Snippets
• Ruling against 12 states, three cities, and many environmental groups, the US Court of Appeals decided recently that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not obliged to regulate CO2 emissions from automobiles. The plaintiffs' lawyers decried the judgement's call for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt' on issues of public health and climate change.
• Joining a growing list of suspicious countries, Ghana has rejected both the import and cultivation of genetically modified (GM) products. The country's food and agriculture minister said Ghana will do so "without hesitation', even if it meant extending the country's current famine. The move seems to signal an end to years of conflict in Ghana