Environmental Law

In Other News (May 29)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• The nation's first comprehensive ocean planning law, which among other things will regulate the placement of renewable energy projects such as wind farms, has been signed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, reports the Boston Globe.
• Representatives of the five countries bordering the Arctic Ocean have adopted a declaration intended to reduce tensions over the likelihood that global warming will open northern waters to shipping, energy extraction and other activities, reports The New York Times.
• Honolulu, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, were among the cities with the lowest carbon footprint in the United States, according to a new report cited by the San Francisco Chronicle (whose city came in in eighth place on the list).
• Latin American and European officials discuss shared efforts to combat climate change, reports Latinamerica Press.
• Global demand for natural gas may be upsetting previous predictions that plenty would be available to supply the United States market, according to this look at the situation appearing in The New York Times. 
• Unprecedented changes in the Arctic due to global warming are creating unprecedented challenges to the survival of marine mammals, conclude scientists in a report cited by Environmental Science and Technology. 
• Exxon Mobil has turned back a revolt by descendants of company founder John D. Rockefeller Sr., defeating shareholder resolutions that included a demand the company draw up a plan to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions and turn its attention to cleaner energy, says the Washington Post.
• Dealing with the needs of old people might be as big a challenge for society as climate change, warns Britain's health minister, according to the Telegraph of the United Kingdom.  
  
  

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).