"New Polar Bear Rule Sent To White House"
"Protection for polar bears' shrinking icy habitat is the subject of a proposed rule sent to the White House by the Interior Department."
Source: Reuters, 11/03/2009
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"Court Orders DOE to Reconsider Calif. Washing-Machine Standard"
"The Energy Department must reconsider California's energy- and water-saving standards for residential washing machines, a federal court ruled [last] week."
Source: Greenwire, 11/03/2009
"IUCN Red List: 17,291 Species Threatened"
"The 2009 edition of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was released today, and the news isn't good: 17,291 species out of 47,677 assessed species, or 36 percent, are threatened with extinction."
Source: Scientific American, 11/03/2009
"Bush's Stream-Buffer Rule for Mining Will Remain Until 2011"
"The Interior Department will leave in place George W. Bush-era changes to a rule designed to protect streams from mountaintop-removal coal mining until 2011, according to court documents filed by the Obama administration Friday."
Source: Greenwire, 11/03/2009
"Toxic Waste Trickles Toward New Mexico's Water Sources"
"More than 60 years after scientists assembled the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, lethal waste is seeping from mountain burial sites and moving toward aquifers, springs and streams that provide water to 250,000 residents of northern New Mexico."
Source: LA Times, 11/03/2009
"Soy Foods: Eating Too Much of a Good Thing Might Be Bad, Scientists Say"
"Americans consume over $4 billion of soy foods each year because of their many health benefits. But new studies suggest that eating large amounts of soy's estrogen-mimicking compounds might reduce fertility in women, trigger early puberty and disrupt development of fetuses and children."
Source: EHN, 11/03/2009
"America's Most Toxic Cities"
"In Atlanta, Ga., you'll find southern gentility, a world-class music scene--and 21,000 pounds of environmental waste. In spite of its charms, the city's combination of air pollution, contaminated land and atmospheric chemicals makes it the most toxic city in the country."
Source: Forbes, 11/03/2009
"Study Finds BPA in Most Canned Foods"
"A new test conducted for Consumer Reports magazine found bisphenol A leaching into food from nearly all cans, including those marked 'BPA-free' and 'organic.'"
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/03/2009
"Cleaning Dirty Air Risks Costlier Arizona Water"
"The Navajo Generating Station, the huge coal-fired power plant outside Page, supplies a fraction of Arizona's electricity demand, but its role in moving water to the state's largest cities has thrust it into a growing battle over the cost of cleaning up air pollution."
Source: Arizona Republic, 11/02/2009
"Perfect Storm for Fish Kill"
"A massive fish kill at the 38 mile long Dunkard Creek on the West Virginia–Pennsylvania border has scientists and regulators wondering what went wrong. All signs point to the toxic golden algae but some say it was the polluted creek, with high levels of chloride, which provided ripe conditions for the fish kill."
Source: Living on Earth, 11/02/2009
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