"Climate Change Transforming Navajo'S Dunescape To Dust Bowl"
Sandstorms reminiscent of the 1930s dustbowl are becoming more common in Navajo country -- and climate change seems to be a culprit.
Source: Indian Country Today, 12/03/2009
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"25 Years After Bhopal, Institute Still Reducing MIC"
"Twenty-five years ago Thursday, a leak of the chemical methyl isocyanate -- MIC -- killed thousands of people who lived near a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. It was the worst industrial disaster in history. Since then, residents of the Kanawha Valley have lived with and periodically complained about the huge stockpile of MIC at a sister facility, the former Carbide plant in Institute."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/03/2009
"Groups Petition EPA to Set Greenhouse Gas Limits Under Clean Air Act"
"Two environmental groups petitioned U.S. EPA today to set national limits for greenhouse gases using the Clean Air Act."
Source: Greenwire, 12/03/2009
"Big Utility to Close 11 Plants Using Coal"
"A large Southern utility said Tuesday that it would close 30 percent of its North Carolina coal-fired power plants by 2017, a step that represents a bet that natural gas prices will stay acceptably low and that stricter rules are coming on sulfur dioxide emissions, which cause acid rain."
Source: NYTimes, 12/03/2009
"International Banks Join to Support Strong Climate Deal"
"The heads of the world's largest international financial institutions today called for a comprehensive agreement to combat climate change at this month's United Nations conference in Copenhagen and agreed to further coordinate their own efforts to help achieve the meeting's ambitious goals."
Source: ENS, 12/03/2009
UN Credentialing Limits Reporters' Access to Copenhagen Talks
Non-profit media, online media, freelancers, student journalists, and even some mainstream media are having trouble getting credentials to cover the climate treaty talks in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18, 2009. While one root of the problem may be capacity of the building, a key issue is whether non-profits, bloggers, and freelancers are truly legitimate media.
"Water Cleanup Bill in Delicate Dance With Mining Law Reform"
Cleanup of polluting runoff from abandoned mines in Colorado and elsewhere is stalled by a legal paradox.
Source: Colorado Daily, 12/02/2009
"BP Starts Alaskan Oil Spill Cleanup, May Take Weeks"
"BP Plc on Tuesday began cleaning up an oil spill from a leaky Alaskan pipeline, but said it has not determined what caused the leak or how much material spilled onto the snow-covered tundra."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2009
"America's 11 Hottest Species Stressed by Climate Change"
Environmental groups have issued a new report listing top U.S. species threatened by climate change.
Source: ENS, 12/02/2009
"El Nino Set To Continue Into First Quarter Of 2010: WMO"
"An El Nino weather pattern warming the Pacific Ocean and linked to drought in South Asia is likely to continue through the first quarter of 2010, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2009
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