"Judge Tosses Bush-Era Forest Management Regulations"

"A federal judge sided with environmentalists yesterday and threw out Bush-era Forest Service regulations that govern management plans for national forests."
Greenwire, 07/02/2009

"Is Drilling To Blame For Texas Quakes?"

"People in North Texas worry about tornadoes, not earthquakes. That's not the case in the small town of Cleburne, just south of Fort Worth. They've had six quakes so far this month. Cleburne happens to sit on a huge, recently discovered natural gas deposit called Barnett Shale. There's been a lot of drilling, and some people wonder if that has triggered the earthquakes."
NPR, 07/02/2009

"EPA Proposes Regulations To Cut Ship Pollution"

"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher rules to reduce air pollution from large oceangoing ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels."
AP, 07/02/2009

"Feds Could Seize Calif. Parks If Closed by Budget"

"California officials said Wednesday they are trying to avert the federal government's threat to seize six parks that could be closed to help reduce the state's ballooning budget deficit."
AP, 07/02/2009

"Gray Wolves Get Federal Protection Again"

"Advocates and U.S. government agree to list the gray wolf as "threatened" in Minnesota and to put ones in Wisconsin and Michigan on the endangered list."
Minneapolis Star Trib, 07/02/2009

"American Chestnut's Revival May Combat Climate Change"

"The American chestnut tree, which towered over eastern U.S. forests before succumbing to a deadly fungus in the early 20th century, appears to be an excellent sponge for greenhouse gases, according to a new study."
Greenwire, 07/02/2009

"Germany's Green-Energy Gap"

The offshore wind farms that were to replace Germany's nuclear and coal-fired power plants aren’t coming online quickly enough.
IEEE Spectrum, 07/02/2009

"EPA Ready To Settle Bay Area Pesticide Suit"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that could result in scrutiny of how dozens of dangerous pesticides affect threatened and endangered species living around San Francisco Bay."
San Francisco Chronicle, 07/02/2009

"Researcher Show Farmers How To Save Songbirds"

"A unique partnership between University of Vermont researchers and a federal farm program is providing time and space for grassland songbirds to reproduce on land where their nests usually are destroyed by haying."
Burlington Free Press, 07/02/2009

FL Breakwater Could Hurt Sea Turtles

"Two of Florida's top politicians are pushing state and federal regulators to approve a taxpayer-funded breakwater that would slow down, but not stop, erosion threatening expensive Palm Beach County condos. But biologists fear the breakwater will block sea turtles from one of the most important nesting beaches in the state."
St. Petersburg Times, 07/02/2009

"Carbon Trading on the Cheap"

If the United States wants to build a market-based approach to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, it should learn from Europe's failures.
IEEE Spectrum, 07/02/2009

"Dollars And Streams"

"When you hear about dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes, they’re largely caused by pollution draining from the farm belt. It can take a long time and a lot of money to reduce pollution at factories. So they’re starting to pay farmers to cut pollution instead."
Environment Report, 07/02/2009

"Poisoned Patriots"

"From 1957 to 1987, hundreds of thousands of unprepared men, women and children who lived on or near Camp Lejeune, N.C., the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast, were the unwitting victims of a decades-long water contamination disaster that is still claiming lives."
NRNS, 07/01/2009

"Exxon To Pay $500 Million in Interest To Spill Victims"

"Exxon Mobil said Monday it won't appeal nearly $500 million in interest a court recently ordered it to pay to Alaska fishermen, business owners and others harmed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill."
McClatchy, 07/01/2009

"Reactor Design Puts Safety of Nuclear Plants Into Question"

"Canadian nuclear safety regulators say they have underestimated the seriousness of a design feature at the country's electricity-producing reactors that would cause them to experience dangerous power pulses during a major accident."
Globe & Mail, 07/01/2009