Wednesday, March 05, 2008

03/04/2008 TO Enviro-news

Warming May Have Caused Salmon Collapse
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030408EB.shtml
The Associated Press reports that "Scientists examining the sudden and widespread collapse of West Coast salmon returns are pointing to the unusual changes in weather patterns that caused the bottom to fall out of the ocean food web in 2005."

The New York Times | Confessions on Climate
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030408EC.shtml
An editorial in The New York Times states: "The Bush administration has now provided the rationale for its lamentable decision to deny California permission to develop its own stricter rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The explanation was full of holes, but it was not a total setback for those who want urgent action on global warming."

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