Group Is Releasing Improved Conservation Lands Information
The Trust for Public Land's updated online database includes mapping and a finer level of detail, such as information at the county and parcel levels, for some but not all states as yet.
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Detailed Organic Farm and Ranch Data Available
USDA's first major national survey of U.S. organic farms includes 14,540 farms and ranches that cover 4.1 million acres in 50 states.
Study Suggests Important Tradeoffs for Algae Biofuel
University of Virginia researchers find algae-based biofuel uses more energy and water and emits more greenhouse gases than other biofuel sources. However, algae has a high energy yield, and growing it wouldn't significantly affect food crops.
2008 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner: Margie Kriz
This annual award recognizes an SEJ member for their exceptional volunteer work. The 2008 Stolberg award goes to Margie Kriz, who has toiled in the SEJ trenches for many years: everything from writing for the SEJournal to serving as an awards judge to being a mentor to helping write the Covering Pollution handbook that SEJ and IRE co-published to organizing numerous conference panels, and often multiple panels at the same conference.
DEADLINE: Chernobyl Study Trip: Nuclear Power and the Future Energy Economy
What's the future for nuclear power? How do we know if it's "safe enough?" What role does it play in preventing climate change? Learn more by joining the Study Trip to visit Chernobyl in Ukraine, Oct. 15-24, 2010. Travel grants available. Deadline for first review of applicants is March 31st.
Catch Share: Fisheries Management Policy Controversy Heats Up
NOAA's proposal to apply quotas to individual fishing operations, rather than across an entire fishery, lands support from environmental groups, draws opposition from many US fishing operations.
"Oregon Senate Shoots Down Ban on BPA in Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups"
"Oregon's Senate shot down a bill this morning that would have banned a potential endocrine-disrupting chemical from baby bottles and sippy cups, splitting 15-15 on a ban that Washington's Legislature has endorsed with lopsided votes."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 02/17/2010
Nevada Rep. Concerned over Call for National Monuments
"Rep. Dean Heller says he is worried about an Interior Department memo that calls for carving two national monuments out of parts of central and Northern Nevada to protect American Indian cultural sites and habitat for sensitive wildlife."
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 02/17/2010
"Study Finds C8 in Wide Variety of Foods"
"Researchers have found low levels of the toxic chemical C8 in a wide variety of foods, ranging from hamburgers and bacon to tilapia, olive oil and peanut butter, according to a new scientific paper."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/17/2010
Canada: Nuclear Watchdog Investigates Possible Mass Radiation Exposure
"The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says as many as 217 workers may have been exposed to radioactivity at the Bruce nuclear power station on the shores of Lake Huron while refurbishing a reactor in late November."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 02/17/2010
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