"Toronto Bans Plastic Bags"
"Toronto has become the first major city in Canada to ban plastic shopping bags in a surprise city council vote that the mayor denounced as 'ludicrous.'"
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 06/07/2012
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"EPA, Armendariz Blasted at House Hearing"
"At a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Congressional Republicans heaped criticism on Al Armendariz, who resigned this spring as head of the Environmental Protection Agency's south-central regional office after controversial comments surfaced about his regulation philosophy."
Source: Texas Tribune, 06/07/2012
"Emissions Fell Under Cap and Trade Program, Report Says"
"The cap and trade system known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative announced on Monday that carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the nine participating states on the East Coast fell by an average of 23 percent during the first three years of the program."
Source: Green (NYT), 06/07/2012
"EPA, Lung Association Set to Agree on Soot Rule Schedule"
"The Environmental Protection Agency and American Lung Association said they’re close to settling a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group to force regulators to issue overdue rules on soot."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/07/2012
Report: Humans Near Tipping Point That Could Dramatically Change Earth
"Human activity is affecting Earth in many ways, but a new study suggests that continued population growth and its impact on climate and ecology could trigger a more profound chain reaction of effects within little more than a decade."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 06/07/2012
SEJ Member Spotlight: Jacob Park
Jacob Park, associate professor of Business Strategy and Sustainability at Green Mountain College in Vermont, researches the complex relationship between business and global environmental issues. He writes for the "Sustainable Planet" column of OurWorld 2.0, published by the UN University in Tokyo. Jacob welcomes questions and comments from the SEJ community on his multi-year project exploring social and environmental innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
"Romney-Backed Solar Firm Flops, Dems Pounce"
"A Massachusetts solar company to which Mitt Romney personally delivered a $1.5 million loan when he was governor has gone belly up, leaving him vulnerable to the same 'picking winners and losers' charges that he's been lobbing at President Barack Obama over Solyndra."
"The president's reelection campaign wasted no time noting Romney's support for Lowell-based Konarka Technologies, which announced Friday it had filed for bankruptcy protection with plans to lay off more than 80 workers and liquidate its assets.
Source: Politico, 06/06/2012
"Conservation Groups Challenge EPA's Acid Rain Standards"
"Three conservation organizations today filed legal action challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's failure to update air quality standards for acid rain."
Source: ENS, 06/06/2012
"Virginia's Dying Marshes and Climate Change Denial"
"YORK RIVER, Virginia -- Dying wetland trees along Virginia's coastline are evidence that rising sea levels threaten nature and humans, scientists say - and show the limits of political action amid climate change scepticism."
Source: BBC, 06/06/2012
"Florida's Top Wetlands Expert Reinstated, But Details Remain Murky"
"The state's top wetlands expert has been reinstated after a three-week investigation, but the question of who initiated it and why remains unclear. Connie Bersok was put on paid leave from the state Department of Environmental Protection on May 11, two days after she refused to approve a permit for the Highlands Ranch Mitigation Bank in Clay County. Bersok told co-workers she had complained to the DEP's inspector general about her bosses' push to approve the Highlands Ranch permit, then wound up suspended herself."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 06/06/2012
