Hidden ties: Big environmental changes backed by big industry. ES&T has examined in detail one short-lived 'grassroots' environmental organization that represents a new form of grassroots environmentalism siding with corporate causes. [News Source]

With avian flu spreading, U.S. to expand its testing. The U.S. government, bracing for the possibility that migrating birds could carry a deadly strain of bird flu to North America, plans to test nearly eight times as many wild birds this year as have been tested in the past decade. [News Source]

Foie gras, duck a l’orange endangered as France fights bird flu fears. Vaccines aim to protect the French farmer's flock from the lethal strain of bird flu, but no inoculation can shield Europe's poultry industry from consumer fears that have sent sales plummeting. [News Source]

Europe draws on past crises in bird flu fight. European governments can draw on a rich experience of food crises as they grapple with bird blu but the threat from H5N1 remains hard to manage. [News Source]