04.24.2009 5:05 pm
News roundup: Earth Day edition
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Earth Day 2009
Earth Day has come and gone, but environmental issues are still here. In Missouri, prospects of a nuclear power plant look bleak, and Gov. Jay Nixon announced a plan to encourage energy conservation in state government. Here’s what others have to say.
Missouri environment news:
- More on Nixon’s announcement: the St. Louis Business Journal and the Columbia Daily Tribune
- More on the failed AmerenUE-backed bill: yesterday’s story on the Mother Ship, KOMU and Missourinet
- The University of Missouri-Columbia hosted an energy summit featuring T Boone Pickens: The Maneater
- West Lake Landfill: our story from March and the St. Louis Beacon
And, there is news outside of Missouri as well:
- The Scientific American asks: Will the U.S. Ever Need to Build Another Coal or Nuclear Power Plant?
- Al Gore and Newt Gingrich testified about the proposed energy bill to a Senate subcommittee today: Fox News and The Washington Post
- More on the energy bill: the New York Times on how Obama spent Earth Day, Politico on an environmental group campaigning for the bill, conservative blog CNSNews and a Boston Globe op-ed
- California to limit greenhouse gas emissions of vehicle fuel: LA Times
- Center for Public Integrity: American Coalition for Clean Energy’s financial influence on politics
John F. Kennedy said, “we all breath the same air and we all a concerned about our children’s future.” Happy Earth Day!