The Florida Earth Foundation [2]’s second Water Choices Forum, hosted by the University of Miami, will discuss the challenges and implementation of the EPA Nutrient Numeric Criteria and an exploration of the use of water credits across the state. The event will be streamed online.
2011 is the "Year of the Turtle," orchestrated by Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. A USA Turtle Mapping Project and other resources offer opportunities to cover turtle declines and related issues.
"Neighbors of a toxic mine in northern Nevada have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. accusing them of intentionally and negligently concealing the extent of the contamination leaking off the abandoned site for decades."
The BP Gulf oil spill reminded us that spill-response technology had barely advanced for decades. But a new product tested during the spill may offer a leap forward in removing oil from water.
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is generally only 6.5 feet above sea level. That means 6.5 feet above oblivion as sea levels are predicted to rise up to 3 feet by the end of the century. But many islanders remember God's biblical promise to Noah that he would never send another flood.
"A drawn-out fight over the guidelines for thyroid patients who are given radioactive drugs has taken a new turn, with a decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it is not a good idea for them to go to hotels."
"Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than doubled in size this winter after bad storms devastated their numbers a year ago, conservationists said on Monday although the migrating insect remains under threat."
"Rising demand for powdered rhino horn in Vietnam and China has driven the price as high as US$50,000 per kilogram, roughly equal to the street price for cocaine in the UK, says a international wildlife conservation organization headquartered in the hamlet of Kingsfold, West Sussex."
"Sen. Frank Lautenberg introduced legislation Tuesday designed to give the federal government more tools and financial resources to combat such wildlife diseases as white nose syndrome, a fungus that has contributed to the death of more than a million bats in New Jersey and other states in the past few years."
A Congressional watchdog agency has put the Interior Department's program for regulating -- and collecting revenue from -- offshore oil drilling on its "at risk" list. Will Congressional oversight committees keep overseeing an agency that has failed to collect billions from an industry that gives generously to their campaigns?
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/water-choices-forum-2
[2] http://www.floridaearth.org/
[3] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/governments-and-ngos-band-together-help-turtles
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/toxic-nevada-mine-lawsuit-seeks-5m-bp-arco
[5] http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2011/feb/15/bc-us-uranium-mine-nevada-2nd-ld-writethru/
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-product-excels-sucking-oil
[7] http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/their-product-sucks-and-thats-a-good-thing-0989/
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-and-faith-collide-kiribati
[9] http://www.npr.org/2011/02/16/133650679/climate-change-and-faith-collide-in-kiribati
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-policy-radioactive-hotel-guests
[11] http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/a-new-policy-on-radioactive-hotel-guests/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/monarch-butterfly-count-bounces-back-bad-year
[13] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61215
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/powdered-rhino-horn-pricey-street-cocaine
[15] http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2011/2011-02-15-02.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lautenberg-bill-would-give-feds-tools-fight-wildlife-diseases
[17] http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/021511_Proposed_legislation_would_give_feds_tools_to_fight_wildlife_diseases.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/gao-lists-interiors-oversight-oil-and-gas-leases-high-risk
[19] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/15/AR2011021506406.html
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4245
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4242
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4243
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4244
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4247
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4248
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4249
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4250
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4888