Posted on July 23, 2008 by Dennis Pfaff
- A former Environmental Protection Agency official has contradicted previous congressional testimony from EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson, saying the White House ordered Johnson to block California's bid to regulate vehicles' tailpipe emissions, reports the Washington Post.
- Could trout fishing in America become just a fond memory, something to tell the grandkids about? Perhaps, if a new report about the decline of the iconic fish in the West due to global warming proves accurate, as distributed by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
- Officials of automaker Nissan say the company's upcoming suite of electric cars will be priced competitively -- and turn a profit, reports The New York Times. The news comes just a day after General Motors moved to coordinate its soon-to-be-available electric vehicle fleet with the electric grid, as noted by Climate Law Update.
- If a tree shadows a solar panel, the tree wins -- if it predates the installation of the panel, under a new measure signed into law by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to The New York Times.
- Canada's Conservative government is planning to release a major report warning of the harmful impact of climate change on the health of the country's residents but it will do so quietly, according to the Globe and Mail.
