• Op-Ed Contributor: Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird?
By BRIDGET STUTCHBURY
Migratory songbirds are suffering mysterious population declines, and pesticides may well be to blame.
• Weak Regulation of Manure Proposed
The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced the development of weakened proposed regulations that are well short of the positions advocated by the Senior Scientists and Policymakers for the Bay to address the pollution from millions of tons of chicken and other farm animal manure that is poisoning ground and surface waters. Some key elements of the proposals don’t even go into effect until 2016, allowing four more years to do just some of what has been required for land application of treated human sludge since 1985! (Read More)
• Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees?
The Xerces Society has just released the report, Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees? A Review of Research into the Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Bees, with Recommendations for Action.
