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"Missouri River Dams to Release Historic Rush of Water"

"Releases from six Missouri River reservoirs, already at historic levels, will be increased again this month, say water managers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."

Source: ENS, 06/07/2011

"As Decision on Grand Canyon Mining Nears, Sides Line Up"

"A moratorium on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon expires in six weeks, and the Interior Department is under pressure from conservation groups and mining companies over what to do about it."

Source: McClatchy, 06/07/2011

"Supreme Court Declines to Take GE Challenge of Superfund"

"The Supreme Court decided [Monday] not to take up General Electric Co.'s legal campaign over how U.S. EPA exercises its authority to order companies to clean up hazardous waste sites."

Source: Greenwire, 06/07/2011

"World Needs Refugee Re-Think For Climate Victims: U.N."

"The world must invent new ways to protect people driven from their homes by climate change without copying safeguards for those uprooted by wars or persecution, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 06/07/2011

"Japan Concedes Severity of Blast"

"Japan disclosed Monday that its nuclear accident was more severe in its first days than it had previously admitted -- casting new light on how Tokyo's early handling of the disaster briefly sent its relations with the U.S. into one of the tensest periods in years."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 06/07/2011

"TransCanada Says Keystone Resumes Shipping Crude Oil"

"TransCanada Corp's 591,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone pipeline resumed shipping crude oil, one week after being shut by a leak at a Kansas pumping station, the Calgary-based company said in a statement."

Source: Reuters, 06/07/2011

Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership (MoJo)

Mozilla and the Knight Foundation have partnered to bring web technologists and journalists together worldwide to invent the future of news. Submit your ideas for the opportunity to take part in the Knight-Mozilla Learning Lab in July 2011 and earn a paid, one-year Knight-Mozilla Fellowship at a leading news organization.