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Enviros File Suit To Block Tar Sands Pipeline

"Less than two weeks after the State Department gave the go-ahead for a major new pipeline to carry Alberta oil sands crude into the United States, a network of environmental and Native American groups filed a lawsuit to stop it."

Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2009

"Low In The Vitamin D Department"

Many kids and adults aren't getting enough Vitamin D. The solution may be as simple as spending more time in the sun.

Source: Environment Report, 09/03/2009

"Smalltooth Sawfish Get More Federal Protection"

"They are not cute and cuddly, but the smalltooth sawfish is getting more federal protection in Southwest Florida waters."

Source: Naples News, 09/03/2009

"Spate of Gas Drilling Leaks Raises Marcellus Concerns"

"On New Year’s Day, 2009, in the tiny northeast Pennsylvania town of Dimock, a drinking-water well blew up because of a methane leak associated with natural-gas drilling nearby."

Source: ES&T, 09/03/2009

"Firefighters Wage 5-Day Battle To Save Mt. Wilson Observatory"

"In a mile-high duel, driven firefighters are determined to keep flames from the historic facility."

Source: LA Times, 09/03/2009

"Clean Split: Duke Energy Leaves Clean-Coal Group"

"Duke Energy’s departure from the star-crossed American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity seems to have less to do with the viability of clean coal than with the viability of the groups that promote it."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/03/2009

"Google-Backed Geothermal Company Suspends Test Project"

"Geothermal startup AltaRock Energy Inc on Wednesday said it has suspended its demonstration project in California due to geologic anomalies."

Source: Reuters, 09/03/2009

"BP Finds Giant Oil Field Deep in Gulf of Mexico"

"BP announced on Wednesday the discovery of what it characterized as a giant oil field several miles under the Gulf of Mexico, but it may take years to assess how much crude can actually be recovered."

Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2009

Speculators Now Dominate Oil Futures Market: Study

A new study using CFTC data shows that speculators have come to dominate the oil futures market since Congress eased commodity regulations in 2000.

Source: SPX, 09/03/2009

"California: Urging Water Rules Change"

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke asking them to reverse the federal government’s restrictions on water use intended to protect fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta."

Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2009

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