ECO-NEWS, WEEK 10, PART TWO
Brown Pelicans, once depleted by DDT and hunting, were removed from the federal Endangered Species List. That doesn't make them "saved," though. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Last month, the EPA was sued into agreeing to set new restrictions on toxic airborne emissions from power plants by 2011. (Earthjustice)
Hundreds of Chinese college students began their annual marches around their nation, to raise awareness about (and study) environmental issues. (Living on Earth)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Jellyfish and climate policy
Whichever spineless swarm you prefer. Happy break.
ECO-NEWS, WEEK 10, part one
World leaders agreed to make no legally binding agreements in Copenhagen this year. (New York Times)
Not coincidentally, the U.S. Senate won't try to pass a climate-change bill until next spring. (Reuters)
However, the US and China made "subtle but important" agreements on climate policy. (Grist)
Giant jellyfish swarms are still causing trouble in Japan and elsewhere. Yum Yum. (AP)
Fishery regulators cut catch quotas for Atlantic Herring in New England...(MBN)
...and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna worldwide. (Planet Ark)
ECO-NEWS, WEEK 10, part one
World leaders agreed to make no legally binding agreements in Copenhagen this year. (New York Times)
Not coincidentally, the U.S. Senate won't try to pass a climate-change bill until next spring. (Reuters)
However, the US and China made "subtle but important" agreements on climate policy. (Grist)
Giant jellyfish swarms are still causing trouble in Japan and elsewhere. Yum Yum. (AP)
Fishery regulators cut catch quotas for Atlantic Herring in New England...(MBN)
...and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna worldwide. (Planet Ark)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Giraffes, sea lions, revolving doors, turtle tourism
ECO-NEWS, WEEK 9
Endangered West African Giraffes are making an "unlikely" comeback, with many forces working both for and against them. (AP, but unusually thorough and interesting)
Study: "removal" of salmon-eating California Sea Lions at an Oregon dam didn't reduce salmon consumption there. (CNBC/AP)
New York Times
Obama nominated a professional promoter of pesticides and GMOs for his agricultural trade rep [not for the first time]. 85 advocacy groups have collectively sued.
Judging by catches, algae-bloom-impacted Bay Scallops may be recovering off Long Island.
Sea turtles in Costa Rica: a tale of "turtle tourism", climate change, and local efforts at protection.
Endangered West African Giraffes are making an "unlikely" comeback, with many forces working both for and against them. (AP, but unusually thorough and interesting)
Study: "removal" of salmon-eating California Sea Lions at an Oregon dam didn't reduce salmon consumption there. (CNBC/AP)
New York Times
Obama nominated a professional promoter of pesticides and GMOs for his agricultural trade rep [not for the first time]. 85 advocacy groups have collectively sued.
Judging by catches, algae-bloom-impacted Bay Scallops may be recovering off Long Island.
Sea turtles in Costa Rica: a tale of "turtle tourism", climate change, and local efforts at protection.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Religion, Gucci, more troubled seas
ECO-NEWS, WEEK EIGHT
A 10-week leak at a Timor Sea oil rig was finally plugged. (BBC)
The IUCN's Red List of globally- endangered species has been updated, and it isn't pretty. (Independent, UK)
Invasive giant tiger shrimp are spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, and could carry diseases to native species. (Houma Courier/WW LTV)
An incredible multi-faith convention on religion and environmentalism. Eco-topia where the Berlin Wall was. Large-scale land conservation in Maine, and more. (Living on Earth*)
Grist
After local and Sierra Club campaigning, plans for a major coal-fired power plant were halted in South Dakota.
The fashion 'conglomerate' Gucci Group promised to stop using paper made from Indonesian rainforest trees.
NPR (or CPR, as Lucky Lunt calls it)
Fisheries guru Dan Pauly enlightened piscivorous** Terry Gross on "the perils of overfishing" [I enjoyed these]
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120013107
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120049590
*This page has links to all of this week's programs. My hands aren't up for copying them. I'll probably send this link weekly, noting current articles.
**Piscivorous: adj. "subsisting on the consumption of fish." TG probably doesn't actually subsist on fish, but I love to use that word.
A 10-week leak at a Timor Sea oil rig was finally plugged. (BBC)
The IUCN's Red List of globally- endangered species has been updated, and it isn't pretty. (Independent, UK)
Invasive giant tiger shrimp are spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, and could carry diseases to native species. (Houma Courier/WW LTV)
An incredible multi-faith convention on religion and environmentalism. Eco-topia where the Berlin Wall was. Large-scale land conservation in Maine, and more. (Living on Earth*)
Grist
After local and Sierra Club campaigning, plans for a major coal-fired power plant were halted in South Dakota.
The fashion 'conglomerate' Gucci Group promised to stop using paper made from Indonesian rainforest trees.
