– The Interior Department says that offshore wind farms pose no significant threat to the environment off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.

– Stricter rules governing the collection and disposal of electronic waste in the European Union were approved Thursday by the European Parliament.

– Scientists who created a more deadly strain of bird flu as part of attempts to prevent the virus’s spread, halt work amid fears it could be used by terrorists.

– The Senate of France has passed legislation that transfers two Pacific atolls used for atmospheric and underground nuclear testing back into the public domain of French Polynesia.

– On Dec. 22, while most observers were thinking more about Christmas plans than food-safety policy, the FDA snuck a holiday gift to the meat industry into the Federal Register.

– When it comes to coal mining in the United States, environmentalists have a simple goal: End it. For the Obama administration, it’s a little more complicated.

– Wildlife crime networks in Asia have been hit by a police operation against the illegal trade in endangered species coordinated by Interpol as part of a strengthened enforcement regime.

– Activists challenge a federal law that defines a broad range of actions against the animal industry as “terrorism.”

– The House speaker wants President Obama to make good on a campaign pledge to aid a uranium initiative in Ohio but stops short of backing an earmark for that purpose.