"HOUSTON -- More than 80 environmental groups on Monday demanded a broad investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency behaved improperly when it abruptly dropped enforcement actions against a gas driller it had accused of contaminating water in Texas."
The labels meant to give consumers confidence in the sustainability of the seafood they buy may be deceptive.
"President Obama on Tuesday called North Korea's third successful nuclear test a 'highly provocative act' that 'undermines regional stability' and threatens action by the international community."
Freelance writer Christopher Ketcham is based in Brooklyn, New York, and Moab, Utah. His work has appeared in Harper's, Orion, The American Prospect, Vanity Fair, GQ, and more. He received a grant in the Winter 2012 cycle of the Fund for Environmental Journalism to report on the Colorado River in the context of Southwest sustainability.
"OAKLAND -- The pediatric inpatient unit was quiet, except for the deep, relentless coughing. It was the sound of asthma -- asthma out of control."
"Critics call on FDA and EPA to review popular anti-microbial's safety in light of new science."
"If the weather holds, NASA will launch its newest Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California late Monday morning."
"Officials are alarmed at the lack of awareness about the invisible gas that invades homes."
"Neal Carter wants to bring some interest and excitement to those big displays of apples in the local supermarket."
"Organised criminal gangs operating internationally are suspected of playing a major role in the horsemeat scandal that has seen supermarket shelves cleared of a series of products and triggered concerns about the contamination of the UK's food chain."
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[2] http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/groups-want-broad-epa-probe-of-tainted-texas-water-4269446.php
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sustainable-labeled-seafood-really-sustainable
[4] http://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171376509/is-sustainable-labeled-seafood-really-sustainable
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-calls-north-korea-nuclear-test-threat-us
[6] http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/11/earthquake-north-korea-nuclear-test/1911587/
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[9] http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22553890/pollution-takes-heavy-toll-bay-area-children-asthma
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[13] http://www.climatecentral.org/news/nasa-to-launch-new-earth-observing-satellite-15581
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[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/genetically-modified-apples-raise-concerns
[17] http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/809616-8/genetically-modified-apples-raise-concerns
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/horsemeat-scandal-blamed-international-fraud-mafia-gangs
[19] http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/09/horsemeat-scandal-international-fraud
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