"Dogfighting Case Gets Its Day In Court"
The Supreme court will hear a major free speech case today that could restrict how environmental journalists do their jobs.
Source: NPR, 10/06/2009
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"Obama Puts Government on Greenhouse-Gas Diet"
"President Barack Obama is putting the federal government on a greenhouse-gas diet. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama directed all agencies to set the first-ever targets for reducing climate-altering pollution from government buildings, fleets and federal workers' commutes."
Source: AP, 10/06/2009
"Green Crime: Stealing Solar Panels"
"Solar panels are expensive and increasingly in demand. And now, many communities are learning of their solar array's value the hard way – they're being stolen."
Source: Environment Report, 10/05/2009
"Chamber: Global Warming is Good for You"
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently denied that it was in denial about climate change. But in filings earlier this year with EPA, it questioned the science behind climate change, suggested air-conditioning would protect people, and theorized that global warming would be good for people anyway.
Source: Mother Jones, 10/05/2009
"U.S. National Parks Vulnerable as Planet Heats Up"
"'Climate disruption is the greatest threat ever to America's national parks,' warns Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and principal author of a new report released Thursday that identifies the 25 U.S. national parks, lakeshores, seashores and monuments most at risk of global warming."
Source: ENS, 10/05/2009
"Obama Aide Concedes Climate Law Must Wait"
"President Obama’s top climate and energy official said Friday that there was virtually no chance Congress would have a climate and energy bill ready for him to sign before negotiations on a global climate treaty begin in December in Copenhagen."
Source: NYTimes, 10/05/2009
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"1,000 U.S. Mayors Have Signed Climate Protection Pledge"
"U.S. Conference of Mayors President Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels says that by Friday, 1,000 mayors, representing 85 million Americans, will have signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement."
Source: ENS, 10/02/2009
"Troubled Waters, Part II: On the Trail of the Lost Data"
"In 2004, CDC scientists published a reassuring report about lead contamination in Washington’s water even though they knew that thousands of blood lead measurements had been lost. Now Congress wants to know why."
Source: AAAS Professional Ethics Report, 10/02/2009
"Seeing Snakes As Worth Saving"
"As kids, many of us come to see snakes as frightening, evil creatures. In some places, that ingrained fear has taken a toll on the snake population. ... Some folks ... are trying to improve one snake's image - before it disappears."
Source: Environment Report, 10/02/2009
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