Cap-and-Trade, Clean Ports, and Hurricane Pollution

In the Associated Press, Dale Bryk talks about the expected results and benefits from the landmark carbon cap-and-trade system launched in the Northeast US yesterday… The Contra Costa Times reports that a California court rejected a trucking association bid to block the port clean trucks plan; in the article Adrian Martinez celebrates the ruling as step forward for the health of local citizens… Nancy Stoner praises the high water quality of a Florida beach in a Tampa Bay Business Tribune piece on the economic relationship between high beach water quality and tourism industry income… In the Daily Comet, Albert Huang gives health advice to Louisiana residents recovering from Hurricane Gustav, warning locals that sewage overflows and flooding could result in bacterial and toxic water hazards around their homes… In Government Executive, Thomas Cochran criticizes the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for using misguided programs and mediocre nuclear monitoring systems that are evaluated based on their ability to avoid false-alarms rather than the probability of detecting nuclear materials…