Environmental Law

In Other News (June 10)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Scientific academies are urging humanity to act to curb threats including that posed by global warming by starting the transition toward a low-carbon economy, according to The New York Times environmental blog Dot Earth.
• The 'green' job market is booming, with the number jobs specific to climate change nearly tripling in the past year, despite economic problems elsewhere, environmental recruiters say, according to this Reuters report.
• Preservation of historic buildings offers a green approach to sustainable construction, according to this posting on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's environmental blog. 
• The imminent closure of a South Carolina low-level radioactive waste disposal facility could create headaches for the nuclear power and health industries in a number of states, reports The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
• Efforts to enact climate change legislation have come along at a difficult time for supporters, allowing opponents to seize on high gasoline prices to argue against imposing economy-wide emissions cuts, says this analysis from MarketWatch.

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).