National Stories April 27 - May 3 A swine flu virus claimed 68 lives in Mexico and infected people in the U.S. Regional Stories April 13 - April 19 The EPA is sending stimulus money to accelerate the cleanup outside the Superfund site. Wildlife officials say one or more wolves were attacked livestock at in Oregon last week. Spokane park officials have stopped using a weapons to kill squirrels in a city arboretum. International Stories April 6 - April 12 A 25-mile-long Antarctic Peninsula snapped the ice bridge that held the Wilkins Ice Shelf in place. New research indicates climate change will bring about major shifts in worldwide fire patterns. National Stories April 6 - April 12 The EPA is being sued over their position regarding a dry cleaning solvent likely to be a human carcinogen. The Obama administration called for enhanced protection of the Earth’s polar regions, proposing limits on Antarctic tourism and urging increased research in the Arctic. The new federal lands bill will preserve 200,000 acres of Oregon land as wilderness, prohibiting logging and certain recreation. National Stories March 30 - April 5 President Barack Obama signed legislation Monday setting aside more than 2 million acres as protected wilderness in nine states. The FDA said the nation's second-largest pistachio processor is voluntarily recalling its 2008 crop - more than 1 million pounds of nuts. Pandemic Fears as Flu Kills 68
David Randall, The Independent
April 27, 2009 Stimulus Money Goes to North Idaho Cleanup Project
Doug Nadvorick, Northwest News Network
April 15, 2009 Confirmed Wolf Killing in Eastern Oregon
Doug Nadvornick, Northwest News Network
April 15, 2009 Controversial Squirrel Eradication Stopped in Spokane for Now
Doug Nadvornick , Northwest News Network
April 17, 2009 Jamaica-Size Ice Shelf Breaks Free
Christine Dell'Amore, National Geographic
April 6, 2009 Climate Change To Spur Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspots, Analysis Finds
ScienceDaily, Environmental News Network
April 8, 2009 EPA Revisits Position on Dry Cleaning Chemical
Cornelia Dean, The New York Times
April 7, 2009 U.S. Seeks Protection of Polar Areas
Associated Press, The New York Times
April 7, 2009
Regional Stories April 6 - April 12 No cars, no roads, no kidding
Matthew Preusch, The Oregonian
April 06, 2009
Associated Press, MSNBC
March 30, 2009 FDA: Avoid pistachios amid salmonella scare
Associated Press, MSNBC
March 31, 2009
Regional Stories March 23 - March 29
Forest trade plan attracts criticism
Associated Press, The Spokesman-Review March 24, 2009
Former administrators of the Palouse Ranger District are fighting to a USFS plan to trade forest in Northern Idaho for about 39,000 acres of timber company land owned by Tom Blixseth, the developer of the Yellowstone Club.
Would you like your fish fresh, frozen, or alive?
Tom Banse, Northwest News Network
March 24, 2009
Fishermen in Oregon and Northern California, along with fish farmers in Idaho, are offering live seafood to consumers who may now pick their meals from a tank.
Environmentalists to Challenge Wolf Delisting
Doug Nadvornick, Northwest News Network March 27, 2009
Environmental groups intend to renew their legal battle with the federal government over removal of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List.
National Stories March 23 - March 29
Environmentalists Enlist Carole King for Wilderness Push
Doug Nadvornick, Northwest News Network
March 23, 2009
Carole King publically supports a bill that would protect more than two million acres of wilderness in nine states, including Orgeon and Idaho.
Mudslides trigger call for clear-cut answers
Hal Bernton and Justin Mayo, Seattle Times
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Recent Mudslides in Glenoma, WA linked to clear cut logging in the area.
National Stories January 26 - February 2
Mercury in corn syrup?
By Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
New study finds foods sweetened with corn syrup - candy bars, soda, and others - may contain tiny doses of toxic mercury.
National Stories January 19 - 26
Senate confirms Vilsack as agriculture secretary
By Charles Abbott, Reuters UK
January 20, 2009
Senate confirms former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as US agriculture secretary.
National Stories January 12 - 18
USDA unable to weed out unapproved modified foods By Jasmin Melvin,
Reuters UK, January 14, 2009
WASHINGTON — Internal USDA audit reveals inadequate regulations on the importation of genetically modified plants and animals.
Regional Stories January 12 - 18
Ag Sustainability Conference Feb. 10-12 By Lori Didricksen, Wenatchee World,
January 13, 2009
ELLENSBURG — A long list of leaders in sustainable agriculture have been confirmed to present a three-day conference at the Shilo Inn at Richland.
National Stories Dec 14 - 20
What Makes Milk Organic? by Allison Aubrey
National Public Radio, Dec 18, 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture may expand the requirements for milk to be certified organic.
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Obama Names Vilsak Agriculture Secretary, by Charles Abbott
Reuters, Dec 16, 2008
Obama appoints the popular two-term Iowa Govoner Tom Vilsak. Critics say Vilsack is too much of a supporter of agricultural biotechnology and not enough of a friend to organic or sustainable farmers.
FDA Calls off Ban on Animal Antibiotics, by Alicia Mundy and Jared Favole
Wall Street Journal, Dec 9, 2008
The FDA has reversed its July decision to restrict the widespread use of powerful antibiotics in food-producing animals.
National Stories Nov 23- Dec 6
How Green Can a Christmas Tree Be? by Anne Raver
New York Times, Dec 3, 2008
Locally grown, pesticide-free food is gaining sway these days because it is fresh, healthy and supports area farmers. But how many of us give the same kind of thought to the Christmas trees we bring home? Can you decorate your Fraser fir without getting pesticide residue in your lungs and on your skin?
National Stories Nov 23 - 29
Obama and Farm Policy by Howard Berkes
National Public Radio, Nov 23, 2008
The Center for Rural Affairs hopes Obama will limit government subsidies to farms.
National Stories Nov 16-22
City Chickens and Urban Eggs, by Shawn Allee
The Environment Report, November 17, 2008
Maybe it's easy to imagine chickens cooing and clucking on American farms, but how about in big-city backyards? Well, keeping chickens is legal in the nation's three largest cities, but in one of them, chicken-lovers nearly lost that right.
Regional Stories Nov 16-22
Northwest Apple Crop Tough Sale, Anna King
Northwest Public Radio, November 17, 2008
Northwest apple growers had a record harvest this year but the economic recesion may hinder business for orchard farmers.
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