The warming waters of one of central Europe's most popular holiday destinations, Switzerland's Lake Zurich, have created an ideal environment for a population explosion of algae including Planktothrix rubescens, a toxic cyanobacterium. It has the potential to harm humans, animals and the tourism that pumps up the economies of lake districts.
Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker is well on her way to becoming Commerce secretary, after both Democrats and Republicans voiced support for her nomination at a hearing yesterday. (E&ENews PM, )
Sen. Roy Blunt's meeting with President Obama's nominee to be U.S. EPA administrator on Wednesday did not persuade the Missouri Republican to drop his hold on her nomination. (E&ENews PM, )
Two dozen Senate Republicans yesterday warned President Obama against trying to package approval of Keystone XL with emissions-cutting policies that might assuage the environmental concerns of the pipeline's critics. (E&ENews PM, )
Hurry up and wait. (ClimateWire, )
As California moves forward with a Jan. 1 linkage date to the Quebec carbon market, E&E's OnPoint explores what hurdles still exist as they prepare for the first joint auction. (E&ENews PM, )
Sen. James Inhofe on Wednesday panned as "immoral" the suggestion by some of his Senate colleagues that this week's devastating Oklahoma tornado might be linked to climate change. (Greenwire, )
