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Reveal Household Cleaners' Ingredients, Enviros Urge

"Exactly what's in floor cleaner? What's stain remover made of? And what effects, if any, might they have on human health or the environment Environmental advocates want to know, and they asked a court Thursday to use a 1971 New York state law to force ... manufacturers ... to reveal just what makes up such household staples as Ajax, Ivory soap and Tide. The cleanser industry says that the legal case is unwarranted and that fears about health risks are misinformed."

Source: AP, 02/05/2010

"Administration Presses On for a 'Cap' on Carbon Emissions"

"The Obama administration's top climate adviser strongly defended a cap on emissions a day after the president suggested Congress might move an energy bill without such a cap in place."

Source: ClimateWire, 02/05/2010

"Mexico Starts Planting GM Corn, Activists Appeal"

"Capping a decade-long battle, private companies in Mexico have begun the first legal plantings of genetically modified corn, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday."

Source: AP, 02/04/2010

Anger as Health Officials Give up Hunt for Acreage Cancer Cause

"Outrage erupted among residents and politicians Wednesday after state health officials announced they don't plan to search for an environmental cause of [Palm Beach County community] The Acreage’s cancer cluster -- and instead will mount a campaign to raise 'awareness' about childhood brain cancer."

Source: Palm Beach Post, 02/04/2010

"Proposal to Link the Nation's Grid Sparks a Debate"

"The Tres Amigas transmission project in New Mexico, which seeks to link the nation's three power grids to share wind power across the United States, has attracted both eager allies and some determined foes."

Source: ClimateWire, 02/04/2010

"Penn State Investigates Researcher Over 'Climate-gate'"

"Penn State University announced Wednesday it had dismissed three of the most serious charges against one of its top climate researchers, Michael E. Mann, but would continue to probe if he violated academic standards of conduct in connection with Climate-gate, a series of e-mail exchanges that came to light after hackers pirated the University of East Anglia's server."

Source: Post Carbon, 02/04/2010

"Utah Gov Given $10,000 by Coal Co. Seeking Permit"

"On the same day Utah Gov. Gary Herbert sat down with a coal company that complained regulators were taking too long to issue a strip-mining permit, his campaign aides were cashing a $10,000 check from the company."

Source: AP, 02/04/2010

"U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's Gas Well Stake Raises Ethical Questions"

"Rep. Joe Barton has earned nearly $100,000 from an interest in natural gas wells that he purchased from a longtime campaign donor who also advised the congressman on energy policy, according to interviews and records."

Source: Dallas News, 02/04/2010

"An Industry Must Clean Up Its Century-Long Mess"

"In December, the Justice Department announced a settlement in one of the largest environmental bankruptcies in U.S. history. The American Smelting and Refining Company, known as Asarco, will pay a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution at 80 sites in as many as 20 states."

Source: NPR, 02/04/2010

"FTC Moves May Signal Start of 'Greenwashing' Crackdown"

"The Federal Trade Commission is expected to crack down on "greenwashing" when it updates its environmental marketing guidelines for the first time since 1998."

Source: Greenwire, 02/04/2010

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