"Suisun Bay's Ghost Fleet May Finally R.I.P."
"The federal government and environmental groups reached an agreement Wednesday that will mean the end of the ghost fleet of retired ships in Suisun Bay."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 04/01/2010
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Black Residents of Mossville, La., Win Hearing in Pollution Battle
"African-American residents of Mossville, a community just west of Lake Charles, have won a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on charges that the U.S. government has violated their rights to privacy and racial equality in not forcing local chemical plants to stop polluting."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/01/2010
"Study Links Chemical Exposure To Breast Cancer"
"Exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, Canadian scientists said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 04/01/2010
"Oil Rises Above $84, Extending 2-Month Rally"
"Oil prices rose above $84 a barrel Thursday in Asia, extending a two-month rally amid surging regional stock markets ahead of the Good Friday holiday."
Source: AP, 04/01/2010
"New Federal Auto Mileage Rule on Tap"
"The Transportation Department and EPA will roll out final rules Thursday that boost car and light truck fuel efficiency and create first-time auto emissions standards for carbon dioxide."
Source: E2 Wire, 04/01/2010
"Obama Oil Drilling Plan Draws Critics"
"President Obama’s proposal to open vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling drew criticism from both sides in the drilling debate."
Source: NYTimes, 04/01/2010
European Satellite Will Measure Polar Ice Melt
"The European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite will measure the effects of climate change on the size and thickness of the polar caps."
Source: Guardian, 03/31/2010
"Farm Pesticides Linked To Deadly Skin Cancer"
"Workers who apply certain pesticides to farm fields are twice as likely to contract melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, according to a new scientific study."
Source: EHN, 03/31/2010
"Tomato Gardeners, Plant On! Late Blight Is Gone"
"Tomato plants throughout much of the Northeast were hit last summer with a devastating fungal disease called 'late blight.' ... But as the climate gets warmer this year, green thumbs probably won't face the same threat."
Source: NPR, 03/31/2010
Enviros Fight Two Quarries Atop Ontario's Niagara Escarpment
"The topmost peak of Ontario's most outstanding geologic feature, the Niagara Escarpment, is under threat from two proposed quarries. But now the quarriers must deal with the massed opposition of a national nonprofit organization, a provincial regulatory agency and two local community groups."
Source: ENS, 03/31/2010
