"Killer of Aspen Slows, but Worries About a Beloved Tree Remain"
Sudden aspen decline, a disease that has killed many aspens in the mountain West, seems to be slowing enough that some stands can hold their own.
Source: NYTimes, 10/19/2010
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Coal Industry, Kentucky Gov., Sue EPA over Mountaintop Removal
"Gov. Steve Beshear's administration and coal industry representatives have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over coal mining permits."
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, 10/19/2010
"Hundreds Fight Wells by Homes, Schools in South Fayette"
"Hundreds of people opposed to drilling for natural gas in South Fayette's residential areas packed an auditorium Monday night to tell the township's five commissioners not to permit gas wells near the sprawling school campus."
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 10/19/2010
Canada Should Ban 'Dirty Dozen' Chemicals: Suziki Report
Many personal care products sold in Canada contain one of 12 chemicals that can be harmful to human health and the environment, according to a report by the David Suzuki Foundation.
Source: Postmedia, 10/19/2010
"New York Firm Guilty of Falsifying Asbestos Test Reports"
"A federal jury in Utica has found Certified Environmental Services, Inc., two of its managers and one of its employees guilty of falsifying lab reports to make it appear as if asbestos had been removed from homes, schools, and other buildings when, in fact, asbestos remained in the buildings."
Source: ENS, 10/19/2010
"AP Enterprise: Scientists Lower Gulf Health Grade"
"Six months after the rig explosion that led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, damage to the Gulf of Mexico can be measured more in increments than extinctions, say scientists polled by The Associated Press."
Source: AP, 10/19/2010
"China Escalates Fight With U.S. on Energy Aid"
"BEIJING-- A dispute between China and the United States over Beijing’s subsidies to clean energy industries escalated on Sunday when a senior Chinese economic official warned that Washington 'cannot win this trade fight.'"
Source: NYTimes, 10/18/2010
"America's Paltry Energy R&D Spending"
To judge by the U.S. federal spending on energy research and development, you wouldn't think there was any problem with energy independence, climate change, or unemployment. But you might think that the oil, nuclear, and coal industries had succeeded in strangling renewable energy in its crib.
Source: Mother Jones, 10/18/2010
"World Leaders Tackle a Tall Order: How To Preserve Life on Earth"
"It might as well be called the God conference. Over the next 11 days, 193 national delegations will descend on Nagoya, Japan, in pursuit of a vexing goal befitting a deity: how to preserve life on Earth."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 10/18/2010
"EPA Closing in on Spruce Mine Veto"
"The Obama administration has moved another step closer to blocking the largest mountaintop removal permit in West Virginia history, with a veto recommendation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional administrator."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 10/18/2010
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