"White House Takes a More Modest Plan B to Cancun Climate Talks"
"This is what the 2010 midterm elections will change about U.S. climate policy: Cap-and-trade was dead. Now it will be deader."
Source: Wash Post, 11/22/2010
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"Nations That Debate Coal Use Export It to Feed China’s Need"
"Even as developed countries close or limit the construction of coal-fired power plants out of concern over pollution and climate-warming emissions, coal has found a rapidly expanding market elsewhere: Asia, particularly China."
Source: NYTimes, 11/22/2010
Pioneering Chicago Climate Exchange Fades into Sunset
"A tough political atmosphere in which Congress backed away from comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation may have been the nail in the coffin for one of the voluntary carbon market's early pioneers."
Source: Reuters, 11/22/2010
Coal Ash Raises Environmental Justice Issues in Rural Maryland
"The winding Mataponi Creek looks clear in the sunlight, with marsh grasses lining its banks. But some of the coal ash waste from a nearby power plant is also coursing through its waters, and residents are worried it is contaminating their well water."
Source: Wash Post, 11/22/2010
"Governor Declares Emergency Over Water Contamination in Barstow"
"High levels of perchlorate were found in the Mojave Desert city's water supply. Residents have been flocking to grocery stores to buy water, and the school district is prepared to provide students with bottled water when classes resume Monday."
Source: LA Times, 11/22/2010
"U.S.-Backed Pesticide Spraying in Guatemala Draws Fire"
"For most of three decades, the U.S. has financed massive aerial spraying of pesticides over a large part of Guatemala in an attempt to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly, but common precautions to limit exposure to the toxic chemicals are not being followed."
Source: Scripps Howard, 11/22/2010
"AP IMPACT: Cadmium, Lead Found in Drinking Glasses"
"Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from 'The Wizard of Oz' exceed federal limits for lead in children's products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testing commissioned by The Associated Press."
Source: AP, 11/22/2010
Can Canada Put Bite Into Foreign Food Inspections?
"Every day, a rising tide of foreign food makes its way onto Canadian grocery shelves, the vast majority of it entering this country untouched by federal inspectors."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 11/22/2010
"US Doctors Say Chemicals Can Cause Cancer"
"Dr Linda Giudice has treated thousands of patients over the years with a range of troubling reproductive disorders, and this week, she joined health experts and a young mother in fingering chemicals as the probable cause."
Source: AFP, 11/22/2010
"Over 10,000 Ground Zero Plaintiffs Settle for $817 Million"
"Attorneys representing the 10,043 eligible plaintiffs who were injured by exposure to toxics while working in rescue, recovery and debris removal operations at the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks confirmed today that they have met the 95 percent opt-in threshold required in their agreement with the City of New York and its contractors."
Source: ENS, 11/22/2010
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