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"Grizzly Bears Vanishing From Canada's Great Bear Rainforest"

"It's called the Great Bear Rainforest, but few grizzly bears have been seen on British Columbia's north and central coast this year. Conservationists and bear viewing guides are blaming the disappearance of the bears on the overfishing of salmon, their main food source."

Source: ENS, 09/10/2009

"Oil Rises on Lower Dollar, Stockpiles as OPEC Maintains Output"

"Crude oil rose for a fourth day in New York as the falling dollar spurred investors to buy commodities as a counter against inflation and an industry report showed a decline in U.S. inventories. Oil also gained after OPEC agreed to maintain output targets."

Source: Bloomberg, 09/10/2009

"Senate Dems Send Small Signs of Progress on Climate Bill"

"Key Senate Democrats insisted that they are making incremental progress on a comprehensive global warming bill as they returned to Capitol Hill yesterday following a monthlong break where health care reform surged to the top of Congress' legislative agenda."

Source: ClimateWire, 09/10/2009

"Judge Allows Gray Wolf Hunt To Proceed in Idaho and Montana"

"With four gray wolves having been killed in Idaho since Sept. 1, a federal judge has cleared the way for legal hunting of the once-endangered predators to proceed."

Source: LA Times, 09/10/2009

"Another Company Leaves 'Mixed Messaging' Coal Alliance"

"Another member of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is leaving the coal-and-utility trade group, citing concerns about whether the alliance wants to obstruct legislation to cap greenhouse gas emissions."

Source: Greenwire, 09/10/2009

Could Smart Meters Allow Privacy Invasion?

The Philadelphia Inquirer explores the implications of an electric meter that knows when you are sleeping, when you are awake, and a lot more besides.

Government Clinical Trials Database Is Missing Data

The Sunlight Foundation's Real Time Investigations blog explains the problems with a registry containing information on more than 78,000 clinical trials.

Law Allows Astroturf Roots Cover-Up

Current law has no disclosure requirements for fake grass-roots lobbying — such as that of a coal industry campaign to stop climate legislation which sent forged letters to members of Congress, pretending to be from minority and community organizations.

Did EPA Hide Atrazine Risks?

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund uncovers EPA's failure to warn people in at least four states about unsafe levels of the weedkiller atrazine in their wellwater.

EPA Releases All Responses to Coal Ash Survey

The data, from hundreds of facilities in 35 states, provide reporters the raw material for hundreds of local stories.

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