"Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead"
When electric utility customers pay extra for "green power certificates," are they really getting green power?
Source: NYTimes, 11/17/2009
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"Nuclear 'Renaissance' Held Up by Fight Between DOE and OMB"
"The awards of $18.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for new nuclear plant projects remain held up by an ongoing dispute within the Obama administration over the financial risk the new reactors pose for the government and taxpayers, according to industry and government officials."
Source: ClimateWire, 11/17/2009
"Judge Backs Enviro Groups, EPA Settlement"
"U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle today said he will approve a legal settlement that calls for the federal government to set specific water quality standards for nutrients in Florida."
Source: Florida Environments, 11/17/2009
"Obama: US, China Want Climate Change Deal"
"President Barack Obama says the United States and China are looking for a comprehensive deal during next month's climate change summit that will 'rally the world.'"
Source: AP, 11/17/2009
"What’s Killing the Bats?"
Discovery of a fungus associated with "White Nose Syndrome," which is killing millions of bats in the easter US, is just the beginning of an unravelling mystery, a Boston University bat biologist says.
Source: Boston Globe, 11/16/2009
"Cold War Missile Site Targeted"
Cleanup of toxic chemicals at 26 former Cold War missile sites in Kansas is an unfinished project.
Source: Topeka Capitol-Journal, 11/16/2009
"US Health Agency To Take 'Fresh Look' at Vieques"
"A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico's east coast."
Source: AP, 11/16/2009
"Battle Lines Forming Between EPA, State Environmental Agency"
"By the end of the month, the federal Environmental Protection Agency will probably declare that Texas' air permitting program lacks adequate public participation and transparency."
Source: Austin American-Statesman, 11/16/2009
"Frisco [TX] Plant Exceeds New Limit on Lead Levels"
"Exide Technologies' decision last month not to seek state permission to expand production at its Frisco lead smelter doesn't mean public health concerns are over."
Source: Dallas News, 11/16/2009
"New Fears Of 3M Chemicals"
"Three new studies show a link between Scotchgard-type chemicals in ground water and high cholesterol in human blood. 3M says its studies have shown no such a link."
Source: Minneapolis Star Trib, 11/16/2009
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