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• Influential Australian economist urges decisive action on climate change. • Climate-change report urges reducing food consumption, particularly meat. • U.S. Chamber of Commerce details energy blueprint. • Feds propose listing 48 endangered species at once. • What environmental issues should the Army consider? • EPA issues radiation standards for Yucca Mountain. • Lawsuits filed […]

Everglades restoration going slowly, poorly, federal report says

The roughly $10 billion restoration of the Everglades is “making scant progress toward achieving its goals” due to built-in bureaucracy, funding troubles, and more, according to a report from the National Research Council. The report paints a bleak picture of federal and state rescue efforts, which together comprise the largest ecosystem restoration project in history. […]

Amazon deforestation soars, Brazil blames its own land-reform agency

The 100 individuals or companies most responsible for Amazon deforestation since 2005 were listed Monday by Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc, and Brazil’s own land-reform agency took the top spot. The Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform was said to be culpable for the deforestation of 850 square miles of Amazon rainforest in the last […]

Judge puts Great Lakes wolves back on endangered-species list

The Bush administration misread the law when it removed endangered-species protections from a population of some 4,000 gray wolves in the Great Lakes region, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman reinstated the wolves onto the endangered-species list, agreeing with green groups that Great Lakes wolves are not a “distinct population segment” […]