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"Fracking Wells Blamed for Polluted Water; Inspectors Overwhelmed"

"A widespread method of extracting natural gas by shooting chemical-laced water underground is a growing threat to water supplies in 28 states, say scientists, landowners and environmentalists." A Scripps Howard investigation finds overwhelmed state inspectors, thousands of violations, regulators paid by drilling royalties, political campaigns flush with gas money, and a system stacked for drillers and against public health.

Source: Scripps Howard, 11/19/2010

"Shadow of Sickness"

A possible cancer cluster near Spartansburg, S.C., has residents suspecting it was caused by illegal disposal of chemical wastes from a Hoechst chemical plant nearby.

Source: WSPA (Spartansburg), 11/19/2010

"Fishing Nations Force EU Retreat on Bluefin Tuna"

"France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations forced the European Union to retreat Thursday from an ambitious plan to save the threatened and prized bluefin tuna."

Source: AP, 11/19/2010

"Sacramento Considers Abandoning School Near Gas Line"

"In the aftermath of a deadly gas explosion in San Bruno this year, a Sacramento school district is considering the unthinkable: Closing a school in the middle of the school year and transferring all its students to another campus or campuses."

Source: Sacramento Bee, 11/19/2010

"Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Critiqued on Transparency"

"The Texas agency that regulates industrial pollution should be more responsive and transparent to the public, according to a state analysis released Thursday."

Source: Houston Chronicle, 11/19/2010

"British Beekeepers' Assn. To Stop Endorsing Bee-Killing Pesticides"

"The British Beekeepers' Association hastoday announced plans to end its controversial practice of endorsing pesticides in return for cash from leading chemical manufacturers."

Source: Guardian, 11/19/2010

"Greens Want Tighter Pollution Limits on Poultry Manure"

"The activist group Environment Maryland released a report today urging Maryland and the federal government to make big poultry companies more accountable for controlling polluted runoff from farms where their birds are being raised."

Source: Baltimore Sun, 11/19/2010

US, Kazakhstan Secure Weapons-Grade Plutonium From Soviet-era Reactor

"Enough plutonium and uranium to make 775 nuclear weapons has been removed from the BN-350 fast reactor in Kazakhstan, built to breed plutonium for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program, and placed in a secure storage facility to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons."

Source: ENS, 11/19/2010

Dems Cling to Hope of RES Bill This Session, Prepare for Next Year

"Key Senate Democrats continue to hope they can pass a renewable electricity standard and other smaller energy bills this year despite the dwindling time and interest in the lame-duck session."

Source: Greenwire, 11/19/2010

"Outlook Dim for Lame-Duck Omnibus Lands Package"

"Congress may lose its best chance to pass a suite of public lands proposals that would protect more than 2 million acres of federal lands as wilderness if it fails to move an omnibus measure in the lame-duck session, conservation groups say."

Source: Greenwire, 11/19/2010

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