{"id":8432,"date":"2011-03-29T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T20:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2011-03-30T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T17:33:13","slug":"green-news-report-march-29-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8432","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 29, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center; background-color:#f3fdf4; padding:10px 5px 4px 5px; line-height:20px; background-image:url('\/Images\/GradientDarkGreen_headline.jpg'); background-repeat:repeat-y;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_FukushimaProtest_Tokyo_032711_NoNukeMask.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin:10px auto;\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i>Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!&#8230;<\/i><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNewsReport.bsky.social\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Bluesky-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenNewsReport\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Twitter-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Facebook-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journa.host\/@GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Mastodon-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman\/id788236916\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Apple Podcasts' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/itunes-listen-on-apple-podcast-logo-png.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman-desi-doyen\/PC:1000011151\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Pandora' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-Pandora-badge.png'><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-green-news-report-w-brad-f-30973644\/\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on iHeart' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-IHeartRadio.png'><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-News-Report-Friedman-Doyen\/dp\/B08JJRX3TP\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Amazon Music' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/AmazonMusic-badge_690.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Green-News-Report-p477566\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on TuneIn' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/ListenOnTuneIn.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/GNR\/feed.xml\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='RSS\/XML Feed' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/RSS-XML-Feed.png\"><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px; 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Drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:GreenNews@BradBlog.com\">GreenNews@BradBlog.com<\/a> or right here at the comments link below. All GNRs are always archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\">GreenNews.BradBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN &#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/strong> (<em>see links below<\/em>): UN report: Cities ignore climate change at their peril; Study: freshwater in upper Arctic Ocean increased 20%; China &#8216;to overtake US on science&#8217; in two years; Court OKs Air-Pollution Restrictions for Ships; TX could require disclosure of drilling chemicals; China leads clean energy ranking as U.S. falls; Massey coal mines hit with 80 citations for safety violations; Can Canada&#8217;s boreal forest be saved?; Russian support for nuclear power weakens as Chernobyl anniversary nears; Trouble stalks Hanford Nuclear Waste Site, America&#8217;s largest; Enviro lawyers &#8220;tied in knots&#8221; over court&#8217;s ruling on CA climate law; Pittsburgh&#8217;s ash, oak trees expected to die off &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  San Diego dolphin deaths linked to navy training &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED IN TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>GOP v. EPA: American Public Trusts EPA, So GOP Moves to Strip EPA of Authority To Protect Public Health:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0311\/51938.html\"><b>Dems Hope to Derail GOP&#8217;s Climate Proposal<\/b><\/a>: Senate Democrats hope to siphon votes from a GOP bid to hamstring EPA climate rules by voting first on a Democratic alternative. (Politico)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/152207-poll-public-more-worried-about-clean-water-than-global-warming\"><b>Poll: Clean Water Tops Global Warming<\/b><\/a>: Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed say they worry about clean water; 51 percent feel the same about global warming.  (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/152219-koch-linked-group-serves-notice-on-senate-epa-vote\"><b>Koch-Linked Group Serves Notice on Senate EPA Vote<\/b><\/a>: A conservative group that spent heavily in the 2010 elections is pushing Senate lawmakers to vote this week in favor of stripping the EPA&#8217;s power to regulate greenhouse gases.