Search results

"Talks in Deadlock Ahead of Leaders' Arrival"

"Negotiators at the United Nations climate summit scrambled Wednesday to bridge multibillion-dollar disagreements as President Barack Obama and other world leaders prepared to descend on the Danish capital Friday." ... "US Secretary of State of State Hillary Clinton Thursday proposed that major economies including the US come up with $100 billion a year over the next decade for developing nations, in an eleventh-hour effort to break an impasse." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Copenhagen with new offers of conditional aid, but it was unclear whether this would be enough to break the logjam.

Source: Wall St. Journal, 12/17/2009

Senate Judiciary Panel OKs Shield Law, Sends Bill to Floor

There is no word yet on when the full Senate will take it up. The House has already passed a different shield bill — raising hopes that one could become law during this Congress.

TRI Analysis Offers State-Level Toxics Info

It's easier to see trends now, and the analysis includes state-by-state fact sheets summarizing statistics for the year, as well as contacts at state agencies.

New OMB Open Government Directive Offers FOI Opportunities

While there are plenty of EPA databases already on line, not all of them are in a form that can be quickly downloaded in their entirety and imported into standard database software. That's a key criterion specified, and one that will ease computer-assisted reporting for journalists.

Regulations.gov Sharpens Info Tools Useful to Reporters

Now it's easier than ever to find and read documents submitted for the record at most federal regulatory agencies. Sign up for Federal Register email or RSS-feed notifications.

Anti-Whaling Activists Set Sail Today -- Daryl Hannah Aboard

"Hardline anti-whaling activists prepared on Tuesday to pursue Japan's Antarctic whaling fleet with support from Daryl Hannah, who criticized Greenpeace for opting out of the annual chase."

Source: Reuters, 12/16/2009

"U.S. Coasts Plagued by Record Algae Levels"

"Large swaths of toxic algae have punished U.S. coastal towns at record levels this year, shutting down shellfish harvests and sickening swimmers from Maine to Texas to Seattle."

Source: USA TODAY, 12/16/2009

"PETA, Ringling Bros. at Odds Over Circus Elephants"

"Sammy Haddock started working with elephants when he joined the circus at 20, in 1976, a young man's dream. He walked them, groomed them, cleaned up after them. More than once, he later confessed, he beat them."

Source: Wash Post, 12/16/2009

"Police Beat Back Massed Climate Protesters" -- Arrest Hundreds

"COPENHAGEN — Police officers fired tear gas and wielded batons on Wednesday to beat back hundreds of demonstrators outside the global climate meeting here, as a police spokesman said 250 people had been arrested."

Source: NYTimes, 12/16/2009

"Climate Change Poses Threat To Colombian Coast"

"For more than 300 years, residents of Colombia's Pacific Coast area of Tumaco have mostly been left alone to fish or grow bananas .... But in recent years, the peace has been disturbed by new security threats, aggravated by climate change."

Source: NPR, 12/16/2009

Search results

Pages