Daily Roundup: March 24, 2009

Left Coal-ed: The EPA ruled today to halt hundreds of coal-mining permits while the environmental impact of removing mountaintops is evaluated. NPR

Heat is On: Kenya is battling blazes in four of its wildlife-rich national parks; some animals may be trapped in a crater. Officials suspect arson. ENN

NOAA Knows: New NOAA head Jane Lubchenco is proposing a national climate service to predict the effects of global warming, thereby helping decision-makers take climate change into account. Scientific American
 
Sea Ya: The survivors of a pod of beached whales and dolphins in Australia were returned to sea today. National Geographic

Al Be Darned: Al Gore announced today that he’ll follow An Inconvenient Truth with a second book, called Our Truth, to be published in November. Ecorazzi

--Avital Binshtock