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Climate, Air Quality, and Weather Stories June 25, 2001 Governor vetoes bill to curb power plant emissions Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland’s veto of legislation intended to reduce emissions at six power plants has drawn loud protest from environmental activists. The bill called for reducing sulfur dioxide emissions at plants in Montville, Bridgeport, Norwalk, New Haven, Middletown and Milford. TheDay.Com has a story about the governor’s decision. The Associated Press has a story about the ensuing protest. EPA unveils program to encourage voluntary smog reductions As part of a plan to transition to tougher smog regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new program to encourage state, local and tribal governments to voluntarily reducing air emissions that cause smog. The program, called Ozone Flex, was announced last week in an EPA press release. Whitman signs plan to clear air in national parks Making good on a promise made three weeks ago, EPA chief Christie Whitman has signed-off on a proposal to clean the air in national parks and wilderness areas such as the Presidential Range in New Hampshire and Acadia National Park in Maine. MSNBC has the story. New research published on carbon storage As much as a quarter to a half of the nation’s yearly 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels is absorbed by forest growth, crops and rivers. That’s according to new estimates by researchers who published one of two carbon absorption studies appearing Friday in the journal Science. MSNBC has a story about the studies. Science is published online but requires a subscription. Scientists note decline in a cold ocean current Scientists say a deep, cold ocean current that flows from the Arctic to the Atlantic – one of the engines that drive the worldwide oceanic conveyer belt – has dropped significantly over the past half century. Researchers suspect the decrease could explain a recent cooling of some coastal regions near the Norwegian Sea. The New York Times reports the study, which was published in Nature. The New York Times Web site is free but requires registration. The whole article is available on the Nature Web site if you have a subscription or site license. |
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