From the State News, by Tina Reed
About three years ago, U.S. Forest Service researcher Leah Bauer was studying the Chinese long-horned beetle in China, when she heard an Asian beetle called the emerald ash borer had established itself in Michigan.
WASHINGTON (March 9) - Wal-Mart and other retailers are lobbying Congress to extend the workday for truckers to 16 hours, something labor unions and safety advocates say would make roadways more dangerous for all drivers.
Printed in the Mendocino County Observer and aired on KZYX&Z Community News.
After one of our winter storms is a good time to take a look the water under your bridge (or in your inside ditch or flowing out of your culvert) and see what color it is. Is it brown or is it clear? The color will give you an indication of how much erosion is occurring.
From the Associated Press via the Environmental News Network
A four-year study in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada released on Tuesday identifies several so-called mercury "hot spots" and suggests contamination by the toxic metal is more pervasive than originally believed.
From the Oregonian, by Michael Milstein
Oregon's Mount Hood and Siuslaw national forests will join four others nationally in assessing their logging and other practices against standards now widely employed in private and international settings for environmentally sound and sustainable forestry.
We have a big problem - widespread mercury pollution is contaminating our waters, our fish and poisoning our children. The environmental and health damages caused by mercury have been fairly well documented. Now, for the first time, we are learning more about the financial costs of mercury exposure.
From KSTP
REDWOOD FALLS - A Redwood Falls' refinery is the first of its kind in Minnesota. It takes locally grown soybeans and animal byproducts and uses them to make biodiesel.
Like diesel fuel, biodiesel can be used to fuel cars and trucks. And unlike diesel, biodiesel is a renewable fuel.
