"New Culprit Seen in Ozone Depletion"
"Government scientists who study the depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer are pointing to a previously unheralded culprit: nitrous oxide."
Source: NYTimes, 08/28/2009
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Fire Crews Battle To Save Hundreds of Homes in California
"Fire crews were battling to save hundreds of homes that were threatened by two wildfires burning in dry, explosive brush near La Cañada Flintridge and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula."
Source: LA Times, 08/28/2009
Feds, State Sue Midwest Generation over Illinois Power Plant Emissions
The Justice Department and Illinois are suing Midwest Generation, charging the utility company with evading the Clean Air Act by not installing pollution controls when modernizing its plants. The move marks an Obama administration reversal of Bush policies.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/28/2009
The FACES of Coal Are Actually Clip Art
Another allegedly grass-roots PR campaign funded by the coal industry has been embarrassed by the revelation that photos of the "real" people who support coal were obtained from a commercial stock-photo outfit.
Source: Grist, 08/28/2009
"Recession Speeds Coal's Long-Term Decline"
"Declining industrial electricity demand and an abundance of cheap natural gas will threaten coal's status as the dominant U.S. fuel to generate electric power, even after the economic recession ends" say electric industry executives and analysts.
Source: Reuters, 08/28/2009
The Crap Shoot, Is Your Neighborhood Pool Making You Sick?
The Washington City Paper tested 27 public pools in the nation's capital and 37 percent of them came up positive for bacteria that can lead to outbreaks of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Shigella, norovirus, E. coli infection and other recreational water illnesses.
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Source: Washington City Paper, 09/19/2009
"Tomato Blight Spreading"
"If you've been waiting all season for that quintessential taste of summer -- a juicy, ripe tomato from the garden -- you might be disappointed. This year a tomato blight has swept across the Northeast and is moving into Midwestern gardens and farms."
Source: Environment Report, 08/27/2009
Florida: "EPA Agrees To Limit Fertilizer Pollution"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to set limits on nutrient pollution blamed for turning Florida’s waters into algae-choked messes."
Source: Naples News, 08/27/2009
"Scientists Detect Greenhouse Gas Buildup Over Alaska"
"Billions of tons of carbon are buried in the frozen Arctic tundra, now heating up because of human-caused climate change. To measure which greenhouse gases are being released and in what quantities, government scientists are flying instrument-laden planes over the tundra from now through November."
Source: ENS, 08/27/2009
"EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking"
"Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing."
Source: ProPublica, 08/27/2009
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