"Atlantic Weather May Be Key Culprit In Fish Decline"
"The striped bass is in trouble again. ... and some biologists say the problem may not be overfishing this time: It could be the weather."
Source: NPR, 01/25/2011
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15 Firms Sign up for New Md. Law Establishing 'Benefit' Corporations
"It was not enough for Pennye Jones-Napier to sell eco-friendly chew toys or fair-trade collars at her Takoma Park pet store, the Big Bad Woof. She wanted to make sure her customers could hold her accountable to the sustainable practices she preached."
Source: Wash Post, 01/25/2011
ECOS Annual Meeting
The Environmental Council of the States, a national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders, will hold its spring membership meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.
Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
Non-profit, non-partisan ECOS is the national association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders. Focus areas include: Air, Water, Waste, Cross Media, Planning, Compliance, Info Management, and Quicksilver Caucus.
Republicans Target Energy Spending, Environmental Laws
House Republicans would like to cut a wide range of energy and environmental programs.
Source: Mother Jones, 01/24/2011
Oil Sands Pipeline Sparks Grass-Roots Activism, High-Stakes Lobbying
"A massive feat of engineering by any measure, the Keystone pipeline expansion project would transport crude oil close to 1,700 miles from "oil sands" in the icy reaches of Hardisty, Alberta, down through the Great Plains to the refineries of Port Arthur, Tex. In doing so, the giant pipe also promises to allay some fears about U.S. energy security: The oil will come from a trusted ally, and its cross-continental path avoids visions of another deep-sea drilling disaster."
Source: Wash Post, 01/24/2011
"Traceability Rule Represents Big Adjustment for Food Industry"
"In response to a new federal food safety law and growing consumer interest, vast amounts of new data are being generated about the complicated path that food takes from field to supermarket shelf."
Source: Wash Post, 01/24/2011
"E.P.A. Approves Use of More Ethanol in Gasoline"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that cars and light trucks from the 2001 model year onward can safely use a blend of 15 percent ethanol mixed with gasoline, up from the 10 percent standard now in effect in much of the country. The decision expands the pool of vehicles that could use such a fuel to about 62 percent of the total on the roads."
Source: NY Times, 01/24/2011
"EPA Sued Over Pesticides, Endangered Species"
"Environmental conservation groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to force it to tighten regulation of pesticide use, arguing that the agency was not consulting wildlife officials."
Source: Reuters, 01/24/2011
"Nevada's Wild Mustangs: Officials Reject Philanthropist's Sanctuary"
"A proposal from the wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens to create a sanctuary in Nevada for wild horses removed from public rangeland around the West has been rejected, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Friday."
Source: AP, 01/24/2011
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