Daily Roundup: April 9, 2010
Back To You, Skeptics: A new survey reveals that the majority of TV weather forecasters don't believe in human-caused global warming. NPR
One Step Back: Officials in the Northeastern U.S. claim that new federal climate-change legislation could actually weaken some of the laws they already have in place. Boston Globe
Denying the Detractors: Countries opposed to the Copenhagen Accord, such as Bolivia and Ecuador, won't receive the funds initially allotted to them under Obama's Global Climate Change initiative, a new budget revealed today. Washington Post
Evolutionary Evidence: A pair of 2 million-year-old hominid fossils was found in South Africa, signaling a previously undiscovered branch of the human evolutionary tree. Los Angeles Times
Waste Not: The Obama administration has taken a stand on nuclear power but is still contemplating where to dispose of waste produced by the power source. NPR
--Jessi Phillips