Renewable Energy & Superfund Sites: Watts Up?
A new project of EPA and the National Renewable Energy Lab will analyze development potential for wind, solar, or small hydro power at contaminated sites in various stages of cleanup.
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Feds Launch New Tool For Locating Endangered Species
Find out if an endangered or threatened animal or plant species lives in counties of interest to your audience, and cover it in the context of current news developments or some other at-risk-species angle.
Birds: New Listings, Cutting-Edge Research, and At-Risk Assessments
For the first time in 25 years, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has updated the list of federally-protected migratory birds. The net result is the addition of 175 species, bringing the total to 1,007.
1 in 7 Wildlife Refuges Has Genetically Engineered Crops
Three organizations file a lawsuit against the USFWS, a new study finds three strains of GE maize likely damaged organs of rats that ate the foods for just three months, pesticide use associated with GE crops may actually be greater than for traditional crops, and GE seed prices skyrocket.
Sunshine Still Disinfects — 2010
Every March, journalists, news media, lawyers, librarians, and ordinary citizens get reminded why access to information keeps democracy healthy. Here are some interesting articles and events from Sunshine Week 2010.
NEPA and Climate Change: CEQ’s Draft Guidance
Hear a diverse group of experts, hosted by the Environmental Law Institute, discuss the impact of the guidance, the timing of its release, and the larger questions about the role of climate change in agency planning. Teleconferencing is available for members of the press.
More Than 550 Utilities Now Using Potentially Safer Chemicals
The plants, ranging from very large to very small, are now using chemicals and processes such as liquid chlorine bleach, calcium hypochlorite, or ultraviolet light — allegedly making ~40 million people living nearby safer.
"Wyoming Wants More Carbon Dioxide"
Oil companies use carbon dioxide -- an industrial waste from gas operations, to boost production from played-out oil fields in Wyoming.
Source: ClimateWire, 03/17/2010
"New Pentagon Effort Targets Illicit Wildlife Trade"
"U.S. troops heading to Iraq and Afghanistan will soon be trained to confront a new enemy, the trade in products made from endangered animals."
Source: Greenwire, 03/17/2010
"Alaska: Aerial Wolf Hunt Begins"
"State employees began an aerial wolf hunt on the Yukon border on Tuesday in what officials describe as an effort to preserve caribou for shooting by hunters."
Source: NYTimes, 03/17/2010
