The Daily Digest

News – March 9, 2010

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Clinton Herald   A new study out this week proves that Iowa is a world leader in renewable energy.

Westchester.com   New York middle school students can spend spring break on the Hudson River aboard a fishing vessel with educators, who will introduce participants to animals that live in the different habitats of the river.

Environmental Education
Ithaca Journal   Department of Environmental Conservation offers four youth environmental education camps around New York, focusing on conservation education, outdoor activities and games that teach the wise use of natural resources.

Downtown Eugene   Five local renewable energy and education proposals have reached the finalist stage for consideration of two Eugene Water & Electric Board Greenpower grants of up to $100,000 each.

Earth Times    In an atypically “wild” spring break, 60 college students from across the U.S. will soon converge on Grand Canyon National Park to return a former parking lot to its natural state by planting thousands of native plants near the Canyon’s South Rim.

Green Jobs
BigNews.Biz   The Earth Savers Institute, a Florida-based eco education and certification firm, today announced they are offering Virtual Assistant services to businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs.

NJ.com   Environmentalists told a New Jersey Assembly committee that midyear budget cuts to clean energy efforts and the Highlands would be felt across the state.

Climate Change
Time Magazine   Popularly, China is considered a villain in climate change. But while China may be leading the world in carbon emissions, that output is in large part due to the fact that it is using energy to make clothes, cars and toys for the rest of us, a new study finds.

Christian Science Monitor   A recent poll suggests that high-profile controversies regarding climate science are weakening public confidence in the validity of global warming. And that could endanger congressional efforts to pass climate legislation.

Reuters   Women hit hard by the effects of climate change -- drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Health and Environment
Reuters   The top U.S. environmental regulator said she was "very concerned" about fluids blamed by some for polluting water supplies near sites where drillers use them to extract natural gas from shale deposits.

Environment Report   You have flame retardant chemicals in your body. They’re toxic. Americans have the highest levels of anyone in the world. The chemicals are in the dust in our homes and offices and schools. And they’re showing up in our food.

London Guardian   In the largest study of its kind, scientists found that vitamin D – produced by the skin when exposed to ultraviolet light – was associated with a reduced rate of renal cancer of up to 73 percent among men.