"DC Gets Tough On Disposable Bags"
The District of Columbia's city council is poised to tax disposable plastic and paper bags and to use the revenue to clean up the trash-strewn Anacostia River.
Source: Environment Report, 06/02/2009
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"Tight Credit Markets Becalm Minnesota Wind Industry"
Development of wind power in Minnesota is being frustrated by a clogged up capital market.
Source: MinnPost.com, 06/02/2009
"Deadly Water -- Black Falls: Water Sources, But None To Drink"
Drought is driving some people in the Navajo Nation to drink water that is contaminated with uranium and other contaminants.
Source: Gallup Independent, 06/02/2009
"Cigarettes Without Smoke, or Regulation"
'Electonic cigarettes, which offer a dose of vaporized nicotine to be inhaled from a tube that looks like a cigarette, may offer a less dangerous way for smokers to quit -- or stay addicted. But the mostly made-in-China devices are largely unstudied and unregulated.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
"Canada Hedges On 2010 Start For Emissions Rules"
"Canada's rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions may not come into effect by 2010 as had been planned, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2009
"Spain’s High-Speed Rail Offers Guideposts for U.S."
The high-speed rail system in Spain is a huge success, and offers some lessons for Obama administration officials seeking to develop something similar in the U.S.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
Column: "Few Rules for Recycling Electronics"
A company that collects used electronic equipment for "recycling" comes under fire from activists who say the waste is sent to developing countries and mishandled.
Source: NYTimes, 06/02/2009
Duke Ordered To Close Indiana Coal Units
"A federal judge in Indianapolis has ordered Duke Energy Corp. to shut down nearly 40 percent of an Indiana power plant's capacity as part of an enforcement case that dates back to the Clinton administration."
Source: Greenwire, 06/02/2009
"Climate Deal Must Cover Acid Oceans: Scientists"
"The increasing acidity of the world's oceans due to global warming must not be left off the agenda at the United Nations Copenhagen climate negotiations in December, 70 of the world's science academies warned today."
Source: ENS, 06/02/2009
"U.N. Climate Talks Grudgingly Accept Treaty Draft"
Delegates in Bonn negotiating a post-Kyoto climate treaty grudgingly accepted a first draft text as a starting point -- despite many reservations.
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2009
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