"Utah Governor Turns Back Two Uranium Trains"
Utah has refused shipments of depleted uranium from the Department of Energy's Savannah River nuclear materials processing center in South Carolina.
Source: ENS, 03/01/2010
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"Report: Warming Climate Threatens Prairie Pothole Region"
"A new report shows predictions for a warming climate could be devastating to duck production in the Prairie Pothole Region."
Source: Grand Forks Herald, 03/01/2010
"Independent Board to Review Work of Top Climate Panel"
"An independent board of scientists will be appointed to review the workings of the world’s top climate science panel, which has faced recriminations over inaccuracies in a 2007 report, a United Nations environmental spokesman said Friday."
Source: Reuters, 03/01/2010
"Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A."
"Thousands of the nation's largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act's reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to interviews with regulators."
Source: NYTimes, 03/01/2010
Power Plants Hit Proposal to Block Use of Seawater for Cooling
"California water resources board plan, backed by environmentalists, would end practice of sucking in ocean water -- along with small animals, fish larvae and, occasionally, people -- to cool plants."
Source: LA Times, 03/01/2010
"Pesticide Exposure Deprives Yaqui Girls of Breastfeeding -- Ever"
A Univ. of Florida researcher has found that endocrine-disrupting agricultural pesticides have harmed the health of Yaqui people in Mexico. Among the effects: girls developing breasts that lack mammary tissue needed to produce milk.
Source: Indian Country Today, 03/01/2010
"1 in 4 Parents Buys Unproven Vaccine-Autism Link"
"One in four U.S. parents believes some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about vaccine risks think their children should be vaccinated. Most parents continue to follow the advice of their children's doctors, according to a study based on a survey of 1,552 parents. Extensive research has found no connection between autism and vaccines."
Source: AP, 03/01/2010
"'Pesticide Drift' Eluding Efforts To Combat It"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a petition from farm worker and public health advocates to ban pesticide spraying near schools, hospitals and child care centers."
Source: NPR, 03/01/2010
"Manure Becomes Pollutant as Its Volume Grows Unmanageable"
"Animal manure, a byproduct as old as agriculture, has become an unlikely modern pollution problem, scientists and environmentalists say."
Source: Wash Post, 03/01/2010
"Cyber Bullying Rises as Climate Data Are Questioned"
Climate scientists are the target of an organized campaign of hate mail and threats that they say seem calculated to silence them. And some say the bullying campaign seems to be inspired by media superstars.
Source: Daily Climate, 03/01/2010
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