NPR (or CPR, as Lucky Lunt calls it)
Fisheries guru Dan Pauly enlightened piscivorous** Terry Gross on "the perils of overfishing" [I enjoyed these]
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120013107
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120049590
*This page has links to all of this week's programs. My hands aren't up for copying them. I'll probably send this link weekly, noting current articles.
**Piscivorous: adj. "subsisting on the consumption of fish." TG probably doesn't actually subsist on fish, but I love to use that word.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Nice tries and pretty promises
...and cynicism from me. Plus some baaaad water pollution.
ECO-NEWS, WEEK SEVEN
An energy company reversed its plans for natural-gas drilling in New York City's watershed [but will still drill in my hometown's :( ]. (New York Times)
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.] (Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation)
Coverage of last Saturday's Belfast "rally against carbon dioxide particles in the air we breathe." [*bangs head against wall*] (Bangor News)
How New York City, one California farmer, and some [annoyingly cheerful] investors are trying to adapt to climate change. (NPR)
BBC
An oil rig in Australia's Timor Sea has been leaking severely for 10 weeks. Now it's on fire.
Bangladesh's government announced creation of a conservation plan to "save" its Bengal tigers and part of their mangrove-forest habitat.
Living on Earth radio
California may soon have energy-efficiency standards for new TVs.
Invasive golden algae suddenly sterilized a salt-polluted Appalachian stream in September, and could spread to other waters.
ECO-NEWS, WEEK SEVEN
An energy company reversed its plans for natural-gas drilling in New York City's watershed [but will still drill in my hometown's :( ]. (New York Times)
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.] (Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation)
Coverage of last Saturday's Belfast "rally against carbon dioxide particles in the air we breathe." [*bangs head against wall*] (Bangor News)
How New York City, one California farmer, and some [annoyingly cheerful] investors are trying to adapt to climate change. (NPR)
BBC
An oil rig in Australia's Timor Sea has been leaking severely for 10 weeks. Now it's on fire.
Bangladesh's government announced creation of a conservation plan to "save" its Bengal tigers and part of their mangrove-forest habitat.
Living on Earth radio
California may soon have energy-efficiency standards for new TVs.
Invasive golden algae suddenly sterilized a salt-polluted Appalachian stream in September, and could spread to other waters.
Monday, October 26, 2009
350, red tides, rockweed, Marcellus, Michigan
ECO-NEWS, WEEK SIX
Poll: 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)
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. (CNN)
A roundup of worldwide events from yesterday's Day of Climate Action. (Grist)
A "red tide" of toxic algae killed fish and inconvenienced people around Texas's South Padre Island. (Brownsville Herald)
This year, two Michigan colleges began buying produce from local farms. (Michigan Land Use Institute; article is from August)
Bangor News
Rockweed harvesting vs. conservation continues to provoke disputes around Cobscook Bay. [Note to author: rockweed isn't a plant]
A national NGO ranked Maine tenth in the nation for energy efficiency, noting major improvements here this year.
Poll: 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)
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. (CNN)
A roundup of worldwide events from yesterday's Day of Climate Action. (Grist)
A "red tide" of toxic algae killed fish and inconvenienced people around Texas's South Padre Island. (Brownsville Herald)
This year, two Michigan colleges began buying produce from local farms. (Michigan Land Use Institute; article is from August)
Bangor News
Rockweed harvesting vs. conservation continues to provoke disputes around Cobscook Bay. [Note to author: rockweed isn't a plant]
A national NGO ranked Maine tenth in the nation for energy efficiency, noting major improvements here this year.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Frog love, downed dams, sustainable seafood and more
ECO-NEWS, WEEK FIVE
A new California law requires standard-setting and labeling for "sustainable" seafood. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Offshore wind power will soon be tested in the Gulf of Maine (Fishermen's Voice)
In urban Australia, human noise is affecting frog courtship and demonstrating that natural selection does indeed work. (NPR)
New York Times
Methane leaks from oil and gas pipes/wells: a notable contributor to climate change and a target in reducing it.
A defender of sustainable "commons" won a Nobel prize in economic sciences. [The prize committee' s linked statement is worth reading if you're interested]
Earthjustice
A major dam was removed from Oregon's Rogue River two weeks ago, following a long legal fight.
Earthjustice sued large manufacturers of cleaning products, trying to make them publicly reveal their products' ingredients.
A new California law requires standard-setting and labeling for "sustainable" seafood. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Offshore wind power will soon be tested in the Gulf of Maine (Fishermen's Voice)
In urban Australia, human noise is affecting frog courtship and demonstrating that natural selection does indeed work. (NPR)
New York Times
Methane leaks from oil and gas pipes/wells: a notable contributor to climate change and a target in reducing it.
A defender of sustainable "commons" won a Nobel prize in economic sciences. [The prize committee' s linked statement is worth reading if you're interested]
Earthjustice
A major dam was removed from Oregon's Rogue River two weeks ago, following a long legal fight.
Earthjustice sued large manufacturers of cleaning products, trying to make them publicly reveal their products' ingredients.
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