EJToday: Top Headlines
EJToday is SEJ's selection of new and outstanding stories on environmental topics in print and on the air, updated every weekday. SEJ also offers a free e-mailed digest of the day's EJToday postings, called SEJ-beat. SEJ members are subscribed automatically, but may opt out here. Non-members may subscribe here. EJToday is also available via RSS feed. Please see Editorial Guidelines for EJToday content.
"A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers at ground zero who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials and lawyers for the plaintiffs.""Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Health Claims"
NYTimes, 03/12/2010
A former laborer at several nuclear power plants in the U.S. is now being held in Yemen as a suspected member of the same branch of al-Qaida that is linked to the failed Christmas bombing of a jet to Detroit.Former Nuke Worker Held as Terror Suspect
AP, 03/12/2010
"The Obama administration is trying to dash rumors that it planned to ban recreational fishing in marine waters and the Great Lakes in the wake of a series of Internet posts warning that such a prohibition was imminent.""Obama Admin Jumps to Squelch Rumors of U.S. Fishing Ban"
Greenwire, 03/12/2010
"A federal appeals court this week moved to allow uranium mining operations in Churchrock, a Navajo community just east of Gallup, New Mexico.""Uranium Mining in Navajo Community OK'd by Appeals Court"
New Mexico Independent, 03/12/2010
"Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge children's jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.""Feds Recall More Children's Jewelry in Cadmium Probe"
AP, 03/12/2010
They call it "wolf jail." Efforts to reintroduce the Mexican gray wolf to a New Mexico border area depend on whether the wolves play by the rules."A Decade on, Southwest Wolf Reintroduction Effort Faces Long Odds"
Greenwire, 03/12/2010
"Farmers say consolidation in the industry means they're forced to buy more costly seeds. But Monsanto, the world's largest seed firm, says competition 'is alive and flourishing.'""Rising Food Prices May Start With Seeds"
LA Times, 03/12/2010
"The White House is finalizing rules on the first U.S. greenhouse gas emission standard for automobiles, which would raise average fuel economy 42 percent by 2016 in a bid to slash oil imports and fight climate change.""White House Finalizing Rules To Cut Car Emissions"
Reuters, 03/12/2010
"The U.S. Senate approved a bill that extends the $1-a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel, which expired Dec. 31.""Senate Approves Bill That Includes Biodiesel Credit"
Bloomberg, 03/12/2010
"Aides from the two House committees with jurisdiction over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working together to draft legislation to overhaul and authorize the agency for the first time, according to House Science Chairman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.).""House Aides Mull Plans to Overhaul, Codify NOAA"
Greenwire, 03/12/2010
"UNITED NATIONS -- At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.""World's Top Scientists To Review Climate Panel"
AP, 03/11/2010
"The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.""Endangered Listing Eyed For US Loggerhead Turtles"
AP, 03/11/2010
"President Barack Obama's top environmental adviser urged the natural gas industry on Tuesday to disclose the chemicals it uses in drilling, warning that the development of massive U.S. shale gas reserves could be held back otherwise.""Obama Aide Urges Listing Of Gas-Drilling Chemicals"
Reuters, 03/11/2010
"Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower.""Va. Gov McDonnell Signs Offshore Energy Bills"
AP, 03/11/2010
Bedbug-sniffing dogs can locate a single live bug or egg with 96 percent accuracy. The bugs were mostly eradicated in the U.S. by now-banned pesticides like DDT, and are now making a comeback."Dogs That Detect Bedbugs"
NYTimes, 03/11/2010
