"U.S. Settlement Reached in Chinese Drywall Case"
"Owners of thousands of U.S. homes tainted with foul-smelling Chinese drywall agreed to a legal settlement on Thursday with a German manufacturer."
Source: Reuters, 12/16/2011
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EPA Approves Hydrocarbon Refrigerants for Commercial and Household Use
"WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [Wednesday] issued a rule making greener refrigeration gases legal in household refrigerators and some commercial freezers."
Source: ENS, 12/16/2011
"CA Gov. Brown Calls Doubters of Climate Change 'Political Lemmings'"
"SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Jerry Brown railed Thursday against politicians who doubt climate change, calling them 'political lemmings' and the chief obstacle in the fight against global warming."
Source: McClatchy, 12/16/2011
"Hacked Climate Emails: Police Seize Computers at West Yorkshire Home"
"Police officers investigating the theft of thousands of private emails between climate scientists from a University of East Anglia server in 2009 have seized computer equipment belonging to a web content editor based at the University of Leeds.
Source: Guardian, 12/16/2011
Today? -- "EPA Set To Impose Tough Mercury Limit at Power Plants"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is expected Friday to approve a tough new rule to limit emissions of mercury, arsenic and other toxic substances from the country's power plants, according to people with knowledge of the new standard."
Source: LA Times, 12/16/2011
"Most, But Not All, Research on Chimpanzees Can End, Panel Says"
"The Institute of Medicine report stops short of asking the federal government to retire all the animals, saying future unseen threats to human health may require their use."
Source: LA Times, 12/16/2011
"Spending Bill Blocks Light Bulb Standards"
"The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban on incandescent light bulbs."
Source: Politico, 12/16/2011
Climate Talks and Climate Science: "Analysis: A World Apart"
"SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly 36,000 people gathered last week in two groups on opposite ends of the Earth to discuss the same thing: Our planet and our future. But their responses are starkly divergent. One group -- scientists at the American Geophysical Union meeting drilling ever deeper into the evidence -- said, in broad terms, 'Change is worse than we thought.' The other group -- delegates at the United Nations climate talks -- countered, 'Mañana.'"
Source: Daily Climate, 12/15/2011
"Killing of Wolves From Air Draws Fire"
"SEATTLE -- For years, the federal agencies that helped the U.S. wolf population recover under the Endangered Species Act have also quietly killed hundreds of wolves that threaten livestock or prized game. They've even taken to the skies - and are considering doing so again."
Source: McClatchy-Tribune, 12/15/2011
"Putting Farmland On A Fertilizer Diet"
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a document yesterday that got no attention on the nightly news, or almost anywhere, really. Its title, I'm sure you'll agree, is a snooze: National Nutrient Management Standard. Yet this document represents the agency's best attempt to solve one of the country's -- and the world's -- really huge environmental problems: The nitrogen and phosphorus that pollute waterways."
Source: NPR, 12/15/2011
