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"A Gritty Problem: New Bedford Built Schools, Homes on Old Dump"
Boston Globe, 08/17/2009The redevelopment of a New Bedford waste dump raises toxic threats to homes, schools, and churches.
"Montreal Exports Its Bike-Sharing Program"
NYTimes, 08/14/2009Montreal's successful bike-sharing program will be copied in Boston and London.
"Sacramento Judge Tentatively Rules Against Bid To List Styrene as Carcinogenic"
Sacramento Bee, 08/14/2009"A Sacramento judge sided with the styrene industry and against state environmental officials on Wednesday in ruling that the chemical doesn't have to be listed under Proposition 65 as a cause of cancer."
"French Winemakers Sound Alarm Over Climate Change"
NYTimes, 08/14/2009"Leading figures from the French wine and food industries are urging their government to push for a strong global agreement at a United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in December, warning that failure to cut greenhouse gases will devastate their sector."
"Study Finds Big Storms on a 1,000-Year Rise"
ClimateWire, 08/14/2009"The North Atlantic Ocean has spawned more hurricanes and tropical storms over the last decade than it has since a similarly stormy period 1,000 years ago, according to a new study."
"An Electric Chopper? What Would Dennis Hopper Think?"
Christian Science Monitor, 08/14/2009Orange County Choppers has built a custom motorcycle that can go 100 mph without waking up a baby. It's electric.
"Florida, Federal Officials Reach Deal for Everglades Restoration"
McClatchy, 08/14/2009"Water managers and the White House signed a crucial contract Thursday that promises a much-needed infusion of federal dollars for the Everglades."
Utah, Nevada Draft Plan for Sharing Snake Valley Aquifer
Deseret News, 08/14/2009"After four years of negotiations, Utah and Nevada officials have created a draft agreement for management of the controversial Snake Valley aquifer straddling both states."
"U.S. and Mexico To Work on Border Conservation"
Reuters, 08/14/2009The US and Mexico are joining forces to enhance conservation in the area around Big Bend, in Texas, and El Carmen in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.
"Obama Admin Breathes New Life Into Long-Delayed Great Lakes Restoration Program"
Greenwire, 08/14/2009"EPA is rolling out a new package of restoration programs that could begin shifting the Great Lakes back toward ecological health. The program, known as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, is backed by a $475 million pledge from the White House and House of Representatives, which approved full funding for the program in June."
"Millions of Salmon Disappear From Canadian River"
Reuters, 08/14/2009"Millions of sockeye salmon have disappeared mysteriously from a river on Canada's Pacific Coast that was once known as the world's most fertile spawning ground for sockeye."
"Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle"
Mother Jones, 08/13/2009Fiji water is in fashion. Alleged to be pure. And a brutal military dictatorship threatens prison and rape for any journalist who may suggest otherwise.
"New Plan Would Add Oversight But Delay Hanford Nuclear Cleanup"
Portland Oregonian, 08/13/2009"Cleanup of the nation's biggest nuclear mess would take nearly two decades longer than planned under an agreement endorsed Tuesday by the governors of Washington and Oregon."
"Amaranth Settles Charges of Market Manipulation"
, 08/13/2009"Amaranth Advisors, a hedge fund that collapsed in 2006, agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle accusations from regulators that it tried to manipulate natural gas futures."
"Bush Mining Rule to Stand"
NYTimes, 08/13/2009"A federal judge let stand a Bush administration rule that makes it easier for companies involved in mountaintop coal mining to dump debris near streams."

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