NJ: "Polluters Rewriting Rules for Site Cleanup"
"Key committees writing rules for New Jersey's new program to clean up contaminated sites are made up entirely of the polluting companies and their contractors."
Source: Bergen Record, 05/31/2011
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"Japan Moves To Protect Children As New Nuclear Leak Revealed"
"Japan will pay schools near the quake-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant to remove radioactive top soil and set a lower radiation exposure limit for schoolchildren after a growing outcry over health risks."
Source: Reuters, 05/31/2011
"Dams Power Down in the Largest US Dam Removal"
"The Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula once teemed with legendary salmon runs before two towering concrete dams built nearly a century ago cut off fish access to upstream habitat, diminished their runs and altered the ecosystem." Now the dams are being removed.
Source: NY Times, 05/31/2011
"Ailing UN Climate Talks Jolted by Record Surge in Greenhouse Gases"
"The record leap in global greenhouse gas emissions last year has thrown the spotlight on the world's only concerted attempt to stem the tide of global warming -- the United Nations climate negotiations."
Source: Guardian, 05/31/2011
"Tories Left Oilsands Data Out Of UN Report"
"The federal government has acknowledged it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in annual pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on climate change that it was required to submit to the United Nations."
Source: Postmedia, 05/30/2011
U.S. Oil Dependency Drops Below 50 Percent, Energy Department Reports
"U.S. dependence on imported oil fell below 50 percent in 2010 for the first time in more than a decade, thanks in part to the weak economy and more fuel efficient vehicles, the Energy Department said on Wednesday."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/30/2011
Thousands of Old Mines Pollute Colorado Waters, With No Help in Sight
Abandoned mines in Colorado and across the West are contaminating many streams with toxic discharges.
Source: Denver Post, 05/30/2011
"Canada Has ‘More To Lose Than It Realizes’: Global Warming Report"
"Canada’s fabled Northwest Passage will not open up to shipping anytime soon, according to a study that warns global warming is a double-edged sword for northern transportation."
Source: Postmedia, 05/30/2011
