Thursday
Feb112010
The Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference
100 Wall Street, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10005
www.csgeast.org
In the News
Lobbyists Help Defeat CA Plastic Bag Ban (9/1) AP
Judge Rejects VA Atty General's Case Against Climate Scientist (8/31)AP
WY to Allow Public Access to Info on Chemicals in Oil & Gas Drilling (8/30)Star-Tribune
Water Pollution Found at 39 More Coal-Ash Sites in 21 States (8/27)USA Today
CA OKs First of Eight Major Solar Thermal Projects (8/25) SF Chronicle
Water Problems for Nuclear Plants in AL, NY (8/23) Times Free Press and NY Times
NJ Senate Bill Supports Clean Energy Projects on Closed Landfills, Quarries (8/23) NJ Newsroom
Old-Style Coal Plants Still Being Built in Many States (8/23) Washington Post
NY Legislature Passes Bill to Stop Sprawl, Save Cities (8/22) Times Union
Bangor Daily News
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NY Becomes Seventh State to Ban BPA in Children's Products
New York State will ban sales of baby bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers and other children's products that contain plastic made from the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) under a law signed by Gov. David Paterson on July 31. The move makes New York the seventh state to phase out bably products with the chemical. More
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In the Spotlight Two New Publications Confirm Observations on Global Warming and Its Effects
NOAA Report Sees "Unmistakeable" Warming over Last 50 Years There is "unmistakeable" scientific evidence that the Earth is warming, says the latest climate report from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), released on July 28. The 2009 State of the Climate report draws on data for 10 key climate indicators, which reveal that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth has been growing warmer over the last 50 years. More
Plankton, the Foundation of the Ocean's Food Supply, Declining Rapidly, Says Study Plant plankton, tiny organisms that form the basis of the ocean food chain, have been in sharp decline since the 1950s, most likely as a result of global warming, says a recent study in the journal Nature. Besides being the linchpin for the marine food supply, plankton perform a critical function for the planet by absorbing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to help maintain Earth's temperatures. More
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