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TODAY'S NEWS
And We're Left Picking Up the Species
Bush admin removes independent scientific reviews from Endangered Species Act
The Bush administration this week made a major change to the Endangered Species Act by axing a requirement that federal agencies seek independent scientific reviews of planned projects to determine if they would mess with imperiled plants or animals. "These changes are going to result in more species being put in jeopardy," said Jamie Rappaport Clark of Defenders of Wildlife.
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sources: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press
Party Like It's 1990 Levels
California to slash greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
California officials this week committed to a comprehensive plan to cut the state's greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 through regulating GHG emissions from vehicles, investing in energy efficiency, and sourcing one-third of the state's electricity from renewables, among other initiatives.
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sources: Los Angeles Times, The New York Times
The Drive to Survive?
U.S. auto bailout bill dies in Congress
The survival of Chrysler and General Motors remains in doubt after Congress adjourned late Thursday night without passing a Senate bailout bill for U.S. automakers. The U.S. House passed a version of the bailout bill Wednesday that included a key green provision requiring automakers to abide by California's strict fuel-efficiency requirements. The Senate's rescue bill contained a provision essentially stipulating the opposite, but now that legislation is dead. Today, the Bush administration said it was open to using money from the $700 billion financial bailout package or other sources to aid the automakers.
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sources: The New York Times, Bloomberg, Associated Press
Toxic Sludge Is Good for You
FDA draft report downplays mercury risk from fish
A new draft report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration downplays the risks to women, infants, and kids from eating mercury-tainted fish, advising people of all ages to consume more fish due to its health benefits and recommending that the government's current advisory be scrapped in favor of an all-around pro-fish approach, regardless of its mercury content.
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source: The Washington Post
GRIST COLUMNS AND FEATURES
GMO Job
Will the Obama administration be the first to seriously regulate genetically modified food?
Genetically modified crops cover a huge swath of the Midwest's corn and soy fields -- and have grabbed prime real estate in our supermarkets, where as much as three-quarters of processed products contain GMO ingredients. Despite the fast spread of GMOs, their health effects have not been well researched -- and a new study, one of the few, points to potentially significant health threats. How did these novel foods slip through the regulatory cracks? Tom Philpott investigates. Startlingly, he finds that our system for regulating GMOs originated under the direction of former Vice President Dan Quayle in the early 1990s -- and hasn't been updated since. Will Barack Obama continue with these same old policies, or will he get serious about regulating GMOs?
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new in Grist: GMO Job
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