In response to US Interior Department approval of Shell Oil's Beaufort Sea drilling plan, Chuck Clusen warned Wall Street Journal online readers that an oil spill could turn the waters off of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into an "ecological wasteland" for decades to come...  In the LA Times Geoff Fettus described how new members of Congress are often shocked by the magnitude and complexity of cleaning up 30+ year old radioactive waste pollution from the Cold War...

In a number of outlets across the nation, and locally around Chicago-including Reuters, The Associated Press, The Gary Post-Tribune, and Chicago Public Radio- Ann Alexander commented on a recent ruling by EPA forcing the State of Indiana to rewrite the air pollution permit for BP's Whiting refinery; Gina Solomon explained the health concerns of ingesting the carcinogen hexavalent chromium in an Oakland Tribune article on upcoming standards for keeping the chemical out of CA water supplies... In the San Diego Union Tribune Barry Nelson emphasized that if the San Joaquin Delta is not revived it could mean the end of California's salmon fishing industry and extinctions for other delta species...