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Bill To "Poison" Tennesee Streams Falls One Vote Short

"Legislation allowing more selenium to be released into Tennessee streams fell one vote short of passage Wednesday after lawmakers were told approval would mean poisoning the state's waters to help coal company win a lawsuit attacking its pollution."

Source: Knoxville News, 06/04/2009

"Forest Carbon Market Already Shows Cracks"

"It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and the international community backs it. But a plan to pay tropical countries not to chop down trees risks being discredited by opportunists even before it starts."

Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

"House Panel Begins Work on Food Safety Overhaul"

"A House committee began work Wednesday on a comprehensive overhaul of food safety rules that includes more inspections and new fees on producers to pay for them."

Source: CQ, 06/04/2009

"Small Islands Win UN Vote On Climate Change Security"

"Small Pacific islands vulnerable to rising sea levels won a symbolic victory at the United Nations on Wednesday with the passage of a resolution recognizing climate change as a possible threat to security."

Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

"Mexico Sees Support For U.N. Climate Finance Plan"

"A Mexican proposal to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change is winning backing in talks on a new U.N. treaty, paradoxically because no one really likes it, a Mexican official said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

"U.S. Envoy Sees Climate Partnership With China"

"The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

"Judge Orders Halt To Mining Protests"

"A Raleigh County [WV] judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block anti-mountaintop removal activists from further peaceful protests on certain Massey Energy mining sites."

Source: Charleston Gazette, 06/04/2009

"Black Tide"

"Just days before Christmas last year, an environmental disaster one hundred times the size of the Exxon Valdez (yes, you read that right) unfolded on a riverbank in eastern Tennessee. A wave of poisonous sludge buried a town…along with the myth of clean coal."

Source: GQ, 06/04/2009

EPA Studies Used-Tire Playground Risks

"The federal government is reconsidering whether sports fields and playgrounds made from ground-up tires could harm children's health after some Environmental Protection Agency scientists raised concerns,"

Source: AP, 06/04/2009

"Companies Not Disclosing Climate Risks: Studies"

"Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 06/04/2009

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