<br />An EPA rule change will likely make it easier for "industrial plants, refineries and paper mills" to expand without getting new pollution-emission permits.<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/12/AR2009011203008.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/12/AR2009011203008.html</a><br /><br />Following recent accidents, toxic coal ash--and how to dispose of it--has gained governmental attention.<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011503987.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011503987.html</a><br /><br />Associated Press<br />A major package of bills designating protection for various 'wild' lands moved successfully through the Senate<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ja3vNS7u_ovPaeUpzrEKqDzs5TjAD95L5LRO0">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ja3vNS7u_ovPaeUpzrEKqDzs5TjAD95L5LRO0</a><br /><br />Several dairy states are investing significantly in digesters to make fuel from cow-manure methane. [Prairie Home Companion mocked the idea last summer...we'll see who laughs last.]<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/farm_scene_dung_power">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/farm_scene_dung_power</a><br /><br />New York Times<br />A proposal for a large and controversial wind farm off Cape Cod made progress in the federal approval process.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/us/17wind.html?ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/us/17wind.html?ref=science</a><br /><br />Study: various organisms [and not just fish] appear to be breeding at smaller sizes in response to hunting by humans.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/13fish.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/13fish.html?_r=1&amp;ref=science</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/915572377315521439-509550878582552906?l=eco-news-from-coa.blogspot.com'/></div>Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09971163496970831165noreply@blogger.com0