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"Calif. Blaze Could Signal Difficult Wildfire Season" [1]

"The blaze is one of more than 680 wildfires in the state this year — about 200 more than average."

Source: USA TODAY [2], 05/06/2013

"U.S. Commits To Protecting Loggerhead Sea Turtle Habitat By 2014" [3]

"The Obama administration has agreed by July 1 to map out areas to protect nesting beaches for endangered loggerhead sea turtles as part of a legal settlement with conservation groups."

Source: Reuters [4], 05/06/2013

"The Big Stories Then in the Clear Light of Now" -- The Garbage Barge [5]

"Dan Rather called it 'the most watched load of garbage in the memory of man.' It was 1987. A small town businessman had what seemed like a promising idea, to transport New York trash by barge to a landfill in North Carolina, where it would be converted into methane to heat homes. And then the news media latched on to the story."

Source: NY Times [6], 05/06/2013

"EPA Adds Safeguards To Spotlight Conflicts on Scientific Panels" [7]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced new safeguards Friday to prevent conflicts of interest or bias from tainting its science, including efforts to assess the dangers of toxic chemicals."

Source: Center for Public Integrity [8], 05/06/2013

Fertilizer Plant Blast: Does Post-9/11 Secrecy Make Your Life Riskier? [9]

"Following the fertilizer plant blast, Texas cited terror concerns in withholding information on dangerous chemicals. Some say that secrecy deprives citizens of the ability to make decisions about their safety."

Source: Christian Science Monitor [10], 05/06/2013

A Summit on Private Environmental Governance: Facing the Challenges of Voluntary Standards, Supply Chains and Green Marketing [11]

The conference will identify, for stakeholders across affected industries and NGOs, how sustainability initiatives, standard-setting, consumer protection and competition law work together in this important and rapidly developing area. Hosted by the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC.

"America's Fertilizer Keeps Blowing Up. It Doesn't Have To." [12]

"Europe and Australia long ago recognized the benefits of a fertilizer formula that doesn’t blow up. Here, the chemical industry fought back."

Source: Mother Jones [13], 05/03/2013

Belief In Biblical End-Times Stifling US Climate Change Action: Study [14]

"The United States has failed to take action to mitigate climate change thanks in part to the large number of religious Americans who believe the world has a set expiration date."

Source: Raw Story [15], 05/03/2013

"Australia’s Top Attorney to Argue Japan Whaling Case" [16]

"CANBERRA -- Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will argue Australia’s whaling case against Japan in a three week hearing before the International Court of Justice in the Hague beginning on June 26."

Source: ENS [17], 05/03/2013

"Decades-Old Question: Is Antibacterial Soap Safe?" [18]

"It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet. But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan -- the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of antibacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the U.S. -- is ineffective, or worse, harmful."

Source: Guardian [19], 05/03/2013

A Summit on Private Environmental Governance: Facing the Challenges of Voluntary Standards, Supply Chains and Green Marketing [11]

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