Environment News Service News Index March 2008

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Environment News Service News Index

March 2008

Making Biodiversity Conservation Pay Off
Canada Supreme Court to Decide Limits to Environmental Class Actions
Ecuador Sues Colombia to Stop Anti-Coca Herbicide Spray
Big Water Utilities Offered Free Pharmaceuticals Testing
12 New Solar America Cities Earn $200,000 Grants
House Votes to Expand Marine Sanctuaries on California Coast
EPA Forbids Work Practices That Create Lead Hazards
Deer Meat Donated to Iowa Needy Tested for Lead
Green Tea Battles Superbugs to a Standstill
Climate Change Conference Draws Governors to Yale
Wild Turtles Containing Mercury and Pesticides Sold as Food
Washington Nationals Open First Green U.S. Ballpark
Air Force Promises to Treat Vandenberg Stormwater
$12,000 Fine Flows From Muddy Runoff to Puget Sound
UNICEF Tap Project Raises a Glass to Clean Water
Michigan Awards Four Grants for Volunteer Stream Monitoring
EPA Chief Reluctant to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
Denmark to Install Electric Car Network Powered by the Wind
Court Halts Yosemite National Park Construction Plans
Groups Contest Pollution Reporting Exemption for Factory Farms
Plants Converted Directly Into Biogasoline, Not Ethanol
UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions On Track to Hit Kyoto Target
Corps Hears Missouri Flood Concerns, Neutralizes Spring Rise
Hawaii Volcano Erupts, Spews Toxic Gas
BioTrucker Fuel Card Maps Biodiesel Truck Stops
Solar Panels to Blanket Southern California's Commercial Roofs
Global Warming: The More You Know the Less You Care
Eight Puget Sound Watershed Projects Will Share $4.5 Million
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Blamed on Warming Climate
Courts Back Release of Water Into Flooded Missouri
Toyota Funds Audubon's TogetherGreen for Five Years
Red Knots Get to Feast on Horseshoe Crab Eggs
Termites Chew the Value Out of Home Insulation
The Great Texas 2008 Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday
California Ports Will Buy Cleaner Fuel to Cut Ship Emissions
Floating LNG Terminal OKd for Long Island Sound
Tribal Wildlife Grants Benefit Rare and Endangered Species
Merchandise Mart First to Retrofit Under Clinton Climate Initiative
Canada Orders Sea Shepherd to Stay Away from Seal Hunt
Date Set for First Climate Emissions Allowances Auction
Birders Set New Records in Great Backyard Bird Count
Missouri Mops Up as Flood Waters Recede
Lack of Political Will Impedes Sanitation Improvements
100 MPG Vehicles Will Race to Share $10 Million Prize
Black Carbon Pollution a Major Factor in Global Warming
Kansas Governor Rejects Two Coal-Fired Power Plants
One Hour of Darkness: Earth Hour Goes Global
Four Waters of Maui Removed From Private Control
Pennsylvania's Peregrine FalconCam Goes Live Today
Mayor Newsom Encourages Restaurants to Drop Bottled Water
Virginia Law Requiring Use of Virginia Coal May Be Unconstitutional
Stormwater to Florida's Lake Lafayette Will Be Controlled
Montana's New Wetlands Strategic Plan
Love Field Airport in Dallas Cuts Harmful Chemicals
Europe Clamps Down on Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna
U.S. Spring Season Forecast: More Record Floods
If Natural Disaster Strikes Along the U.S-Mexico Border
Deadly Floods Sweep Across the Midwest
Reebok Fined Record $1 Million for Leaden Bracelets
Government Scientists Seek Protection Under New Whistleblower Bill
Owner of 'Lowest Price' Gas Stations Fined $3 Million
Alaska Judge Upholds Aerial Wolf Killing But Limits Extent
IOC: Beijing Air Quality Could Put Athletes at Risk
U.S. Power Plant Carbon Emissions Zoom in 2007
Ship Pilot Charged in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
Environmental Issues Resolved at Flight 93 Memorial Site
EPA Targets Export of Ancient PCB-Laden Cruise Ship
Crush, Don't Flush Campaign Launched
Marriott Golf Courses Become Audubon Certified Sanctuaries
Energy Engineers Explore a Low Carbon Future at Globalcon 2008
