Environmental Law

In Other News (April 28)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Descendants of John D. Rockefeller will call for a shakeup at the top of ExxonMobil, the successor to the Standard Oil giant Rockefeller founded, amid concerns the company has been slow to acknowledge climate change, The Times of London reported. 
• Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle wants an agreement between his state and the United Kingdom to work together on climate change issues, according to a story in The Capital Times. 
• Forest Day in Africa was marked by discussions of how to reduce the impact of climate change, says a story in The Post, an English-language paper in Cameroon.
• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to dump high-profile members of a California commission overseeing state parks may have been related to efforts to build a transmission line serving a Southern California solar project, the San Francisco Chronicle reported over the weekend.
• Entrepeneurs are turning to such ventures as financing solar technologies, according to C/Net's Green Tech Blog. 
• A Canadian panel sees climate-related threats to the polar bear, writes the Globe and Mail, but that doesn't go far enough to satisfy an American environmental group pushing for stronger action to protect the animal (see Center for Biological Diversity press statement here).
• Lawmakers in Washington are working toward a new deal on a farm bill that could cut ethanol tax subsidies, reports Radio Iowa. On the other hand, the measure would also boosts support for such renewables as cellulosic biofuels, according to the Delta Farm Press. However, by no means are all critics mollified, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal wrote over the weekend.
• The presence of electromagnetic fields generated by hybrid vehicles has led some to question whether they are safe for drivers, the New York Times wrote this weekend.  

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).