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"Swine Flu: Crisis Communicator"

"Richard Besser led the United States' top public-health agency as swine flu broke out on its doorstep. And his communication shaped the early days of a pandemic, finds Brendan Maher."

Source: Nature, 01/15/2010

"China Snaps Up California Solar Market"

"China’s rise as a major solar module maker has been meteoric, but perhaps nowhere has its ascension been faster than in California, the United States’ largest solar market."

Source: Green Inc., 01/15/2010

"Arctic Polar Bears Imperilled by Man-Made Pollution"

"The long term survival of polar bears is being threatened by man-made pollution that is reaching the Arctic. This conclusion comes from a major review of research into how industrial chemicals such as mercury and organochlorines affect the bears."

Source: BBC Earth, 01/15/2010

"Judge To Weigh Tyson Deal Over 'Antibiotic-Free' Chicken"

"Consumers who thought they were buying antibiotic-free chicken could receive $5 million in cash and coupons under a proposed settlement to a lawsuit contending that the nation's largest poultry producer falsely promoted its birds as being raised without drugs."

Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/15/2010

Lobbyists Called Shots on Murkowski Amendment

Top former Bush administration officials -- now lobbyists -- are directing members of Congress from both parties, and their staff, on exactly how to legislate a repeal of EPA's legal authority to control greenhouse gas emissions. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, is planning to offer the ban as an amendment on the Senate floor. Environmentalists are calling for an ethics investigation.

Source: Post Carbon, 01/15/2010

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