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"At REI, Is 'Carbon-Neutral' A Smoke Screen?"

"What do Nike, REI, the Vancouver Olympics, and the Washington state government have in common? They've all promised to eliminate their impact on the climate by going "carbon–neutral." REI aims to have zero output of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide by the year 2020. But since REI set the zero–impact goal, its emissions have been heading rapidly in the opposite direction."

Source: KUOW, 02/03/2010

"Biomonitoring Surge Faces Slowdown"

CDC has increased 10-fold the number of contaminants it tracks in people since starting its biomonitoring program in 2001. But the agency is hitting limits that likely will slow future growth, and no one else is picking up the slack, leaving us ignorant for years to come about more than 99% of the possible toxics in our bodies.

Source: EHP, 02/03/2010

"EPA Faces Lawsuits Over Pesticide Harms, Soot"

"The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity has put the U.S. EPA on notice that it intends to sue the agency for failing to adequately evaluate and regulate nearly 400 pesticides harmful to hundreds of endangered species across the country as well as human beings."

Source: ENS, 02/03/2010

"Green Groups Oppose Obama On Nuclear Power"

Environmental groups fear President Obama's plan to guarantee loans for private power companies to build nuclear plants -- loans too risky for free-market lenders to touch -- would be a set-up for another corporate bailout.

Source: NPR, 02/03/2010

"Lancet Retracts Study Tying Vaccine to Autism"

"The study that first suggested a link between vaccines and autism and spurred a long-running, acrimonious debate over the safety of vaccines has been retracted by the British medical journal that published it. The withdrawal supports the scientific evidence that vaccinations don't cause autism, but isn't likely to persuade advocacy groups that believe in a link."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 02/03/2010

"Obama To Outline Biofuels Strategy"

"President Barack Obama on Wednesday will outline a government strategy to boost development of U.S. biofuels and address their environmental challenges, an administration official said."

Source: Reuters, 02/03/2010

Panel To Examine Nuke Waste Options After Yucca

"The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the formation of a blue ribbon commission to evaluate policy options for a safe, long-term solution to America' growing piles of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants ...."

Source: ENS, 02/02/2010

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