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"Climate Bill A Farm Income Boost, USDA Estimates"

"U.S. farmers and foresters could earn more money from carbon contracts than they pay in higher costs from legislation to control greenhouse gases, the Agriculture Department estimated on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 07/23/2009

"Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Continue To Spread"

Policies that allow small producers of alternative energy to sell it to utilities at or above market rates art catching on in the U.S. They could help revolutionize energy production.

Source: NYTimes, 07/23/2009

"Sending a City's Garbage up in Flames"

"Back in the 1980s and 90s, dozens of communities across the US built incinerators to get rid of their trash. Many of them financed the massive furnaces with bonds they're just now paying off. And now that those debts are off their books, some cities are re-thinking whether burning trash makes environmental and economic sense."

Source: Environment Report, 07/22/2009

"Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachian Streams"

"The environmental damage caused by mountaintop removal mining across Appalachia has been well documented. But scientists are now beginning to understand that the mining operations’ most lasting damage may be caused by the massive amounts of debris dumped into valley streams."

Source: YaleE360, 07/22/2009

"EPA Targets Contaminated Alaska Mines"

With a push from EPA and some stimulus money, two contaminated Alaskan mines will be cleaned up.

Source: Juneau Empire, 07/22/2009

"Predators Battle Bugs, Become Pests Themselves"

"Imported insects have been deployed as foot soldiers in the fight against invasive bugs and plants that cause billions of dollars in damage each year. But some of those imports are proving to be pests themselves that upset the balance of nature and threaten native species."

Source: AP, 07/22/2009

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"Climate Bill A Farm Income Boost, USDA Estimates"

"Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Continue To Spread"

"Sending a City's Garbage up in Flames"

"Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachian Streams"

"EPA Targets Contaminated Alaska Mines"

"Predators Battle Bugs, Become Pests Themselves"

"Onion Power: Tops, Tails and Skins Become Electricity"

"Climate Change Threatens Colo. River Water Supply"

"Warming Climate Threatens California Fruit And Nut Production"

"Informal World Climate Talks in Bonn in August"

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