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"Record Heat Hampers Efforts to Fight Wildfires" [1]

"MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. -- Searing, record-setting heat in the interior West didn't loosen its grip on firefighters struggling to contain blazes in Colorado, Utah and other Rocky Mountain states. Colorado has endured nearly a week of 100-plus degree days and low humidity, sapping moisture from timber and grass, creating a devastating formula for volatile wildfires across the state and punishing conditions for firefighters."

Source: AP [2], 06/26/2012

"Alaska Glacier Studied For Clues On Water Supply" [3]

"Anchorage is one of the few North American cities that depend on a glacier for most of their drinking water. The Eklutna glacier also provides some of the city's electricity, through hydro power. So a team of researchers is working to answer a very important question: How long will the glacier's water supply last?"

Source: NPR [4], 06/25/2012

"Lonesome George, Last-Of-His-Kind Galapagos Tortoise, Dies' [5]

"Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind and a conservation icon, died on Sunday of unknown causes, the Galapagos National Park said. He was thought to be about 100 years old."

Source: Reuters [6], 06/25/2012

"Hog Wild: Feral Pig Population Explodes In US" [7]

"An explosion of wild pig populations has become such a nuisance that hunting seasons are being flung wide open for wild hog across the nation."

Source: Reuters [8], 06/25/2012

Quechan Tribe Sues to Halt Construction of Wind Factory on Sacred Land [9]

The Quechan Tribe has filed suit to halt construction of the 112-turbine Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility on BLM-administered land in Southern California.

Source: Indian Country Today [10], 06/25/2012

"Latest Health Hazard in Gaza: Water That's Not Fit To Drink" [11]

"Too contaminated to drink and never in continuous supply because of the hours-long daily power shortages, the water in Gaza is causing widespread, chronic health problems and contributing to high rates of child mortality."

Source: Sydney Morning Herald [12], 06/25/2012

"Florida Struggles to Overcome Threats to Freshwater Springs" [13]

Florida's famous freshwater springs are in trouble. "The culprits, environmental experts say, are a recent drought in north-central Florida and decades of pumping groundwater out of the aquifer to meet the demands of Florida’s population boom, its sprinklers and its agricultural industry. To what degree the overconsumption of groundwater is to blame for the changes is being batted back and forth between environmentalists and the state’s water keepers.

Source: NY Times [14], 06/25/2012

"Slow-Moving Tropical Storm Debby Drenches Florida, Spawns Tornadoes" [15]

"MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Debby whipped Florida with bands of drenching rain Monday while its center was nearly stationary in the Gulf of Mexico. Its slow progress meant the most pressing threat from the storm was flooding, not wind.

Source: MSNBC [16], 06/25/2012

"Toll From Colorado Wildfire Raised To 248 Homes" [17]

"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --The total number of homes destroyed by a two-week old wildfire in northern Colorado was raised to 248 on Sunday as residents of a subdivision near Fort Collins learned that 57 more homes in their neighborhood had been lost, authorities said."

Source: AP [18], 06/25/2012

"Rio+20 Ends With Weak Text, Emboldened Observers" [19]

"Global leaders ended a U.N. development summit on Friday with what was widely considered a lackluster agreement, leaving many attendees convinced that individuals and companies, rather than governments, must lead efforts to improve the environment."

Source: Reuters [20], 06/25/2012

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