"SALMON: Battle for Bristol Bay, a Resource Struggle for the Ages"
Can southwest Alaska make money from its rich mineral deposits without destroying the Bristol Bay fishery that is currently an economic mainstay?
Source: Greenwire, 12/22/2011
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"Turbulence As EU Court OKs Fee On Plane Emissions"
"A European court ruled Wednesday that airlines flying into and out of European airports will have to pay a price for the carbon dioxide they emit when they burn jet fuel."
Source: NPR, 12/22/2011
"Great Lakes Gray Wolf To Be Removed From Endangered Species List"
"The gray wolf in Minnesota could go from protected to hunted - perhaps as soon as next fall - after it is removed from the endangered species list in January. "
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12/22/2011
"Does Shale Oil Boom Mean U.S. Energy Independence Near?"
US energy independence -- for decades a seemingly unreachable strategic goal -- seems now tantalizingly almost within reach as hydrofracking and high oil prices bring into play oil and gas deposits once economically unfeasible. But the US will continue to import hydrocarbons from Canada and Mexico, and price corrections (much less depleting reserves) could snatch the boom from industry's hand. More to the point: should a nation whose political rhetoric uses "energy independence" to justify gifts to industry be preparing to export petroleum products and natural gas?
Source: McClatchy, 12/22/2011
"EPA Issues Strong Limits on Mercury Emissions From Smokestacks"
"WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a tough new rule to limit emissions of mercury, arsenic and other toxic substances from sources such as power plants, a landmark measure that could prevent up to 11,000 premature deaths annually, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Source: LA Times, 12/22/2011
The Ultimate List for Environmental "List Journalism"
Though clicking through pages of list items may be some publications' method to pump up the page views in their web analytics, they are a popular trend. SEJ's year-end TipSheet offers its own interesting lists, including the "Top Eight Sites For Environmental List Journalism" and more.
"Scientists Agree to 'Unprecedented' Withholding of Flu-Virus Research"
"Two teams of researchers who have engineered deadly and pathogenic flu viruses have reluctantly agreed to withhold vital details of their work for national-security reasons -- the first time any scientific team has been asked to do so."
Source: National Journal, 12/21/2011
"Unusual Marine Mammal Deaths on Four US Coasts"
"As of this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared three 'unusual mortality events' (UME)—unexplained death clusters—for multiple species of marine mammals on four US coastlines: the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea."
Source: Mother Jones, 12/21/2011
"Researchers Assess Effects of a World Awash in Nitrogen"
"Humans are having an effect on Earth's ecosystems but it's not just the depletion of resources and the warming of the planet we are causing. Now you can add an over-abundance of nitrogen as another "footprint" humans are leaving behind. The only question is how large of an impact will be felt. In a Perspectives piece in the current issue of Science, Arizona State University researcher James Elser outlines some recent findings on the increasing abundance of available nitrogen on Earth."
Source: SPX, 12/21/2011
"US Helping Britain Investigate Hacking of Climate Scientists' Emails"
"The Justice Department is helping British authorities in an investigation into the hacking of climate scientists’ emails, which caused an uproar among skeptics of global warming when they were released two years ago."
Source: LA Times, 12/21/2011
