SEJ Headlines 
"An advertising campaign that previously pushed the phrase 'clean coal' launches new spots this week focused on jobs and low-cost power, the latest offering in a three-year, nearly $120 million effort to sell Congress and the White House on coal's future. Increasingly, there are signs that it is working.""Coal Ad Blitz Launches New Spot as Industry Sees Political Gains"
Greenwire, 02/09/2010
"[Rajendra K.] Pachauri and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are now under intense scrutiny, facing accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest from climate skeptics....""U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege"
NYTimes, 02/09/2010
"The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has received national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries, including China and the United States that together account for 78 percent of global emissions from energy use.""Governments Confirm Climate Accord Pledges, No New Commitment"
ENS, 02/09/2010
"Quebec’s tough new light vehicle emissions regulation has become a political hot potato in Canada after the federal environment minister, Jim Prentice, denounced the rule as 'counter-productive' last week in Calgary while laying out Canada’s down-graded emission targets.""Quebec’s Vehicle Emission Law Is Disputed"
Green Inc., 02/09/2010
"A proposed new U.S. NOAA Climate Service is meant to help businesses adapt to the impact of climate change, and to spur development of new technologies to cope with it, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday.""New Climate Service Aims To Help Business Adapt"
Reuters, 02/09/2010
"Anti-whaling protest group Sea Shepherd said a Japanese whaling vessel 'intentionally rammed' one of its protest boats on Saturday during a standoff in Antarctic waters.""Whaling Ship 'Rammed' Protest Boat: Sea Shepherd"
Reuters, 02/09/2010
"Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago.""Weed Killer Atrazine May Be Linked To Birth Defect"
Reuters, 02/09/2010
"Federal land managers said Monday they'll delay a roundup of most of the nearly 600 wild horses in a range in eastern Nevada, at least until after the herd's spring foaling season.""BLM Delays Eastern Nevada Wild Horse Roundup"
AP, 02/09/2010
"HEAVY WEATHER, a new radio documentary by Barbara Bernstein explores the connections between increasing extreme weather and our changing climate and landscapes. It presents solutions that are community driven, based on decisions we make to change the ways we live and travel. Changes that actually can improve our quality of life.""Heavy Weather"
Heavy Weather, 02/09/2010
"Researchers at Northern Arizona University think they may have found an environmentally safe and readily available weapon against the tree-eating armies of bark beetles. It is, with apologies to the boys from Liverpool, the music of the beetles.""Bark Beetles' Song Could Save Forests"
, 02/09/2010
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22 min 18 sec agoUSDA Announces Food Safety Initiatives for School Lunch and Other Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs (February 4, 2010)
22 min 18 sec agoBiomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy, Job Creation (February 3, 2010)
22 min 18 sec agoUSDA Hosting Roundtables on Jobs and Economic Growth (January 20, 2010)
22 min 18 sec agoStatement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Proposed FY2011 Budget (February 1, 2010)
22 min 18 sec agoAgriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $140 Million for 14 Community Facilities Projects in Rural Areas (January 26, 2010)
22 min 18 sec agoToyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
44 min 6 sec agoEthics debate over blood from newborn safety tests.
A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack. Scientists consider the leftover samples a treasure, to study questions like which environmental toxics can trigger childhood cancers. But seldom are parents asked for their consent.
1 hour 24 min agoUS couple take lead on carbon trade by selling their first credit.
Individuals keen to tackle carbon emissions should consider the example of Tami and Randy Wilson. The Pennsylvania couple have sold the world's first carbon credit awarded for a reduction in personal carbon emissions. About 1,800 others have signed up to follow suit.
1 hour 24 min ago
