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Forest Service Rethinks Controversial Firefighting Policy

"Last year, as hot, dry conditions fueled blazes across the West, nearly 10 million acres of U.S. land were burned in what ended up being one of the costliest and most destructive wildfire seasons in the nation’s history. In the middle of all that, the U.S. Forest Service, which manages nearly 200 million acres of public land, didn’t do itself any favors when it reversed nearly two decades of national policy and ordered an 'aggressive initial attack' on all blazes within the agency’s jurisdiction, no matter how small or remote."

Source: OnEarth, 03/11/2013

"Canadian Government Gag Order for Scientists?"

"Canada's Harper Administration is allegedly restricting what environmental information government scientists can share with journalists, according to academics and media watchdogs. Host Steve Curwood learns more from Tyler Sommers, coordinator of Democracy Watch."

Source: Living on Earth, 03/11/2013

"Nuclear Industry Withers in U.S. as Wind Pummels Prices: Energy"

"A glut of government-subsidized wind power may help accomplish a goal some environmentalists have sought for decades: kill off U.S. nuclear power plants while reducing reliance on electricity from burning coal."

Source: Bloomberg, 03/11/2013

Whole Foods Grocery Chain to Label Foods With Gene-Modified Content

"Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain, on Friday became the first retailer in the United States to require labeling of all genetically modified foods sold in its stores, a move that some experts said could radically alter the food industry."

Source: NY Times, 03/11/2013

Who Would Be the Greenest New Pope?

"'Even on a good day, I get discouraged thinking about the election of a new pope,' laments Maureen Fiedler, a nun and blogger at the progressive Catholic newspaper National Catholic Reporter. 'They all look like a Vatican version of the tea party movement.'"

Source: Mother Jones, 03/11/2013

"In China, Public Anger Over Secrecy on Environment"

"When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a 'state secret', it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment."

Source: Reuters, 03/11/2013

"Fracking's 'Revolving Door' Draws a Warning"

"Many of Pennsylvania's policymakers, regulators and enforcement workers have come from the oil and gas industry they oversee, or they leave state jobs for industry jobs, according to a recent report that questions the impacts of such a "revolving door" on public policy decisions."

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03/11/2013

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Forest Service Rethinks Controversial Firefighting Policy

"Canadian Government Gag Order for Scientists?"

"Nuclear Industry Withers in U.S. as Wind Pummels Prices: Energy"

Whole Foods Grocery Chain to Label Foods With Gene-Modified Content

Who Would Be the Greenest New Pope?

"In China, Public Anger Over Secrecy on Environment"

"Fracking's 'Revolving Door' Draws a Warning"

Japan: 1000s Protest Before Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Anniversary

Las Malezas Resistentes al Herbicida Son Una Amenaza para los Avances Logrados en la Conservación Del Suelo

"CITES: Bid To Curb Sale of Ivory and Rhino Horn Voted Down"

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