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Oil Spill, Elections Weigh on the White House"

"At virtually every turn lately, the White House cannot shake the appearance that it is hamstrung and a step behind. From a major crisis such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to smaller and seemingly avoidable controversies over internal Democratic Party politics, President Obama and his team are on the defensive."

Source: Wash Post, 06/04/2010

"BP: Cap Gets Some Gulf Oil, Crude Still Spews"

"BP reported some oil was flowing up a pipe Friday from a cap it wrestled onto its broken Gulf of Mexico well but crude still spewed and it was unclear how much could be captured in the latest bid to tame the nation's worst oil spill."

Source: AP, 06/04/2010

"Governor Lingle Establishes Hawaii's First Surf Reserves"

"Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle today issued an executive order to establish surfing reserves at two of Hawaii's most important and well-known surfing areas. Both reserves are located in the state waters of the island of Oahu."

Source: ENS, 06/03/2010

"Special Report: Toxic America"

Tonight CNN completes its two-day special report, "Toxic America," detailing some of the ways Americans are exposed to toxic chemicals, their effects, and what can be done to reduce human exposure.

Source: CNN, 06/03/2010

"Yellowstone Bison: Hazed and Confused"

The roundup of bison that have strayed from their refuge in Yellowstone National Park, part of a Quixotic plan to protect domestic cattle from the disease brucellosis, is an example of Western environmental gridlock.

Source: High Country News, 06/03/2010

"Advocates: Upper Delaware Most Endangered US River"

The conservation group American Rivers released its list of the 10 most endangered American rivers. It ranks as most-threatened the Upper Delaware River, threatened by natural gas wells that use hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."

Source: AP, 06/03/2010

"Atomic Waste Gets 'Temporary' Home"

"Three months after the U.S. cancelled a plan to build a vast nuclear-waste repository in Nevada, the country's ad hoc atomic-storage policy is becoming clear in places like Wiscasset, Maine."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 06/03/2010

"Animal Waste on Factory Farms Comes Under Closer EPA Scrutiny"

"In a legal settlement that could affect the entire U.S. meat industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to identify and investigate thousands of factory farms that have been avoiding government regulation for water pollution with animal waste."

Source: ENS, 06/03/2010

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