On the front page, the Los Angeles Times reports on a federal decision that has officially snuffed out plans for the San Onofre toll road in California—a project that was widely unpopular in environmental and surfing communities; in the article Joel Reynolds explains the legal significance of the decision… John Walke marvels at an “EPA action that so utterly disdains global warming responsibility and disdains the law at the same time,” in the New York Times; the action John refers to bars officials weighing federal applications by utilities to build new coal-fired power plants from considering their greenhouse gas output… And coverage regarding NRDC’s opposition to Bush administration plans to lease wild lands in Utah continues in the Associated Press; in the article Robert Redford is quoted and Sharon Buccino warns oil and gas companies that the leases they purchase may be illegal…

The Associated Press reports that NRDC and the Sierra Club have launched a lawsuit seeking to stop last minute Bush administration attempts to weaken the Endangered Species Act… Eric Goldstein talks about the future of recycling programs in New York City on WNYC… On page 2, the New York Times warns about the dangers of drilling for natural gas near NYC’s water supplies and references concerns voiced by NRDC and other groups… Jen Sass cautions readers about the unknown health effects of nanotechnology in Scientific American online… And Rebecca Stanfield of NRDC’s Midwest Program discusses the city of Chicago’s municipal plan to go green in a print edition of Scientific American.