"A Nuclear Giant Moves Into Wind"
Green (NYT), 09/02/2010"BP Tripled Ad Spending After Spill"
Green (NYT), 09/02/2010"Heat Waves Are Bad For (Even The Healthiest) Lungs"
NPR, 09/02/2010"Duke Energy May Close Several Coal-Fired Power Plants"
Charlotte Observer, 09/02/2010"Protest Shuts Down Oil Rig off Greenland"
Green (NYT), 09/02/2010"Is Genetically Altered Fish OK? U.S. To Decide"
Reuters, 09/02/2010"Judge Orders Pricey Selenium Cleanup at 2 Coal Mines"
McClatchy, 09/02/2010
In Other News Around the Net
- The connection between global warming and increasingly prevalent insect infestations is tenuous, say experts, although climate is driving certain insect population changes.
The cap was removed Thursday as a prelude to raising the massive piece of equipment underneath that failed to prevent the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
- Using a diamond-anvil cell to recreate the high pressures deep within the earth, researchers have found unusual properties in an iron-rich magnesium- and iron-oxide mineral that may explain the existence of several ultra-low velocity zones at the core--mantle boundary.
- Reuters - The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.
All 13 people aboard the rig, which exploded Thursday morning, were rescued from the water. The Coast Guard said initial reports of an oil sheen on the water could not be confirmed.


