"Soggy Fields Put U.S. Farmers On A Tight Deadline"
Incessant rains have delayed spring planting of corn from Minnesota to Indiana to Nebraska.
Source: Reuters, 05/02/2011
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"Los Alamos National Lab Must Keep Toxic Runoff Out of the Rio Grande"
"Los Alamos National Laboratory must capture and eliminate toxic runoff from over 400 waste dump sites that discharge pollutants to the Rio Grande, a source of drinking water for Santa Fe, under a settlement agreement reached Thursday with community groups."
Source: ENS, 05/02/2011
Florida House Passes Bill Rewriting Environmental Laws in Minutes
"With head-spinning speed, the Florida House took up and passed a major rewrite of state environmental laws late Friday that Florida conservation groups call one of the worst environmental bills in decades."
Source: Miami Herald, 05/02/2011
"New York Man Charged With Importing Banned Fish From China"
"A New York man who admitted smuggling nearly 4,000 live Chinese snakehead fish, which pose a danger to fish native to U.S. waters, was arrested on criminal charges, prosecutors said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 05/02/2011
"Appeals Court Upholds California Greenhouse Gas Tailpipe Standards"
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [Friday] rejected an attempt to overturn California's authority to implement greenhouse gas emissions standards for new cars brought by the National Automobile Dealers Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce."
Source: ENS, 05/02/2011
"Tornado Outbreak Raises Climate Change Questions"
There is little evidence to suggest that tornado outbreaks like the one that devasted the South last week are related to global climate change.
Source: Climate Central, 05/02/2011
"Japan Says No Limits to TEPCO Liability From Nuclear Disaster"
"Tokyo Electric Power should face unlimited liability for damages stemming from its crippled nuclear power plant, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Monday, indicating Japan's government will take a hard line against the utility in its rescue plan."
Source: Reuters, 05/02/2011
"Government’s Disaster Response Wins Praise"
"It has been the deadliest natural disaster on American soil since Hurricane Katrina. But the government response to the tornadoes that devastated the South last week has, at least in the first few days, drawn little of the searing criticism aimed at federal agencies back in 2005."
Source: NY Times, 05/02/2011
"Aboriginal Health Concerns Obstacle To Oilsands Growth, Gov't Says"
"Illnesses in Canada's aboriginal communities have apparently become an obstacle to promoting the oilsands industry image and growth south of the border, the Canadian government has told its foreign diplomats."
Source: Postmedia, 04/29/2011
"Utilities Gird for New Regs as EPA Studies Toxicity of Hex Chromium"
EPA's work on possible limits to hexavalent chromium (the 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant) in drinking water may spark a battle like the one over arsenic.
Source: Greenwire, 04/29/2011
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