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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oil companies use carbon dioxide -- an industrial waste from gas operations, to boost production from played-out oil fields in Wyoming.
"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."
"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."
"A federal judge on Tuesday said farmers could harvest their genetically engineered sugar beets this year, ruling that the economic impact would be too great if the crop were to be destroyed."
"No federal health agency changed more during the Bush administration than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It got new buildings, new managers and an entirely new operating structure."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/birds-new-listings-cutting-edge-research-and-at-risk-assessments
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/1-7-wildlife-refuges-has-genetically-engineered-crops
[3] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/foia-resources/sunshine-still-disinfects-2010
[4] https://www.sej.org/calendar/nepa-and-climate-change-ceq%E2%80%99s-draft-guidance
[5] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/more-than-550-utilities-now-using-potentially-safer-chemicals
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wyoming-wants-more-carbon-dioxide
[7] http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/03/16/16climatewire-wyo-wants-more-carbon-dioxide-66988.html
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-pentagon-effort-targets-illicit-wildlife-trade
[9] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/16/16greenwire-new-pentagon-effort-targets-illicit-wildlife-t-97241.html
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaska-aerial-wolf-hunt-begins
[11] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/science/earth/17brfs-AERIALWOLFHU_BRF.html
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ruling-will-let-farms-harvest-genetically-modified-beets
[13] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/business/17sugar.html
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama%E2%80%99s-cdc-director-wielding-a-big-broom
[15] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/health/16prof.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4523
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4520
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4521
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4522
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4525
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4526
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4527
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4528
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4888