"E.P.A. Postpones Ethanol Blend Decision"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has put off, until the middle of next year, any decision about whether to increase the amount of ethanol allowed into the nation’s fuel."
Source: NYTimes, 12/02/2009
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"Scientist Steps Down During E-Mail Probe"
"A scientist who is one of the central figures in the uproar over pirated e-mails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as the unit's director while the university investigates the incident."
Source: Wash Post, 12/02/2009
"I'd Rather Not Know: the Psychology of Climate Denial"
"If the evidence is overwhelming that man-made climate change is already upon us and set to wreak planetary havoc, why do so many people refuse to believe it?" Psychologists say denial of reality is a common human reaction to unpleasant truth.
Source: AFP, 12/02/2009
"Court To Decide: Who Owns A Preserved Beach?"
"The U.S. Supreme Court hears a major property rights case Wednesday, a case from Florida that pits the state's need to prevent beach erosion against the rights of property owners to keep ownership of the land at the water's edge."
Source: NPR, 12/02/2009
"Why a Recall of Tainted Beef Didn't Include School Lunches"
A USA TODAY probe reveals some of the reason why USDA officials did not recall meat they knew could be tainted with salmonella from school lunch programs. The story is based on documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Source: USA TODAY, 12/02/2009
"Most World Leaders To Attend U.N. Climate Summit"
"Most world leaders plan to attend a climate summit in Copenhagen this month, boosting chances that a new U.N. deal to fight climate change will be reached, host Denmark said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 12/02/2009
"Commonwealth Leaders Press for 'Binding' Climate Deal"
"Climate change dominated the meeting of Commonwealth heads of government that concluded Sunday in Port of Spain with a statement of support for an international legally binding agreement in Copenhagen next month."
Source: ENS, 12/01/2009
"U.S. Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered"
Hoping to please the farm lobby, Congress ordered the nation's gasoline refiners to blend more ethanol into the fuel Americans use. But fuel demand falling because of the recession and more efficient vehicles has made this impossible.
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2009
"Recycling Centers Close, Eliminating 'Green' Jobs"
"Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of troubled youths are being tossed from 'green' jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds."
Source: LA Times, 12/01/2009
Forest Service Reshapes Plans in Response to Climate Change
"Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has directed the agency's regions and research stations to jointly produce draft "landscape conservation action plans" by March 1 to guide its day-to-day response to climate change."
Source: Greenwire, 12/01/2009
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