In Brief

A roundup of news snippets

Posted at 4:50 PM on 31 Mar 2008

• A U.S. EPA program that evaluates the effect of chemicals on children is basically defunct.

• Strip-mined Appalachian mountains are being planted with chestnut trees.

• A Montana dam is breached to clean up toxic sediment.

• Snorting cocaine is bad for the environment.

• Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, and Costa Rica race to be the first to be carbon neutral.

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	Tools: print \| email \| write to the editor \| subscribe \| RSS Share: digg \| hugg \| stumbleupon \| reddit \| newsvine \| fark \| facebook Bookmark: del.icio.us \| google \| yahoo In Brief A roundup of news snippets Posted at 4:50 PM on 31 Mar 2008 • A U.S. EPA program that evaluates the effect of chemicals on children is basically defunct. • Strip-mined Appalachian mountains are being planted with chestnut trees. • A Montana dam is breached to clean up toxic sediment. • Snorting cocaine is bad for the environment. • Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, and Costa Rica race to be the first to be carbon neutral. ADVERTISING POLICY < Previous \| Next > Comments: There are no comments. Be the first to post! You are not logged in. Thus, you cannot post a comment. If you have a Gristmill account, log in below. If you don't have a Gristmill account, well, by all means go make one! Meet you back here in five. Username: Password: Forgot your password? Enter your username and click: The comments of Grist users reflect the opinions of those individuals only, and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of Grist, its staff, its board members, their psychotherapists, or their aestheticians. Got it?	Also in Grist Be Cool Is it better to use AC or fans? Umbra advises. Take a Page Out of My Book What the leaders of the green movement are reading. Good Home Cooking A bean soup recipe, and how one author coped with a finicky family. Cover the Waterfront A list of green books you can actually read at the beach. The Week's Most Popular Viewed Commented Emailed Ask Umbra on fans versus AC 15 green books you can actually read at the beach An interview with author James Howard Kunstler Ask Umbra on exerting yourself in traffic Only if you flagrantly cherry pick More than half of today's electricity, more than 16 percent of today's energy Lester Brown unveils plan for 80 percent cuts by 2020 McCain just not that into Amtrak BLM reverses stance on solar-project moratorium 15 green books you can actually read at the beach Chemical in flat-screen TVs is worsening climate change How the organic movement can regain its relevance Ask Umbra on fans versus AC An interview with author James Howard Kunstler From the Archives If It's Broke, Fix It. EPA announces new lead standards for renovation of older buildings. To Explore Strange New Worlds. Polar bear ventures far inland, shot to death. Makah's Mark. Three Makah tribe members plead guilty in whale hunt. News Archives