Reporting from the Field

Today and tomorrow, I'll be at the Aspen Environment Forum, and will be putting these daily round-ups together in rare free moments and gaps in the schedule.  I beg your patience, and apologize in advance for anything I might miss.  

GOOD READS

"In what’s being called the most sweeping land protection law in a quarter century, the US House of Representatives Wednesday passed a conservation plan to set aside more than 2 million acres of desert and forest in nine states." The Act cleared already cleared the Senate last week, and now goes to President Obama's desk.  [Christian Science Monitor]

"There's been a deluge of bills on climate and energy introduced in Congress in the past few weeks."  Here's a very handy round-up.  [Grist]

The Senate is now stepping up and taking on mountaintop removal with its version of the Clean Water Act. [It's Getting Hot in Here]

"Advocates for alternative energy are discovering that water issues may prove to be as important a selling point for the industry as reducing carbon-dioxide emissions." [Wall Street Journal]

FUNNIES

Toles is on fire with his climate cartooning.  [Washington Post]