"Interior Plans Tougher Energy Royalty Audits"
"The Interior Department is beefing up efforts to ensure companies are paying the royalties they owe from producing energy on federal lands."
Source: E2 Wire, 02/18/2010
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"Neighborhoods Get Federal Help With Brownfields, Housing, Transport"
"A new Office of Sustainable Communities is being created within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help communities take an integrated approach to making environmental, housing and transportation decisions."
Source: ENS, 02/18/2010
"113 Governments Agree to Conserve Endangered Sharks"
"A landmark agreement to protect shark species threatened with extinction was reached Friday as 113 countries signed up to a United Nations-backed wildlife treaty to conserve migratory sharks."
Source: ENS, 02/18/2010
"Veterans Speak Out Against Burn Pits"
"A range of health problems are linked to the pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Toxic substances have been found in the smoke."
Source: LA Times, 02/18/2010
"Southern Co.'s Lobbying Draws Complaints"
"President Barack Obama's award of billions of dollars in federal nuclear loan guarantees to Southern Co. has angered environmentalists who say the president is embracing the energy powerhouse that worked aggressively to defeat a key climate change bill championed by his administration."
Source: AP, 02/18/2010
"Report on Marines' Water Omitted Cancer Chemical"
"An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review, an Associated Press review has found."
Source: AP, 02/18/2010
"Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama"
"The early optimism of environmental advocates that the policies of former President George W. Bush would be quickly swept away and replaced by a bright green future under Mr. Obama is for many environmentalists giving way to resignation, and in some cases, anger."
Source: NYTimes, 02/18/2010
"U.N. Climate Chief Yvo de Boer To Step Down in July"
"The U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer has resigned to join a consultancy group as an adviser, the U.N. climate secretariat said on Thursday, two months after a disappointing Copenhagen summit."
Source: Reuters, 02/18/2010
"16 'Endangerment' Lawsuits Filed Against EPA Before Deadline"
"Industry groups, conservative think tanks, lawmakers and three states filed 16 court challenges to U.S. EPA's "endangerment" finding for greenhouse gases before yesterday's deadline, setting the stage for a legal battle over federal climate policies."
Source: Greenwire, 02/18/2010
"Industry Loses Lawsuit Over Alaska Forest Logging"
"A federal judge has thrown out an industry lawsuit that could have led to more logging and road building in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest federal forest."
Source: AP, 02/18/2010
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