Politics
Federal Government Opens More Ocean to Wind Projects
Originally Published by NY Times
– 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.
Bill would make it easier to kill Ore. wolves
Originally Published by The Deseret News – Frustrated that a judge has blocked a kill order on two wolves, the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association is pushing legislation to boost the state’s authority to okay the slaughter.
Posted on
February 3rd, 2012
Biodiversity, Politics
Europe Expands Electronic Waste Collection, Recycling Law
Originally Published by ENS
– Stricter rules governing the collection and disposal of electronic waste in the European Union were approved Thursday by the European Parliament.
Posted on
January 24th, 2012
Politics, Technology
Mutant bird flu research halted
Originally Published by BBC News
– 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.
French Senate OKs Return of Nuclear Test Atolls to French Polynesia
Originally Published by ENS
– 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.
Posted on
January 20th, 2012
Politics
The FDA’s Christmas Present for Factory Farms
Originally Published by Mother Jones
– 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.
Posted on
January 3rd, 2012
Agriculture, Politics
Coal extraction poses climate challenge for Obama administration
Originally Published by Washington Post
– 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.
Police Raid Asian Wildlife Markets in New Enforcement Push
Originally Published by ENS
– 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.
Posted on
December 27th, 2011
Biodiversity, Politics
Are Animal Rights Activists Terrorists?
Originally Published by Mother Jones
– Activists challenge a federal law that defines a broad range of actions against the animal industry as “terrorism.”
Posted on
December 27th, 2011
Biodiversity, Politics
A Uranium Project in the Political Cross Hairs
Originally Published by NY Times
– 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.
NASA Daily Image
Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA