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Archive from 2/22/10
Climate change fervor cools amid disputed science
Business Week
Three years after former Vice President Gore won a Nobel Prize for sounding the alarm on climate change, public concern is flagging, along with US and global efforts to mount government responses…
Chemicals in toys, furniture may face tighter standards
ABC News
Although chemicals known to harm human health were making it into everything from computers to carpets, the government had no power to enforce bans. This is all changing…
EPA budget hearings to serve as battleground for climate policies
New York Times
When she testifies before House and Senate panels this week, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will defend the White House's request to increase funds for climate regulations…
'Mountains' of e-waste threaten developing world
BBC News
Huge amounts of old computers and discarded electronic goods are piling up in countries such as China, India and some Africa nations…
Obama decisions on wildlife raising environmentalists concern
Mercury News
A growing number of environmentalists' are clashing with the administration over its management of America's struggling wildlife populations and what they call its reluctance to use the Endangered Species Act…