Today we debut a new running feature here on Greenlight--a daily roundup of all the environmental news that's worth your time and attention.  You're busy, and there's a lot of noise out there in the media, so let Greenlight be your filter.  Without further adieu...

Friday, March 6th

Must Read

Endangered Species Act Now Less Endangered

Back in the dark days of December, the Bush administration cut a leg out from under the Endangered Species Act, waiving requirements for federal agencies to consult with actual wildlife experts "over decisions that may affect threatened or endangered species."  Well, President Obama just suspended that widely-criticized "midnight regulation."  [Washington Post]

Whereto the Nukes?

After 25 years of planning at a cost of about $10.4 billion, Yucca Mountain will not be used to store nuclear waste.   The Obama administration budget just released "cuts off almost all funding for creating a permanent burial site for a large portion of the nation's radioactive nuclear waste at the site in the Nevada desert."  The decision is being applauded by most greens, but it also "raises new questions about what to do with radioactive waste from the nation’s nuclear power plants." [New York Times]

Should Read

What's In a Name?

Glacier National Park will lose its glaciers by 2020, ten years ahead of the oft-repeated prediction of when the park's namesakes would disappear by.  [National Geographic]

Shades of Green

Where do you fall in the new socio-environmental spectrum: "Bright Green, Light Green, Dark Green, Gray?"  [Worldchanging]

Second Life for NeverGen FutureGen

A "clean coal" demo project in Illinois is resurrected (despite the fact that there's no such thing as "clean coal"), and $1 billion will go towards building a coal-fired power plant called FutureGen that aims to reduce emissions by 90%. [Washington Post]

Fun Read

24 goes carbon neutral, ensuring the greenest car chases and cleanest dirty bomb explosions.