Border fence will skirt environmental laws: Homeland Security announces that it will waive regulations in order to complete the fence along the southern U.S. border by the end of this year. [LA Times]
Deadly Frog Fungus Spreads in Virus-Like Waves: A frog-killing fungus in Central and South America spreads in waves like other infectious diseases, challenging a theory that climate change is to blame, a new study says. [National Geographic]
GM takes a decade to clear: Rules to plant genetically-modified crops such as oil seed rape may have to be tightened. A study published today shows GM seeds can persist for at least a decade, after earlier studies had suggested the duration was as short as two years. [Telegraph]
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