"Decline of Honey Bees Now a Global Phenomenon, Says United Nations"
"The mysterious collapse of honey-bee colonies is becoming a global phenomenon, scientists working for the United Nations have revealed."
Source: UK Independent, 03/10/2011
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"As Ozone Decision Looms, EPA Finds Stronger Science"
"Recent studies suggest that smog-filled air kills more people and causes more breathing problems than previously thought, U.S. EPA scientists say in a new draft paper, but due to a procedural twist, the findings can't be taken into account as Administrator Lisa Jackson decides whether to set stricter limits than the George W. Bush administration chose in 2008."
Source: Greenwire, 03/10/2011
PA Gov Gives Energy Exec Supremacy Over Environmental Permitting
"Pennsylvania has come under fire lately as pollution from drilling in the Marcellus Shale threatens water resources across the state. But instead of ratcheting up oversight, Gov. Tom Corbett wants to hand authority over some of the state’s most critical environmental decisions to C. Alan Walker, a Pennsylvania energy executive with his own track record of running up against the state’s environmental regulations."
Source: ProPublica, 03/10/2011
"Wyoming Plagued by Big-City Problem: Smog"
"Wyoming, famous for its crisp mountain air and breathtaking, far-as-the-eye-can-see vistas, is looking a little bit like smoggy Los Angeles these days because of a boom in natural gas drilling."
Source: Wash Post, 03/09/2011
"Stiffer Pollution Regulations Expected for Great Lakes Ships"
"The federal government has agreed to step up its efforts to force freighters sailing on the Great Lakes to begin treating their biologically contaminated ballast water discharges like any other industrial pollutant."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03/09/2011
"The Cellulosic Ethanol Boom That Never Happened"
The boom in cellulosic ethanol that was predicted four years ago never happened. Or hasn't happened yet. The idea of making ethanol from all manner of plant material other than corn still promises major net environmental benefits -- unlike corn ethanol, which doesn't do much for the environment. But a lot depends on oil prices, electric car sales, financing, and the economies of scale.
Source: Stateline, 03/09/2011
"Tongass in Alaska To Get Federal Roadless Protection"
"The federal rule protecting the nation's last remaining stretches of roadless wilderness will apply now to the largest and grandest of the national forests under a court ruling in Alaska, which threw out the exemption granted to the Tongass National Forest."
Source: LA Times, 03/09/2011
Millions of Dead Fish Collect in Redondo Beach Harbor
"Redondo Beach's King Harbor is inundated with dead fish. Experts believe the sardines sought safe harbor from a storm, but consumed the oxygen in their small refuge."
Source: LA Times, 03/09/2011
Greenpeace & Facebook: "Friends Without Benefits"
"Behind the feud between Greenpeace and Facebook over renewable energy."
Source: Slate, 03/09/2011
WI State Senate GOPers Took 100s of Thousands In Govt Farm Subsidies
"At least three of the Wisconsin state Senate Republicans currently demanding that public workers sacrifice benefits, wages and even collective bargaining rights for the sake of the budget have applied for and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal farm subsidies, a Huffington Post review of state and federal records shows."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/09/2011
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