(The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>Japan Fallout: Germany&#8217;s &#8216;Nuclear Elections&#8217;:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2011\/03\/26-5\"><b>Hundreds of Thousands Protest Against Nuclear Energy Across Germany<\/b><\/a>: The biggest anti-nuclear protests Germany has ever seen (Common Dreams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20110327\/ap_on_re_eu\/eu_germany_elections_11\"><b>Anti-nuke Greens sailing to power in German state<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/mar\/28\/angela-merkel-nuclear-review-election?CMP=twt_fd\"><b>Angela Merkel presses ahead with nuclear review after election loss<\/b><\/a>: German chancellor plays down CDU&#8217;s painful defeat in state poll dominated by Japan crisis, saying she will not reshuffle cabinet (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,,14945340,00.html\"><b>Hundreds of thousands protest against nuclear energy across Germany<\/b><\/a>: Over 200,000 protesters took to the streets in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg to pressure the government into abandoning nuclear energy generation. (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=134584668\"><b>Japan&#8217;s Nuclear Crisis Stirs German Politics<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/0,,1432,00.html\"><b>&#8216;We are not a party of naysayers,&#8217; says first Green premier<\/b><\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,,14943224,00.html\"><b>Greens force historic change of power in German state elections<\/b><\/a> (Deutsche Welle):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Chancellor Angela Merkel&#8217;s Christian Democrats (CDU) suffered significant political blows over the weekend following two state elections which saw the Greens make dramatic gains. <b>The polls have been widely viewed as a referendum on nuclear energy.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/3d2319bc-588f-11e0-9b8a-00144feab49a.html#axzz1I13cmCSS\"><b>Nuclear groups to sue over idled plants<\/b><\/a> (Financial Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Four nuclear power companies are preparing lawsuits against the German government in the wake of its decision to idle seven of the country&#8217;s 17 nuclear-power stations.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/mar\/15\/germany-merkel-switches-nuclear-power-off?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487\"><b>Angela Merkel switches off seven nuclear power plants<\/b><\/a>: German chancellor&#8217;s safety move follows government halt over extending 17 ageing nuclear stations (Gurdian UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>ONGOING COVERAGE:  Japan&#8217;s Ongoing Triple Disaster &#038; Nuclear Nightmare:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/11\/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-how-to-help\/?ref=asia\"><b>How to Help: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/\"><b>UPDATED Coverage of Japan&#8217;s Nuclear Disaster at BRAD BLOG.COM<\/b><\/a> (BradBlog.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2011\/03\/japans-nuclear-emergency\"><b>Updated: Japan&#8217;s Nuclear Emergency Explained<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.kyodonews.jp\/news\/japan_nuclear_crisis\/\"><b>Updated Full Coverage: JAPAN NUCLEAR CRISIS<\/b><\/a> (Kyodo News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/live.reuters.com\/Event\/Japan_earthquake2\"><b>Updated Full Coverage Page at Reuters<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaea.org\/newscenter\/news\/tsunamiupdate01.html\"><b>IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake<\/b><\/a> (International Atomic Energy Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/nuclear_power\/nuclear_power_risk\/safety\/\"><b>Facts: Nuclear Power Safety<\/b><\/a> (Union of Concerned Scientists)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: JAPAN&#8217;S ONGOING NUCLEAR CRISIS:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/in.mobile.reuters.com\/article\/idINIndia-55955720110329?ca=rdt\"><b>Q+A &#8211; What is going on at Japan&#8217;s damaged nuclear reactor?<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/list\/einsteinium-on-the-beach-japans-nuke-crisis-spreads-to-the-ocean\"><b>Einsteinium on the Beach: Japan&#8217;s nuke crisis spreads to ocean<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/mar\/29\/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor\"><b>Japan may have lost race to save nuclear reactor<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>Fukushima meltdown fears rise after radioactive core melts through vessel &#8211; but &#8216;no danger of Chernobyl-style catastrophe&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor below, experts say, raising fears of a major release of radiation at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Lahey, who has worked on the plant at Fukushima, told the Guardian officials seemed to have &#8220;lost the race&#8221; to save the reactor, but added that there was no danger of a Chernobyl-style catastrophe.