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"EPA Official: Cuts Will Undercut Pollution Forecasts, Waste Cleanups" [1]

"WASHINGTON -- A top environmental official is warning lawmakers that automatic spending cuts due next month would jeopardize EPA's ability to protect against oil spills, air pollution, and hazardous waste."

Source: AP [2], 02/19/2013

"Alaska Bill Would Undo Wilderness Restrictions in State Park" [3]

"JUNEAU -- A bill moving through the Alaska Legislature would eliminate wilderness restrictions in a portion of a state park in the Bristol Bay region so a utility can study a hydroelectric project on a lake where such development now is banned."

Source: Anchorage Daily News [4], 02/19/2013

"Seawater Desalination Plant Might Be Just a Drop in the Bucket" [5]

"In Carlsbad, the nation's largest desalination facility will require lots of energy — and money. It is expected to provide no more than a tenth of San Diego County ratepayers' overall water supply."

Source: LA Times [6], 02/19/2013

"UN, WHO Panel Calls Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals a 'Global Threat'" [7]

"An international team of experts reported [Tuesday] that evidence linking hormone-mimicking chemicals to human health problems has grown stronger over the past decade, becoming a 'global threat' that should be addressed."

Source: EHN [8], 02/19/2013

"The Top 10 Hardest-Hit States for Crop Damage" [9]

"The searing U.S. drought of 2012 devastated the nation’s corn crop, pushing yields down in some states to their lowest levels in nearly 30 years. According to recently-released numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Missouri, Illinois and Indiana were among the hardest hit Corn Belt states, with yields at 28-, 26-, and 22-year lows, respectively."

Source: Climate Central [10], 02/19/2013

"Coal: Texas Developer Cancels Power Plant, Blames Obama Climate Push" [11]

A Texas company quit plans to build a coal-fired power plant -- blaming President Obama's environmental rules, but admitting the low price of natural gas was a key reason.

Source: Greenwire [12], 02/19/2013

"High-Stakes Fight Over Soybeans at High Court" [13]

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case testing the reach of GMO companies' market power based on intellectual property claims -- and while environment and health are not immediately before the court, a case that could have wide impacts on both.

Source: AP [14], 02/19/2013

"Scientists Clash Over BPA: Do Low Doses Really Harm People?" [15]

"Are people exposed to doses of bisphenol A in their canned foods and other consumer products that can harm them? Or are the amounts too low to cause any harm? This is the crux of a vehement debate that is being waged as federal officials are trying to decide whether the chemical, known as BPA, should be regulated."

Source: ehn [16], 02/18/2013

"Ice Thaw Could Spell Bad News for Polar Bears" [17]

"A thaw of sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean last year sent extra plant food to exotic creatures on the deep sea floor in a shift that might leave polar bears hungry at the surface, scientists said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters [18], 02/18/2013

"Fairbanks Area, Trying To Stay Warm, Chokes on Wood Stove Pollution" [19]

"NORTH POLE, Alaska — In Krystal Francesco's neighborhood, known here as the 'rectangle of death,' the air pollution recently was so thick she could hardly see across the street. Wood stoves were cranking all over town — it was 40 below zero — and she had to take her daughter to the emergency room."

Source: LA Times [20], 02/18/2013

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