BLM Begins Roundup of NW Colorado Wild Horses Amid Criticism
"A roundup of wild horses began Monday in northwestern Colorado over the objections of animal advocacy groups."
Source: Denver Post, 10/13/2010
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"Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws"
"Free-range cattle roam widely across the West, protected by centuries-old laws that give them the right of way while grazing and force landowners to fence them out. But as urban sprawl has extended into what used to be seemingly endless pasture land, cow-friendly open range laws are under fresh scrutiny, criticized as anachronistic throwbacks to the Wild West days before Interstate highways and tract homes."
Source: NYTimes, 10/13/2010
"San Francisco Nail Salons Encouraged to Use Non-Toxic Polish"
"San Francisco nail salons that replace nail polish containing toxic chemicals with safer alternatives will be recognized by the city if the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approves the program in a vote next week.San Francisco nail salons that replace nail polish containing toxic chemicals with safer alternatives will be recognized by the city if the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approves the program in a vote next week."
Source: ENS, 10/13/2010
Obama Push To Cut Backlog of Mine-Safety Citations Is Backfiring
"A high-priority Obama administration push to unclog a backlog of contested mine safety citations is backfiring. After a West Virginia coal mine explosion in April exposed a weak link in a system designed to identify safety violations, the government has spent $23 million to reform the system. ... Instead, the list of unresolved safety appeals has grown to 18,100 cases, from 16,600 at the time of the disaster at the Upper Big Branch mine."
Source: Wash Post, 10/13/2010
Many Environmental Issues Are on 2010 Ballots
Specific or broad environmental issues could play a role as voters decide which candidate to choose in many races. At the same time, the environment continues to score way down the list, according to pollsters, when voters are asked about all their priorities.
WV Gov. Joe Manchin Shoots Senate Cap & Trade Bill With Hunting Rifle
"In a newly unveiled campaign ad, the Democratic Senate candidate and current West Virginia governor, Joe Manchin, picks up a rifle and fires a bullet into a target labeled 'Cap and Trade Bill.'"
Source: Green (NYT), 10/12/2010
"What a Scientist Didn't Tell NY Times About His Study on Bee Deaths"
A New York Times article on research implicating a fungus-virus combination as a cause of bee colony collapse failed to mention that the lead author received funding from a company making a pesticide that is also a leading suspect.
Source: CNN, 10/12/2010
"How GM 'Lied' About The Electric Car"
"The Chevy Volt has been hailed as General Motors' electric savior. Now, as GM officially rolls out the Volt this week for public consumption, we're told the much-touted fuel economy was misstated and GM 'lied' about the car being all-electric."
Source: Jalopnik, 10/12/2010
"U.S., Chinese Firms Enter Shale Deal"
"The China National Offshore Oil Corp. will pay Chesapeake Energy $2.2 billion for a one-third interest in a South Texas oil and natural gas shale project and will pay billions of dollars more for its share of development costs over the next several years."
Source: Wash Post, 10/12/2010
"She Recruited Facebook Friends To Save Gulf Coast's Hermit Crabs"
When the Gulf oil spill came to Grand Isle State Park, Louisiana ranger Leanne Sarco knew her job running a summer program for children would be cancelled. So she used Facebook to recruit and organize volunteers in a project to clean oiled hermit crabs.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/12/2010
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