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Bringing a Fish Back from the Brink
Environment Report, 05/14/2009A million year old cycle of fish migration almost came to an end in the waters off of the nation’s capital. But a monumental conservation effort has brought the American Shad them back from the brink.
"Obama Orders EPA to Take the Lead in Bay Cleanup"
WashPost, 05/13/2009President Obama issued an executive order empowering EPA to set a more demanding timetable for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and to penalize states that fail to meet it.
Bayer Knew MIC Monitors Were Broken
Charleston Gazette, 05/10/2009"INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience managers knew methyl isocyanate monitors were broken last August when they restarted a pesticide unit where up to 37,000 pounds of the deadly chemical are stored, company officials have confirmed."
"Federal Judge Says No to Modified Crops on U.S. Refuge Land"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/25/2009WASHINGTON -- In a court case with potential impact in Missouri and across the country, a federal judge in Delaware ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife should not have permitted farming with genetically modified crops on a national wildlife refuge. U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet wrote that the Fish and Wildlife agency erred by failing to conduct environmental studies to determine whether farming with genetically modified crops at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware was compatible with conservation and habitat preservation. Bill Lambrecht reports for the St.
"EPA Says It Could Block Mountaintop Coal Permits"
Reuters, 03/25/2009EPA, in a surprise move, is asserting its Clean Water Act authority over mountaintop removal mining permits.
WV Coal-to-Liquids Plant Gets $200 Million in Secret Tax Breaks
Charleston Gazette, 08/08/2008West Virginia's governor is giving $200 million in tax breaks to a coal-to-liquids plant -- but the public is not allowed to know.
New Algae Blooms Suffocating Chesapeake Crabs
Baltimore Sun, 08/09/2008Dramatic blooms of algae are choking the Chesapeake Bay and killing crabs and fish.
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