Environmental Law

In Other News (April 30)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Methane coming from a landfill near San Francisco could soon fuel the garbage trucks serving the site, under a plan to be announced by Waste Management, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  
• European leaders on climate change say they do not expect much from President Bush on the issue but they have hopes a new administration will be different, writes Reuters. 
• Rising demand for food and biofuels that prompted farmers to plant more crops has helped produce a shortage of fertilizer, according to the New York Times. 
• Australian government officials and representatives of that country's agriculture community have been discussing the industry's role in climate change policy, Sky News reports.
• Global warming could take a break in the next decade, thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, but long-term the planet's temperature will rise as previously expected, according to an AFP report on a study in the British journal Nature.
• Miami-Dade County government should invest in a wide range of actions to prepare for climate change, including high-tech mapping and financing fuel-efficient taxis, an advisory task force recommends, reports Miami Today.
  

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).