February 2004 Environment & Climate News

The February 2004 issue of Environment & Climate News:

• reports on a mid-December forum debunking the “precautionary principle”;

• describes how the Danish government has chastised the Union of Concerned Scientists for its unwarranted attacks on author Björn Lomborg;

• summarizes “what we know about global warming”;

• reports on a new Nature study debunking the myth of global warming-caused melting of the icecap atop Mount Kilimanjaro;

• sets straight a myth-laden Sacramento Bee editorial on global warming; and

• defends the safety and value of nuclear energy;

The issue also covers snowmobiles in Yellowstone; mercury in seafood; Democrats dodging campaign finance laws; the high cost of tougher CAFE standards; New Source Review; new NOx and SO2 emission rules; oil and gas recovery in the Rocky Mountains; the future of hog farming; wetlands, “navigable waters,” and the courts; and more.