Daily Roundup: January 4, 2011

Give and Learn: Google donated $4 million to NatureBridge, an environmental education provider affiliated with the National Park Service. Ecorazzi

Power of Water: Flooding in Queensland, Australia, disrupted the country's coal production and exportation. Reuters

Reality TV: Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay said he was harassed at gunpoint while investigating the shark-fin trade in Costa Rica. TreeHugger

(Not So) Green Light: The Interior Department eased some of its post-BP-spill environmental restrictions, which will allow 13 companies to resume deepwater-drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Los Angeles Times and Reuters

Go Fish: The EPA approved California's plan to improve water quality in the Klamath River. The proposed pollution-reduction measures are expected to restore salmon fisheries. EPA

--Della Watson