"April 2010 the Hottest April on Record: WMO"
"April 2010 was the hottest April ever recorded, with an average temperature of 14.5 degrees celsius (58.1 degrees Fahrenheit), the UN weather agency said Tuesday."
Source: AFP, 05/19/2010
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"EPA Will Limit Pesticides Near Salmon Streams"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it will impose restrictions on spraying three agricultural pesticides to keep them out of salmon streams after manufacturers refused to adopt the limits voluntarily."
Source: AP, 05/18/2010
"Mine Probe Examines Airflow, Possible Tampering"
"The Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia was plagued by persistent problems with airflow in the weeks and months before a massive and deadly explosion in April, an NPR News investigation has found. NPR has also learned that the FBI is focused both on the airflow problems and on possible tampering with safety monitors as part of its criminal probe."
Source: NPR, 05/18/2010
Obscure Family of Toxic Chemicals Become EPA Priority
"An obscure family of chemicals -- important to the metalworking industry but virtually unknown to the public -- is suddenly the subject of scrutiny from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: EHN, 05/18/2010
"War On Tap: America's Obsession With Bottled Water"
"[Peter] Gleick, a freshwater expert, is the author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water. In the book, he examines how drinking water was commodified and branded over the past 30 years, turning what was once a free natural resource into a multibillion-dollar global industry — while raising questions about the taste and safety of drinking tap water."
Source: NPR, 05/18/2010
Canada's Forestry Firms, Enviros Call Truce Over Northern Forest
"The battle between forestry companies protecting their timber supply and environmentalists trying to save the trees has been too fierce to hide in the shade of Canada's vast boreal forest. But after decades of fighting, the bitter foes have agreed to bury the hatchet."
Source: Canwest, 05/18/2010
"U.N. Picks Costa Rican Figueres As New Climate Chief"
"The United Nations appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica on Monday to be its climate chief to head stalled international talks on how to contain the world's greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: Reuters, 05/18/2010
"Oil From Spill May Be Entering Gulf Loop"
"New satellite images show oil starting to enter the Gulf Loop current, which would pull it through the Florida Keys, into the Gulf Stream and up to Palm Beach County, according to a scientist tracking the oil spewing into the Gulf."
Source: Palm Beach Post, 05/18/2010
"Green Coalition Blasts Senate Climate Bill"
"Fifteen organizations, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which is a Quaker lobbying group, have formed the Climate Reality Check coalition to oppose the legislation, released last week by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)."
Source: E2 Wire, 05/18/2010
