Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST http://www.envirolink.org en Copyright 1992-2010 The EnviroLink Network The EnviroLink News Service compiles the most relevant news stories of interest to the global environmental community from sources around the Internet. newsdesk@envirolink.org support@envirolink.org http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201001021035440.12979 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST This month, conservationists in the Czech Republic and Kenya launched an audacious bid to save one of the world's rarest animals: the northern white rhinoceros. Four of the last eight known northern whites in the world, two male and two female, were packed into wooden crates and sent from a Czech zoo to Kenya, where scientists hope they will get down to the business of breeding. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201001021035380.364784 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST The C$16.2 billion ($15.4 billion) Mackenzie pipeline in Canada's Arctic should be allowed to proceed, provided 176 recommendations aimed at securing socioeconomic benefits and minimizing environmental damage are followed, regulators ruled on Wednesday. In a much-anticipated report, the Joint Review Panel said it believed the huge gas project would bring overall benefits to Canada's Northwest Territories and avoid major ecological impact if the oil companies proposing the line and governments follow its list of measures. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=201001021035330.840188 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST Brazil's President introduced national legislation that will guide efforts to reduce projected emissions by 36.1 to 38.9 percent by 2020. This legislation comes on the heels of the COP-15 climate change conference held in Copenhagen earlier this month, and demonstrates Brazil’s eagerness to make significant and immediate progress against global climate change. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912310445590.625751 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST California scientists hope studying 180 black mussels pried from algae-covered rocks in San Francisco Bay will provide clues into how many drugs and chemicals are polluting waters across the nation. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912310446050.39378 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST Gov. David Paterson and the state Department of Environmental Conservation are being deluged with last-minute lobbying over a document that will set guidelines for natural gas drilling for years to come. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912310445350.978217 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST Regulators in West Virginia and other states are overwhelmed as they try to keep tabs on the nation's nearly one million active oil and gas wells, a number that's likely to climb as the feverish growth in natural gas exploration continues. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912310445410.644896 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will miss its third self-imposed deadline on letting consumers know whether it is safe to use products made with bisphenol A, a chemical ingredient in the lining of most food and beverage cans. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912310445460.631153 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST Six months after state health officials declared their investigation of cancer rates in south suburban Crestwood was almost complete, they have yet to release the results. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912132223210.146646 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST Tens of thousands of demonstrators from around the globe took to the streets in Copenhagen on Saturday for the largest protest planned in two weeks of talks on a global strategy to combat climate change. EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200912132223270.314213 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:53 EST The Dong Nai River supplies water to some 15 million people in southern Vietnam, but that has not stopped callous companies from dumping so much toxic sludge in the river that scientists say it will soon be too poisonous to use. EnviroLink