"Lead-Ammo Ban Sought To Protect Wildlife"
"A group of 100 environmental organizations has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate lead in ammunition as a toxic substance."
Source: California Watch, 03/16/2012
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USDA Weighs Approval for Corn Resistant To Notorious Herbicide
"Dow AgroSciences LLC is asking the Department of Agriculture to sign off on a new genetically engineered corn seed that is resistant to not only glyphosate, but also 2,4-D, a World War II-era chemical that has been associated with a host of serious health problems."
Source: Greenwire, 03/16/2012
"Tighter Fracking Regulations Favored by 65% of U.S. in Poll"
"The U.S. public favors greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique that has reduced prices for consumers while raising environmental concerns."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/16/2012
Double Standard: Heartland Tried to Scam Greenpeace for Documents
"A Heartland Institute front man phoned a Greenpeace activist and lied about his identity in an effort to get her to turn over UN climate conference documents to which he had no legitimate access. Heartland senior fellow James Taylor then boasted about the scam in a press release decrying what he described as Greenpeace's preferential access to UN information."
Source: DeSmogBlog, 03/16/2012
"Feds Probe Equipment Failure at Calif. Nuke Plant"
"A nuclear reactor on the California coast will remain shut down indefinitely while a team of federal inspectors determines why several relatively new tubes became so frail that tests found they could rupture and release radioactive water, a federal official said Thursday."
Source: AP, 03/16/2012
DEADLINE: Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
Up to $10,000 is available to support an enterprise or investigative environmental story set in the western United States, which is defined as all states west of the Mississippi River, including Hawaii and Alaska. Applications open May 6, and close June 2, with a winner selected in early July 2026.
"Court Upholds Congress' Act That Ended Wolf Protections"
"A federal appeals court finds that Congress acted legally when it ordered a federal agency to remove Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves from the endangered species list."
Source: LA Times, 03/15/2012
"Refiners Push EPA to Scrap Gasoline Rule That Automakers Want"
"Refiners are pushing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay tighter pollution rules for gasoline, while automakers say they need the cleaner fuel."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/15/2012
"Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Gulf Dead Zone"
"Several environmental groups are suing the government to curb pollution of the Mississippi River with fertilizers and other contaminants blamed with creating a "dead zone" the size of Massachusetts in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Reuters, 03/15/2012
"Scotts Miracle-Gro Pleads Guilty to Breaking Federal Pesticide Law"
"COLUMBUS -- Ohio lawn and garden care company Scotts Miracle-Gro has pleaded guilty to breaching federal pesticide laws by using an unapproved insecticide on bird seed sold nationwide for two years."
Source: ENS, 03/15/2012
