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"Lawyers From Suits Against Big Tobacco Target Food Makers" [1]

Lawyers who won hundreds of millions suing tobacco companies have now set their sights on a big payday from food manufacturers. They are filing suits alleging that food companies are "misleading consumers and violating federal regulations by wrongly labeling products."

Source: NY Times [2], 08/21/2012

"11-Mile Stretch of Mississippi River Closed" [3]

"MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said."

Source: AP [4], 08/21/2012

"Arctic Sea Ice Likely To Hit Record Low Next Week" [5]

"Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to a record small size sometime next week, and then keep on melting, a scientist at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center said on Monday."

Source: Reuters [6], 08/21/2012

"Edison To Lay Off 730 Workers at San Onofre" [7]

"Southern California Edison announced plans to cut nearly one-third of its workforce at the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant, raising new questions about whether the plant will ever return to full operations."

Source: LA Times [8], 08/21/2012

"Nuclear Power Industry's Shady Payments Since Fukushima Crisis" [9]

"The nuclear power industry has made behind-the-scenes payments to the tune of at least 3.18 billion yen ($40 million) to six local governments hosting nuclear-power related facilities since the Fukushima disaster last year."

Source: Asahi Shimbun [10], 08/21/2012

"Sizing Up Romney and Obama Energy Plans" [11]

"What do the energy and environment policies of President Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney bode for the country?"

Source: National Journal [12], 08/21/2012

"Chevron Refinery Fire a 'Close Call'" [13]

"RICHMOND -- The chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board toured the scene of the Chevron refinery fire Monday and released photos of the gigantic vapor cloud that loomed over Richmond before it caught fire."

Source: San Francisco [14], 08/21/2012

"How A Biofuel Dream Called Jatropha Came Crashing Down" [15]

" ... wouldn't it be lovely if somebody came up with a biofuel that didn't take food out of people's mouths? A few years ago, some people thought they'd found it: A miracle tree called Jatropha. Unfortunately, the miracle turned out to be a mirage."

Source: NPR [16], 08/21/2012

Analysis: "The Cost of Cool" [17]

"THE blackouts that left hundreds of millions of Indians sweltering in the dark last month underscored the status of air-conditioning as one of the world’s most vexing environmental quandaries."

Source: NY Times [18], 08/21/2012

N. Calif. Wildfire Rages; Lightning Sparks Blazes Across West [19]

"MANTON, Calif. — Aided by a shift in wind direction, firefighters made a stand against a huge lightning-sparked wildfire burning on the edge of three small Northern California towns."

Source: AP [20], 08/21/2012

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