Environmental discussion throughout the United States and international forums is linked to this website on about a quarterly basis. Environmental discussion from previous weeks will continue to be listed here but articles may be subject to newspaper source archiving, which will affect access to articles. We will endeavor to update this site, as often as possible, with key environmental issues raised in the national and international media. Currently, items linked by this website are obtained from policy discussion websites as well as online newspapers. The views expressed in these articles and linked websites do not necessarily reflect LEA, Inc.'s opinion. Choice of sources may be expanded in the future if needed.

Environmental Salient Discussion Links:
  • Water Quality
    • . New articles on: six years in the making Portland Harbor Superfund site pollution reports are available for the Willamette River; Washington State creates new agency to help protect Puget Sound; US opposes Candian coal mine because of potential adverse water quality effects; international scientists say fish contaminated with mercury 'pose worldwide threat to health'; polluted waters in Hood Canal are called home by thousands of non-native sea squirts; illegal toxic dumping; America's aging piping infrastructure; long-term effects of Exxon Valdez oil spill; China's increasing effluent discharges of chemical oxygen demand (COD); and potentially altered vertical currents in ocean waters because of global warming. See also Regulatory NPDES Wastewater Draft and Final Permits.
  • Energy
    • . New articles on: German solar power production; US opposes Canadian coal mine; construction of forty new coal-fired power plants are projected for the U.S. in the next five years; tidal-power generation in Puget Sound; extracting oil from unconventional sources; oil royalties revenue; plug-in hybrids for energy independence; whether power industry should pay for global greenhouse gas reduction measures; and job benefits to be gained by embracing clean energy.
  • Environmental Economics
    • . New articles on: carbon credits that don't reduce emissions; EU-US divisions related to global warming and CO2 emissions threaten climate meeting; EU deal to reduce carbon emissions and change how Europe powers its economies; economic viability of tidal-power generation in Puget Sound; costs of extracting oil from unconventional sources; oil royalties revenue; carbon taxes; who pays for global warming response measures; and California banning purchases of 'dirty power'.
  • Ecology
    • . New articles on: Suit argues to lift salmon protection; Endangered Species listing sought by US NMFS for Beluga Whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet; Michigan law attempts to protect the Great Lakes by controlling invasive species from oceangoing ships' ballast waters; international scientists say fish contaminated with mercury 'pose worldwide threat to health'; thousands of non-native sea squirts are calling polluted waters in Hood Canal home; Spotted Owl circuit court ruling; new risk-assessment techniques; long-term effects of Exxon Valdez oil spill on shellfish, birds and mammals; and worldwide fish stocks may be affected by global warming because of altered vertical currents in ocean waters.
  • Air Quality
    • . New articles on: EU-US divisions related to global warming and CO2 emissions threaten climate meeting; the IPCC's report Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - Summary for Policymakers (April 6, 2007); Massachusetts v. EPA and the recent Supreme Court decision (April 2, 2007); industry and investors begin to embrace reduction efforts for greenhouse gases; construction of forty new coal-fired power plants are projected for the U.S. in the next five years; EU deal to reduce carbon emissions and boost renewable power; plug-in hybrids for emissions reductions; China's increasing emissions of sulfur dioxide ( SO2 ); the IPCC's report Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers; and responses to the IPCC's report. Also see Air Quality Title V Regulatory Draft Permits
  • Pollutant Trading
    • . New articles on: carbon credits that don't reduce emissions; industry and investors begin to embrace reduction efforts for greenhouse gases; carbon taxes, and emissions 'cap and trade' discussion.
  • Others to be Announced


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