World's Water Needs Grow More Urgent
East Asia's Dirty Air Pollutes North America
Rhinos on the Rise: WWF Seeks to Extend Conservation Success
New York Joins Great Lakes Water Resources Compact
Greener Clothes Washers Coming to a Store Near You
Endangered Sturgeon Returning to Suwannee River
Illinois Governor Orders State Waters Tested for Drugs
Ranch in California's Golden Hills Safe from Development
Salads, Gardening Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Risk
Kenya Wildlife Service Suspends Fees to Heal Post-Election Crisis
UN: Glaciers Melt at Record Rate Across a Warming World
Microorganisms Keep Large Waterways Clean, Study Shows
Coral Triangle, Heart of Borneo Conservation Funded
New Diesel Rule Cuts Emissions from Trains, Ships
$295 Million Price Tag to Reduce Water Pollution in Lexington
EPA's Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
Judge Orders Renewed Protection for Desert Bald Eagle
Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference Energizes Green Economy
Lawsuit Challenges Pipeline Road Approved in Roadless Forests
Lawsuit Seeks to Block Uranium Mining at Grand Canyon
Kimberly-Clark Settlement Funds Will Clean Everett Air
Mets' New Ballpark Covers the Green Bases
Research into Happiness, Ancient Climate, Win European Science Awards
Investment Could Moderate Skyrocketing World Food Prices
New U.S. Smog Rules Clouded by Controversy
Nationalwide Ban on New Power Plants Without CO2 Controls Proposed
Kansans Rallied to Resist Coal-Burning Power Plants
Wolverine Denied Endangered Species Protection
Alaska Wolves to be Shot from Helicopters
>New York Forests Regain Green Certified Status
Florida Celebrates Oceans Day
South Dakota Identifies Impaired Lakes and Streams
Growth in China's CO2 Emissions Double Previous Estimates
Kyrgyz Greens Warn of Deforestation Risks
U.S. Transport Systems Vulnerable to Climate Change
Corn-Ethanol Crops Will Widen Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Cargill Penalized for Pollution at Iowa Biodiesel Plant
W.R. Grace Hit With Record Superfund Fine for Libby Asbestos
Groups Press Legal Action on Behalf of Polar Bears
Connecticut Governor Promotes Green Collar Job Training
Jacksonville Will Clean Incinerator Ash From Superfund Sites
Green Passport Introduced at Berlin Tourism Fair
Britain Budgets for Future Low-carbon Economy
China and Australia to Install Clean Coal Plant in Beijing
Fears of GM Crop Invasion in Kyrgyzstan
Alice Springs Becomes Australia's Newest Solar City
Everglades Restoration Continues Despite Water Scarcity
Chemical Found to Lure Nutria Out of Louisiana Wetlands
Texas A&M Testing Oral Contraceptives for Animals
Water Contamination Suit Filed Against Dickson County, Tennessee
Camera Captures First California Wolverine Seen in 90 Years
Pharmaceuticals Again Found in U.S. Drinking Water
Chesapeake Bay Bacterium Promises Low-Cost Biofuel
Nature Conservancy Ranch Hosts Prairie Chicken Rescue
Bottled Water Taboo at UK Government Meetings
Water Rushes Down the Grand Canyon in High Flow Experiment
OECD: Tackle Environmental Problems Now or Pay More Later
Poll Finds New Yorkers Worried About Climate Change
Polluting California Cement Plant Installs Cleaner Kiln
Bush: America Must 'Get Off Oil'
Feds Halt Financing for New Rural Coal Plants
Mystery Canisters Found on Washington Beaches
Easter Freeze 2007 Showed Paradox of Climate Change
Park Rangers Would Shoot Down Plan to Lift Gun Restrictions
INSIGHTS: Sea Shepherd's Non-Toxic, Organic, Non-Violent Response to Whale Killers
Train Derails, Spills Acids in Southern California
Rochester Chosen for New York Pollution Prevention Institute
Kansas State Agencies Form Green Teams
Lake Levels Kept High for Nesting Everglades Snail Kites
Yellowstone Bison Killed to Protect Nonexistent Cattle
Mercury Poisoning Found in Northeast Loons
Judge: Navy Must Protect Whales in Hawaii From Sonar
Judge: Navy Must Protect Whales in Hawaii From Sonar

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