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"Interior Launches Climate Strategy"

"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar launched the Obama administration's first coordinated response to the impacts of climate change Monday, which he said would both monitor how global warming is altering the nation's landscape and help the country cope with those changes."

Source: Wash Post, 09/15/2009

"Enviro Groups Threaten to Sue EPA Over Coal Plant Discharge Regs"

"A coalition of environmental groups says U.S. EPA is 26 years tardy in limiting toxic metal discharges from coal-fired power plants and is threatening to sue the agency if it does produce the rules."

Source: Greenwire, 09/15/2009

"Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds"

"Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become."

Source: AP, 09/15/2009

Schwarzenegger's Environmental Legacy at Risk With State Parks Closures Looming

This week, California state parks officials are expected to release a list of up to 100 California parks that will be closed to save money, and the impacts will be felt far and wide.

Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/14/2009

Citizen Scientists Help Uncle Sam

As governments tighten their belts, it's getting harder for them to pay scientists to monitor the health of the nation's ecosystems. So increasingly, they're turning to citizens who do that kind of work for free. The Environment Report's Ann Dornfeld reports on the growing influence of these "citizen scientists".

Source: Citizen Scientists Help Uncle Sam, 09/14/2009

Wyoming Gas Drilling Study Becomes National Example

An EPA study of possible gas drilling pollution in Wyoming has become a case in point in a national legislative battle.

Source: Gannett, 09/14/2009

GOP Lawmaker Key in Passing $5 Billion NY Green Building and Jobs Bill

NY state Senator Thomas Moran (R) played a critical role in passage of a $5-billion green jobs and energy bill for the state.

Source: SolveClimate, 09/14/2009

"Testing for Toxics at Schools Sparks Questions, Lawsuits"

Intensified monitoring for toxics in the air around certain schools has only raised more questions about health effects -- and some lawsuits.

Source: USA TODAY, 09/14/2009

"California Air Officials Nix Polluting Dairy Energy"

"Some dairy farmers are investing in machines that turn gases from cow poop into usable energy. The technology keeps potent climate change gases out of the atmosphere. But ... some California farmers are getting into trouble with air pollution officials."

Source: Living on Earth, 09/14/2009

"Environmental Groups Spar Over Certifications of Wood and Paper Products"

Lawyers for a long-established sustainable forest products label are challenging the legitimacy of another label backed by the paper and timber industry.

Source: NYTimes, 09/14/2009

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