RECOMMENDED READING

Wolf Hunts May Kill Hundreds -- Spurs Demand, Ire

Starting today, hunters can walk into any license vendor in Idaho and buy a tag to kill a gray wolf...Montana, another state with a growing wolf population, already approved a 75-animal quota for its wolf hunt, which gets underway September 15 and lasts until November 29. Both hunts come just months after the predators were removed from protection under the federal Endangered Species Act." [National Geographic News]

New Clues in the Mass Death of Bees

"In late 2006, something strange began to happen to America's honeybees. Colonies that were once thriving suddenly went still, almost overnight. The worker bees that make hives run simply disappeared, their bodies never to be found. Over the past couple of years, nearly one-third of all honeybee colonies have collapsed this way, which led to a straightforward name for the phenomenon: colony collapse disorder (CCD)...The bees may be dying not from a single toxin or disease but rather from an assault directed by a collection of pathogens." [TIME]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Seeks Trial on Global Warming

"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, trying to ward off potentially sweeping federal emissions regulations, is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a rare public hearing on the scientific evidence for man-made climate change. Chamber officials say it would be "the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century" -- complete with witnesses, cross-examinations and a judge who would rule, essentially, on whether humans are warming the planet to dangerous effect." [Los Angeles Times]

U.S. Bans Expanded Commercial Fishing in the Arctic

"In an attempt to head off a major commercial fishing march into the Arctic, the Obama administration has declared a moratorium on expanded fishing in the still-uncharted waters of the far north, a move which as the nearly unprecedented support of both conservationists and the fishing industry." [Greenspace - Los Angeles Times]

OPINION

• Elizabeth Kolbert: What's Wrong With Eco-Stunt [The New Yorker]