Are Speculators Behind Oil Price Surge?
This spring's run-up in oil prices is hard to explain on the basis of market fundamentals. It seems to be the result of speculation in the commodity markets.
Source: Wash Post, 07/14/2009
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EPA To Push Hard-Rock Mining Cleanup Bonds
"The Environmental Protection Agency, complying with a court order, will develop a rule to guarantee companies that mine everything from copper to uranium will pay for needed environmental cleanup, not taxpayers."
Source: AP, 07/14/2009
"Sunburst Gasoline Cleanup Grows Bigger and Murkier"
It took a lawsuit by residents of Sunburst, Montana, to start cleanup of an underground spill of gasoline that took place 50 years earlier.
Source: Great Falls Tribune, 07/13/2009
"Pesticide Cases Could Be Upended"
"An L.A. judge's dismissal of Nicaraguan banana workers' litigation against Dole puts numerous related cases in jeopardy."
Source: LA Times, 07/13/2009
"GM's Long, Hard, Bumpy Road to the Chevrolet Volt"
After many false starts, GM may be getting into position to produce a viable electric car.
Source: ClimateWire, 07/13/2009
Interview: NOAA's Jane Lubchenco
Marine biologist Jane Lubchenco now heads one of the U.S. government’s key agencies researching climate change -- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Lubchenco discusses the central role her agency is playing in understanding the twin threats of global warming and ocean acidification.
Source: YaleE360, 07/13/2009
"Fast-Growing Kelp Invades San Francisco Bay"
"A fast-growing kelp from the Far East has spread along the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay, worrying marine scientists and outpacing eradication efforts."
Source: AP, 07/13/2009
"Watching Whales Watching Us"
Scientists are learning that whales are smarter, and more like humans, than they ever suspected.
Source: NYTimes Mag, 07/13/2009
Enviros Feel Cheated by Obama Compromises
Environmental activists who campaigned hard to elect Barack Obama president feel cheated and disillusioned by what they see as a lack of leadership and readiness to compromise on environmental issues like climate change.
Source: NYTimes, 07/13/2009
"Deadly Pollutants Lurk in Coachella Valley Skies"
"The blue, cloudless skies over the Coachella Valley most days hide a darker truth: The area has serious, chronic air pollution challenges."
Source: Palm Beach Desert Sun, 07/13/2009
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