"Possible Snake Shortage Looms"
A British herpetologist says snake populations have plummeted in Europe and Africa over the last 10 years. Just why is not clear.
Source: Science News, 06/09/2010
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"Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny"
Amish farmers in Pennsylvania, whose plain living goes with a faith-based stewardship of the environment, are facing growing scrutiny for some practices the government says pollute streams.
Source: NYTimes, 06/09/2010
"Wyoming Approves 'Fracking' Disclosure Rules"
"CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state agency that oversees oil and gas development voted Tuesday to require energy companies to disclose what chemicals they're pumping underground to improve the flow of oil and gas into well bores."
Source: AP, 06/09/2010
Recall of Cadmium-Tainted Glasses by McDonald's Sparks Debate
"As McDonald's today took the next step in recalling 12 million Shrek drinking glasses found to contain elevated levels of cadmium, both the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission sought to tamp down concerns about the risk of the hazardous metal increasingly replacing lead in popular products."
Source: Greenwire, 06/09/2010
BP Cites Progress in Siphoning Oil, But Size of Spill Still Unclear
As BP increased the amount of oil it siphoned to the surface from the leaking Gulf well, it became clear that the total amount leaking was greater than previously admitted.
Source: Wash Post, 06/09/2010
"AP IMPACT: BP Spill Response Plans Severely Flawed"
"BP PLC's 582-page regional spill plan for the Gulf, and its 52-page, site-specific plan for the Deepwater Horizon rig are riddled with omissions and glaring errors, according to an Associated Press analysis that details how BP officials have pretty much been making it up as they go along. The lengthy plans approved by the federal government last year before BP drilled its ill-fated well vastly understate the dangers posed by an uncontrolled leak and vastly overstate the company's preparedness to deal with one."
Source: AP, 06/09/2010
"Support For U.S. Climate Regulation Growing: Poll"
"A growing number of Americans want the United States to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as the largest oil spill in U.S. history helps boost interest in petroleum alternatives, a poll by two universities found on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/09/2010
"Plumes of Oil Below Surface Raise New Concerns"
"The government and university researchers confirmed Tuesday that plumes of dispersed oil were spreading far below the ocean surface from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, raising fresh concern about the potential impact of the spill on sea life."
Source: NYTimes, 06/09/2010
"White House Threatens Veto of Move to Thwart E.P.A."
"The White House made clear on Tuesday what had been assumed for months – that it does not like a resolution sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, that would thwart the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases."
Source: NYTimes, 06/09/2010
Manufacturing Plants Are Source of Drugs in Waterways
Wastewater treatment plants can't mitigate the problem, which is compounded by other sources of water contamination, such as drugs that end up in landfills or flushed down toilets, and metabolites or unutilized drugs that pass through people who take the drugs.
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