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"E-Mail Shows Senior Energy Official Pushed Solyndra Loan" [1]

"WASHINGTON — A senior Energy Department official pushed hard for the government’s $535 million loan to the now-bankrupt California solar energy company Solyndra even after he had disclosed that his wife’s law firm represented the company and he had promised to recuse himself from matters related to the loan application, according to e-mails provided to Congressional investigators by the administration.

Source: NY Times [2], 10/10/2011

After 3 Decades, West Ponders Action on Cancer-Causing Erionite [3]

"Mesothelioma, an exceedingly rare and lethal form of cancer, was once thought to be caused only by inhaling asbestos fibers. Then in the late 1970s, when astonishing rates of the disease were reported among villagers in central Turkey, it turned out that a different fibrous mineral was the culprit. Erionite was abundant in native soil and stone, and so easy to work with that villagers had used it to build homes."

Source: FairWarning [4], 10/10/2011

"A Death From Cancer, and a Search for Answers" [5]

"FREDERICK -- Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen. When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment, the Frederick native thought of Fort Detrick. His children had grown up near the Army base."

Source: Baltimore Sun [6], 10/10/2011

"Ambitions in Check on Global Climate Deal" [7]

"PANAMA CITY — With just weeks to go before UN talks on climate change open in South Africa, negotiators have shifted their goal from striking a historic deal to ensuring that the global system survives."

Source: AFP [8], 10/10/2011

"Controversial Decision Awaits as Hearings on Oil Sands Pipeline Ends" [9]

"WASHINGTON — With the formal debate over on Friday, a decision on an oil pipeline that will cross America's heartland and open up a greater market for Canada's oil sands now rests with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton."

Source: McClatchy [10], 10/10/2011

"Why This Prominent UK Enviro Caused a National Security Freakout" [11]

"Why did the FBI detain and question a 62-year-old British environmentalist upon his arrival at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport? The bureau won't say, and the activist, who was subsequently shipped back to London, never got a clear explanation." The answer, it seems, involves superglue.

Source: Mother Jones [12], 10/07/2011

"EPA Rolls Back Air Rule; Texas Gets Most Leeway" [13]

"HOUSTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed easing new pollution restrictions that angered several states and infuriated GOP presidential contender Texas Gov. Rick Perry."

Source: AP [14], 10/07/2011

"Greens Join Occupy Wall Street" [15]

Green climate activists have declared their solidarity with the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.

Source: Grist [16], 10/07/2011

"New Sleuths for Food Safety" [17]

"Inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration are searching fields in Colorado's Rocky Ford region for clues as to how cantaloupes grown there this summer caused at least 100 illnesses and 18 deaths. But if a new law had been in place, they might have been there before the outbreak."

Source: Wall St. Journal [18], 10/07/2011

"Explosion Rocks Regina Refinery" [19]

"REGINA -- Shaken by an explosion that some described as a massive fireball, workers huddled in groups in the fields surrounding the Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Ltd. (CCRL) in north Regina on Thursday afternoon. Ten construction workers were injured in the explosion. Eight were taken to hospital to be treated for burns, two were treated at the site."

Source: Regina Leader-Post [20], 10/07/2011

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