Organization Warns of EPA 'Regulatory Avalanche' (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - The Texas Public Policy Foundation is warning of an "approaching regulatory avalanche" in a report. The foundation says new rules in the works by the Environmental Protection Agency could cost billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Here are the details of the report. China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax (AP) AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change. Sierra Club Received Millions from Natural Gas Industry (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - According to a blog post from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, the environmentalist organization accepted millions of donated dollars from the natural gas industry to fight against coal-fired plants nationwide. Here are the details. Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk (Reuters) Reuters - There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research center housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident. Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics (Reuters) Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient. USDA awards $40 million grants to boost local farm/food projects (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday awarded $40.2 million in grants to farmers, ranchers and farmer-controlled rural business ventures aimed at spurring locally produced food supplies and renewable energy ventures. NRC sets vote on approving Ga. nuclear plant (AP) AP - Federal safety officials will vote Feb. 9 on whether to approve what could become the nation's first nuclear plant in a generation. Nature's Surprise: 365 New Species Spotted in Peru (LiveScience.com) LiveScience.com - Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian national park have been found during an inventory of the Amazonian forests there, according to a conservation group. UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP)
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AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
