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"Obama Administration Releases First-Ever Climate Adaptation Plans"

"This year, the Commerce Department will investigate the feasibility of a bicycle share program. The Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency will redraw planting zone maps for the purposes of insuring nursery-grown plants. And the Department of Defense will scale down its fleet of gas-guzzling Humvees. These are all examples of steps federal agencies will take in 2013 in an effort to deal with the risks of future climate change. The Obama administration released its first climate change adaptation plans Thursday, as part of the annual sustainability reports."

Source: Scientific American, 02/13/2013

"Bringing Oysters Back to the Bay"

"During the Gold Rush, the San Francisco Bay’s native oyster habitat was all but wiped out due to overharvesting and hydraulic mining washing sediment onto the bay floor. But a Richmond-based nonprofit has plans to restore the shellfish’s lost habitat along the Point Pinole shoreline."

Source: KQED, 02/13/2013

"$30 Million Treatment Plant Targets Tainted Valley Farming Drainage"

"FIREBAUGH, Calif. -- A $30 million water treatment plant rises slowly over this quiet prairie on the San Joaquin Valley's west side where nature has both blessed and cursed farmers."

Source: Fresno Bee, 02/13/2013

"NASA: Alarming Water Loss in Middle East"

"DOHA, Qatar -- An amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of a 2007 drought, according to a NASA study."

Source: AP, 02/13/2013

"Monsanto Sued Small Farmers To Protect Seed Patents, Report Says"

"The agricultural giant Monsanto has sued hundreds of small farmers in the United States in recent years in attempts to protect its patent rights on genetically engineered seeds that it produces and sells, a new report said on Tuesday."

Source: Guardian, 02/13/2013

"EPA Unaware of Industry Ties on Cancer Review Panel"

EPA scientists in 2010 were ready to declare that even small amounts of hexavalent chromium -- found in the drinking water of some 70 million Americans -- may cause cancer. But the American Chemistry Council, the main industry lobby group, urged delay. EPA did delay, on the recommendation of a science panel that was supposed to be independent -- but was secretly stacked with panelists tied to the industry. In fact, they had helped industry oppose hexavalent chromium lawsuits instigated by Erin Brocovich.

Source: Center for Public Integrity, 02/13/2013

"Obama Gives Congress a Climate Change Ultimatum"

"U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave Congress an ultimatum on climate change: craft a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the dangers of a warming world, or the White House will go it alone."

Source: Reuters, 02/13/2013

DEADLINE: Innovation for Development Reporting Grant Programme (IDR)

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) has just launched a media-funding project that aims to advance journalistic coverage of issues related to global development and the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. The deadline to submit an application is March 25, 2013.

US Report Urges More Study of Breast Cancer's Environmental Links

"A new federal advisory panel report makes a forceful case for more research into environmental causes of breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 227,000 women, killed 40,000 and cost more than $17 billion to treat in the United States last year."

Source: Center for Public Integrity, 02/12/2013

"Benedict XVI: The 'Green' Pope's Environmental Legacy"

Pope Benedict XVI was known as the Green Pope.

Source: Earth Techling, 02/12/2013

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