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"Arctic Ice Cap To Disappear in 20-30 Years: Study"

"The Arctic ice cap will vanish completely in summer months within 20-30 years, polar researchers said Thursday, sounding the alarm two months before a critical climate change summit in Copenhagen."

Source: AFP, 10/16/2009

"OMB Endocrine Directive Draws Industry Cheers, Enviro Jeers"

"The Office of Management and Budget has instructed U.S. EPA to use existing toxicity data rather than require companies to conduct new tests to determine whether chemicals can damage the human endocrine system."

Source: Greenwire, 10/16/2009

"Hybrid Cars Dominate EPA List of Top 10 Fuel Sippers"

"More automakers are joining the trend. Nine of the top 10 vehicles in the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy rankings for the 2010 model year are hybrids, made by six companies."

Source: LA Times, 10/16/2009

Probe of Toxic Exposure by KBR Falls Flat

Despite Democrats' promises, a Congressional investigation into whether military contractor KBR knowingly exposed soldiers to toxic sodium dichromate in Iraq seems to be going nowhere.

Source: DC Bureau, 10/15/2009

New York To Ban Use of Coal Ash at Cement Plant

"The state is poised to ban the use of mercury-tainted coal fly ash at a Ravena cement plant that is the state's second largest source of airborne mercury pollution."

Source: Albany Times-Union, 10/15/2009

"Agriculture Critic's Appearance Angers University Alumni"

A big-money rancher alumnus caused Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to change a scheduled lecture by best-selling sustainable food writer Michael Pollan -- raising questions about academic freedom.

Source: LA Times, 10/15/2009

"Report: Coal Plant Would Add 'Harmful' Amount of Mercury To Chesapeake Bay"

"A proposed coal-fired power plant in Surry County (Va.) would add 'significant and harmful' amounts of mercury and other pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay and several river systems in coastal Virginia already suffering from excessive mercury levels, a study released Wednesday concludes."

Source: Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, 10/15/2009

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"Arctic Ice Cap To Disappear in 20-30 Years: Study"

"OMB Endocrine Directive Draws Industry Cheers, Enviro Jeers"

"Hybrid Cars Dominate EPA List of Top 10 Fuel Sippers"

Probe of Toxic Exposure by KBR Falls Flat

New York To Ban Use of Coal Ash at Cement Plant

"Agriculture Critic's Appearance Angers University Alumni"

"Report: Coal Plant Would Add 'Harmful' Amount of Mercury To Chesapeake Bay"

"The Trouble Facing Canadian Rivers"

"Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight"

"Curbing Climate Change by Sealing Gas Leaks"

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