"What's All the Dam Fuss About?"
The Army Corps of Engineers is teaming up with The Nature Conservancy to change the way the Willamette River flows as part of their "Sustainable Rivers Project.
Source: Eugene Weekly, 12/07/2009
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Threatened by Logging: "Forest Medieval"
"Poland's Bialowieza National Park is home to some of the most impressive trees in Europe. Old growth oak, ash, spruce, hornbeam, linden, lime, and pine tower out of sight, their trunks dripping with luscious moss. For millennia these trees (some of which are more than 600 years old) have harbored legions of top carnivores, rare bugs, birds, and plants. Three packs of wolves range the park's wilderness, along with bison, lynx, wild boar, roe and red deer, otter, cranes, storks, three kinds of eagle, and four owl species." The park faces a number of threats, especially logging."
Source: Earth Island Journal, 12/07/2009
"Great Lakes States in a Fish Fight Over Asian Carp Invaders"
"The Great Lakes are under threat from the Asian carp, an invasive species of fish whose presence is pitting neighboring states against Illinois in a showdown with no clear resolution."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 12/07/2009
"Plug-in Hybrids Have Miles To Go for Widespread Use"
"Many major automakers have unveiled vehicles at the L.A. Auto Show that are within a year or two of the showroom, but a lot has to change for such cars to be common sights in the U.S. private fleet."
Source: LA Times, 12/07/2009
"Earth More Sensitive To CO2 Than Previously Thought"
"In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience this week."
Source: SPX, 12/07/2009
"Rice an Unlikely Global Warming Culprit"
"Asian rice farmers typically do not fly around the world on holidays or own big-engine cars but scientists say they have an important role to play in helping cut the world's output of greenhouse gases."
Source: AFP, 12/07/2009
"Selenium From Power Plants Poses Ecological Risks, Spurs EPA Review"
"Selenium is an essential nutrient, but excess amounts can be dangerous to wildlife and people. Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a new regulation that would require more than 600 coal-fired power plants to clean up -- perhaps even eliminate -- wastewater discharged into lakes, rivers and other waterways."
Source: EHN, 12/07/2009
"New Policy on Lobbyists Could Spur Shake-Up for EPA Advisory Panel"
"A sweeping new White House policy aimed at ousting special interests from federal advisory panels might sweep registered lobbyists off some U.S. EPA advisory panels."
Source: Greenwire, 12/07/2009
Critical Climate Talks Begin in Copenhagen
"The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming."
Source: AP, 12/07/2009
"Why Texans See Green Gold in Renewable Resources"
"As America's petroleum heartland, Texas isn't known for being environmentally sensitive. But its oil-boom, energy savvy attitude could put the state in a surprising position--leading the charge to alternative energy in the U.S."
Source: Popular Mechanics, 12/04/2009
