"Japan's Creeping Natural Disaster"
"Age-old farming methods helped to cultivate this country's wealth of plant and animal species. But now, as rural areas empty of people, that rich biodiversity is put at risk."
Source: Japan Times, 08/24/2009
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"Oil Spill Worsens as Explosion Risk Delays Clean-Up"
"A dangerous oil spill off the far north coast of Western Australian will take at least seven weeks to clean up and cost the company that owns the drilling rig tens of millions of dollars."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 08/24/2009
"In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand"
In Brazil's epicenter of deforestation, an environmental group is offering farmers cash to let the forest stand. The question is whether they can make more by clearing the land and farming it.
Source: NYTimes, 08/24/2009
Toxics-Burning NY Cement Kilns Exceed Federal Emissions Limits
Blue-collar residents near New York's only hazardous waste incinerator worry about strange odors. An investigation showed the plant's emissions are not what they are supposed to be.
Source: Albany Times-Union, 08/24/2009
"Forgotten Pesticide Dump Spurs Fears in Rural Nevada"
Some residents are worried about a rural Nevada dump where decades of toxic refuse lie buried in shallow trenches.
Source: Reno Gazette Journal, 08/24/2009
"Demand for Tariffs in Global-Warming Legislation Splits Allies"
"Midwestern Democrats, who want duties placed on countries who don't limit greenhouse gas emissions, are at odds with Obama."
Source: LA Times, 08/24/2009
"Majority of 'Energy Citizens' Rallies Organized by Oil-Industry Lobbyists"
Investigation shows that even the local organizers of astroturf rallies against climate legislation are registered oil lobbyists.
Source: Grist, 08/24/2009
"Lawsuit Questions Safety of Herbicide"
"A class action lawsuit representing water districts throughout Illinois cites recent research contending atrazine in drinking water is unsafe at any level, even measurements well below U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines."
Source: Peoria Journal Star, 08/24/2009
"Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass"
New research suggests that atrazine, a popular weed killer found in some drinking water, causes birth defects and health problems at concentrations lower than previously thought.
Source: NYTimes, 08/24/2009
"BPA Industry Fights Back"
"For decades, the chemical industry has been able to control the debate on whether BPA is harmful to human health. Now the Food and Drug Administration, which had relied on industry-financed studies to declare the chemical safe, is reconsidering its determination. ... Plastics makers [have launched a campaign] to fight federal regulation of BPA, downplay its risks and discredit anyone who characterizes the chemical as a health threat."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08/24/2009
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