China To Cooperate with US on Climate?
"China is ready to strengthen its cooperation with the United States to combat climate change, Premier Wen Jiabao told US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, state media reported."
Source: AFP, 05/28/2009
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Stimulus Helps Insulation Workers
Laid-off workers at the Owens Corning fiberglass plant in Newark, Ohio, hope to get jobs back as a result of funding in the economic stimulus bill for insulating attics in low-income homes.
Source: WashPost, 05/27/2009
Ecuador Mulls Credits for Untapped Oil
Ecuador is pursuing a plan to sell carbon credits created by leaving some of its oil -- and the carbon dioxide that would result from burning it -- underground.
Source: WashPost, 05/27/2009
"Stimulus Money Put To Work at Superfund Sites"
As part of the economic stimulus package, EPA plans to spend $600 million -- double what it usually spends -- on cleaning up contaminated industrial waste sites.
Source: NPR, 05/27/2009
Working Out Details of Guns in Parks
Now that Congress has passed a law allowing loaded, concealed guns in National Parks, the National Park Service must figure out how to carry it out.
Source: NYTimes, 05/27/2009
GAO Faults Endangered Species Oversight
"The Fish and Wildlife Service has no established way to track cumulative threats or injuries to most of the imperiled species the agency is attempting to protect, according to a new report from federal investigators."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2009
LCV Targets Reps Voting 'No' on Climate Bill
"The League of Conservation Voters and its allies this week launched a television campaign attacking two Democrats and one Republican who voted against the climate change bill in committee last week."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2009
Enviros Seek Repeal of Fracking Loophole
People in many parts of the U.S. blame gas drilling for causing the water in their wells to go bad. In 2005, the Bush administration got Congress to exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act a drilling practice called "fracking." Now environmentalists hope to repeal the exemption and the gas industry is mounting a defense.
Source: ProPublica, 05/27/2009
Pelosi to China: Climate a 'Game Changer'
U.S. Congressional leaders visiting China think an understanding between the U.S. and China is key to reaching a climate pact in Copenhagen.
Source: AFP, 05/27/2009
"CN Rail Pleads Guilty for Massive Oil Spills"
"Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty on Monday to polluting Canada's wilderness in two train derailments, one of them resulting in the largest inland oil spill in Canada's history."
Source: AFP, 05/26/2009