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12892171\"><b>Japan works to stop radioactive water leaking into sea<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/list\/2011-03-28-fukushima-may-end-up-as-a-concrete-encased-ghost-plant-says-gl\"><b>Fukushima may end up as a concrete-encased ghost plant, says expert<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/energyOilNews\/idAFN2524781620110328?sp=true\"><b>US experts: significant water contamination in Japan<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/news\/asia\/Radioactive-Plutonium-Found-in-Soil-Around-Damaged-Japanese-Nuclear-Plant-118779069.html\"><b>Radioactive Plutonium Found in Soil Around Damaged Japanese Nuclear Plant<\/b><\/a> (Voice of America)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/news\/Japan-on-Maximum-Alert-for-Nuclear-Crisis-118836529.html\"><b>Japan on &#8216;Maximum Alert&#8217; for Nuclear Crisis<\/b><\/a> (VOA-Japan):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Japan&#8217;s prime minister says the country is on<b> &#8220;maximum alert&#8221;<\/b> over its nuclear crisis as radiation continues to seep out of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant and traces of plutonium have been found in the soil.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday also warned that <b>the situation remains &#8220;unpredictable&#8221; at the earthquake-damaged plant.<\/b> He said his government is giving its complete attention to halting the radiation leaks.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/mar\/29\/japan-mulls-nationalising-fukushima-company\"><b>Japan mulls nationalising Fukushima nuclear plant company<\/b><\/a>: Doubt over Tepco&#8217;s future coincides with mounting criticism of its handling of the worst nuclear accident in country&#8217;s history (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/mar\/29\/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor\"><b>Fukushima engineers hampered by lack of power in fight to cool reactors<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-12889641\"><b>Japan to discuss nationalising Tepco, reports say<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/03\/29\/134946960\/a-small-japanese-town-swallowed-by-the-sea?ps=cprs\"><b>A Small Japanese Town, Swallowed By The Sea<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetark.org\/enviro-news\/item\/61598\"><b>Auto Graveyard Born From Japan Tsunami Wreckage<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/29\/business\/global\/29power.html\"><b>Japan&#8217;s Electricity Shortage to Last Months<\/b><\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.reuters.com\/~r\/reuters\/USgreenbusinessNews\/~3\/Oepz8ilLjLo\/us-japan-renewable-energy-idUSTRE72S24420110329\"><b>Renewable Energy a Pillar in Japan Reconstruction Vision: Edano<\/b><\/a>: Renewable energy will play an important role in Japan&#8217;s reconstruction, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Tuesday as the country struggled to bring a damaged nuclear plant under control.(Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>The IMPACT on U.S. Nuclear Policy &#038; Industry:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20110328\/us_nm\/us_entergy_indianpoint\"><b>New York Says Indian Point Nuclear Plant a Fire Risk<\/b><\/a>: The Indian Point nuclear plant has sought more than 100 exemptions from the fire code that could make it difficult to shut down the 40-year facility in an emergency, New York&#8217;s AG said. (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/03\/24\/134818457\/weekly-standard-a-fossil-fuel-renaissance\"><b>Weekly Standard: Against A Fossil Fuel Renaissance<\/b><\/a> (via NPR):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">At the very least the events in Japan are going to <b>reinforce the reluctance of Wall Street to invest<\/b> in new nuclear power in the United States, <b>deter insurance companies<\/b> from covering nuclear plants, and increase resistance on Capitol Hill to <b>extending the loan guarantees<\/b> the nuclear industry says are essential to kick-starting more nuclear installations.<\/p>\n<p><b>The big winner in the short and intermediate term will be fossil fuels<\/b> &#8211; especially coal and natural gas &#8211; which will be used to fill the breach in Japan and elsewhere to generate electricity. Which means that the biggest loser is ironically the environmental community&#8230; <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/24\/opinion\/24Von-Hippel.html\"><b>Op-Ed: It Could Happen Here<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Fukushima crisis provides a chance to reform America&#8217;s nuclear power regulations.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/almostdiamonds.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/risk-trust-and-arrogance-of-numbers.html\"><b>Risk, Trust, and the Arrogance of Numbers<\/b><\/a> (Almost Diamonds blog):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Numbers are nice and reassuring, but you need to know what&#8217;s behind them too. In this case, you need to understand that at least some of your comfort relies on the energy industry stepping up and behaving.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/24\/us\/24yucca.html?hpw\"><b>Japan Nuclear Crisis Revives Long U.S. Fight on Spent Fuel<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The threat of the release of highly radioactive spent fuel at a Japanese nuclear plant has revived a debate in the United States about how to manage such waste and has led to new recriminations over a derailed plan for a national repository in Nevada.