Hazards of mountaintop removal mining; Gulf disaster research recommendations; NRDC book to document Gulf spill; Chile's hydroelectric dam; Asian carp solutions
Posted July 6, 2010 in The Media and the Environment
Frances Beinecke explained the negative effects of mountaintop removal mining in an Environment News Service piece that reported on a new conditional mining permit issued by the EPA… In a McClatchy Newspapers article (carried by the Kansas City Star among others), Peter Lehner weighed in on the conversation about how to spend BP’s funds directed toward scientific research of the Gulf oil spill… A Publishers Weekly piece highlighted the first book to be published about the Gulf oil disaster which will be written by Peter Lehner, with Bob Deans… In a Politico piece, John Walke commented on a new proposed EPA rule aimed at regulating power plant pollution…
A Businessweek article quoted from (and linked to) Amanda Maxwell’s Switchboard blog about Chile’s largest hydroelectric project, which would threaten important rivers, parks, and reserves… And Henry Henderson discussed viable solutions to the Great Lakes’ Asian carp crisis in a two-part Milwaukee Journal Sentinel series…
