Wednesday, May 14, 2008

05/08/2008 TO Enviro-news

Dems Rip EPA for Axing Official
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050808EA.shtml
Jennifer A. Dlouhy writes for Hearst Newspapers, "Democratic senators lambasted the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for ousting its top administrator in the Midwest after she pressured Dow Chemical to clean up dioxin-contaminated soil in Michigan."

More Choice for Women Means More Sustainability
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050808EB.shtml
A report from The Worldwatch Institute says: "Unwanted childbearing is a greater demographic force than the desire for large families, and may have been for centuries, suggests Robert Engelman, vice president at the Worldwatch Institute, in his new book, 'More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want.'"

Arizona's Solar Aspirations in Peril
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050808EC.shtml
Faye Bowers writes for The Christian Science Monitor: "The sun shines 325 days a year in Arizona, on average, and some here see that as the state's biggest energy asset. But fledgling efforts to turn Arizona into the solar capital of the world depend on making the initial investment in new energy plants affordable - something that could become much more difficult, perhaps even impossible, if a federal tax credit for solar projects expires at the end of the year as scheduled."

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