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ftzfp2\"><b>Union of Concerned Scientists Report: 14 &#8216;Near Misses&#8217; at US Plants Due to &#8216;Lax Oversight&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yhoo.it\/hsxhza\"><b>UN Nuke Chief: Revamped Emergency Responses Needed<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clmpr.gs\/fQnhP2\"><b>The Nukes of Hazard<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/03\/20\/steven-chu-indian-point-nuclear-plant-new-york_n_838108.html\"><b>Energy Secretary Steven Chu: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Near New York City Will Be Reviewed<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/inland\/stories\/PE_News_Local_D_onofre15.1c27410.html\"><b>Critics question safety at San Onofre<\/b><\/a>: It is designed to handle a 7.0 earthquake and is buffered from a tsunami by a barrier capable of stopping a 25-foot wave. Regulations for its construction were written with the disaster at Three Mile Island in mind. (San Diego Press Enterprise)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/42103936\/ns\/world_news-asiapacific\/\"><b>What are the odds? US nuke plants ranked by quake risk<\/b><\/a> (MSNBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">So much for San Andreas: Reactors in East, Midwest, South have highest chance of damage<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediamattersinstitute.org\/research\/201103140032\"><b>VIDEO: Before Japan disaster, GOP mocked concerns about nuclear safety<\/b><\/a> (MediaMatters.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nationaljournal.com\/economy\/a-japan-reactor-repeat-in-the-united-states-could-cost-the-government-dearly-20110315\"><b>Taxpayer Meltdown?: Taxpayers, Not Utilities, Liable for Most of the Bill<\/b><\/a> (National Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2011-03-17-cost-not-japan-crisis-should-scrub-nuclear-power\"><b>Cost, not Japan crisis, should scrub nuclear power<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/i> (Stuff we didn&#8217;t have time for in today&#8217;s audio report)&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-12881779\"><b>UN report: Cities ignore climate change at their peril<\/b><\/a> (BBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Urban areas are set to become the battleground in the global effort to curb climate change, the UN has warned. <\/p>\n<p>While cities were energy intensive, the study also said that effective urban planning could deliver huge savings.<\/p>\n<p>The authors <b>warned of a &#8220;deadly collision between climate change and urbanisation&#8221; if no action was taken<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"bit.ly\/e6ptvW\"><b>Study: Freshwater Content of Upper Arctic Ocean Increased 20% since 1990s<\/b><\/a> (NOAA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-12885271\"><b>China &#8216;to overtake US on science&#8217; in two years<\/b><\/a> (BBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 &#8211; far earlier than expected.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK&#8217;s national science academy. <\/p>\n<p>The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback. <\/p>\n<p>An analysis of published research &#8211; one of the key measures of scientific effort &#8211; reveals an &#8220;especially striking&#8221; rise by Chinese science.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ePV2Fd\"><b>Court OKs Air-Pollution Restrictions for Ships<\/b><\/a>: A federal appeals court rejected a shipping industry challenge Monday to California&#8217;s offshore air pollution rules requiring vessels to use low-sulfur fuel within 24 miles of the coast, standards that the court said would save about 3,500 lives over six years while modestly increasing shipping costs. (SF Chronicle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fu5HjA\"><b>TX Could Require Disclosure of Drilling Chemicals<\/b><\/a> (Texas Tribune):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly common method of extracting natural gas that involves shooting a concoction of water, sand and chemicals deep underground, has sparked controversy around the country &#8211; not least because drillers mostly keep their chemical formulas secret. But Texas, the leading gas-producing state, could help change industry practices by requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/news\/20110329\/us-drops-3rd-clean-energy-investment-pew\"><b>China Leads Clean Energy Ranking as U.S. Falls<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"huff.to\/gmAAEZ\"><b>Massey coal mines hit with 80 citations for safety violations<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/news\/20110328\/canada-boreal-forest-pew-conservation-wetlands\"><b>Q&#038;A: Can Canada&#8217;s Boreal Forest Be Saved?<\/b><\/a> (SolveClimate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/news\/europe\/Russian-Support-for-Nuclear-Power-Weakens-as-Chernobyl-Anniversary-Nears-118605639.html\"><b>Russian Support for Nuclear Power Weakens as Chernobyl Anniversary Nears<\/b><\/a> (Voice of America)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/18396103\"><b>Hanford Nuclear Waste Site: From bombs to $800 handbags, trouble stalks America&#8217;s biggest clean-up<\/b><\/a> (The Economist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2011\/03\/28\/28greenwire-enviro-lawyers-tied-in-knots-over-courts-rulin-15542.html\"><b>Enviro Lawyers Tied in Knots Over Court&#8217;s Ruling on Calif. 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