"Resistant Weeds Leave Farmers Desperate"
Weeds in southern Missouri are becoming resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. Some farmers now resort to chemical cocktails -- or even hoes.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 07/19/2011
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"EPA Backs Away From Lead Dust Testing Renovation Proposal"
"U.S. EPA announced Friday that it decided against a proposed rule that would have required contractors to test dust to prove the absence of lead following renovations."
Source: Greenwire, 07/19/2011
"N.R.C. Chief Plans Quick Response to Post-Fukushima Study"
"The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday that it should decide within 90 days on how to address recommendations to be issued this week by a task force that examined the lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan. Almost simultaneously, House Republicans and the industry’s trade association warned him not to rush."
Source: Green (NYT), 07/19/2011
"Western Pine Merits Protection, Agency Says"
"The devastation that bark beetles and fungus have wreaked on hundreds of thousands of acres of whitebark pine trees in the northern Rockies has been tracked and chronicled for 30 years. Now the Fish and Wildlife Service has weighed in with a finding that climate change threatens the long-term survival of the species."
Source: Green (NYT), 07/19/2011
"As Weather Becomes Big Story, TV Forecasters Play the Hero"
"As the nation moves through a year of remarkable floods, drought and its deadliest tornado season in half a century, the broadcast meteorologist has emerged as an unlikely hero."
Source: NY Times, 07/19/2011
Michigan's Environmental Beat: "Eroding Coverage"
The number of environmental reporters at newspapers and other mainstream media has been decreasing rapidly in recent years, in Michigan and elsewhere. One result is a public that is less informed about the basic facts needed to understand the government and business policy choices that affect their lives. Now new alternatives -- including student journalism -- are starting to fill the gap.
Source: Dome, 07/19/2011
"Pa. Wind Turbines Deadly To Bats, Costly To Farmers"
"A bat killed by a wind turbine in Somerset can lead to higher tomato prices at the Wichita farmers market."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 07/18/2011
"Meat Eater's Guide Ranks Foods by Environmental, Health Effects"
"Lamb, beef and cheese generate the most greenhouse gases of 20 popular meat, fish, dairy and vegetable proteins, according to a new study from the Environmental Working Group."
Source: LA Times, 07/18/2011
"Business Chiefs 'Betting on the President' To Kill EPA Ozone Rule"
"Powerful business and industry groups appealed to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Friday to pull back upcoming smog standards, calling the rules a test case of the White House's commitment to ensuring regulations don’t hinder U.S. competitiveness."
Source: E2 Wire, 07/18/2011
"2011 Natural Disasters Cost a Record $265 Billion"
"Politicians might not believe in climate change, but insurance companies do. They track disasters, and it turns out that disasters just in the first six months of this year already cost the world more than any other year of disasters on record."
Source: Grist, 07/18/2011
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