The April issue of Environment & Climate News reports Arizona will not implement carbon dioxide restrictions under the Western Climate Initiative’s regional cap-and-trade system.
Also in this issue:
* Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is pushing state parks and the state’s Parks and Recreation Department toward self-sufficiency. The proposal would save Idaho taxpayers $4.5 million a year.
* The American Wind Energy Association reports no increase in overall U.S. wind industry jobs despite “green” stimulus money given to wind power companies.
* Environmental activists are suing to halt a 500-acre railway project in northeast Kansas near Kansas City, billed as a huge boost to economic development that could bring thousands of jobs to the region.
* A trio of new polls shows the public does not believe alarmist assertions that people are causing a global warming crisis. The polls reinforce stinging public criticisms of alarmist science in the wake of the growing Climategate scandal.
* Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plans to boost energy production have run into a roadblock as the Obama administration announced it will block the state’s plans for offshore oil and natural gas production until at least 2012.
* Pollution from Asia is crossing the Pacific Ocean and causing increases in U.S. ozone levels even as U.S. ozone precursor emissions are falling.
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