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"Green Groups Sue U.S. Over Keystone Pipeline Project" [1]

"Three environmental groups sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, challenging claims in a State Department report that said a proposed Canada-to-Texas oil sands pipeline poses little risk to endangered species because spills on the line were unlikely."

Source: Reuters [2], 10/26/2011

7 Billion: "Water Use Rising Faster Than World Population" [3]

"Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn."

Source: Reuters [4], 10/26/2011

"Nigerians Seek $1 Billion From Shell Over Oil Spills" [5]

"ABUJA -- A Nigerian community from the oil-rich Niger Delta has filed a lawsuit in the United States seeking $1 billion in compensation from Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell for decades of pollution caused by oil spills."

Source: Reuters [6], 10/25/2011

"On Edge of Paradise, Coachella Workers Live in Grim Conditions" [7]

"THERMAL – At one end of Avenue 54, a road slicing through some of the most fertile land in the United States, resides the California of the popular imagination: a place of Bermuda shorts, putting greens and picture-window champagne dinners overlooking the infinity pool.

Source: California Watch [8], 10/25/2011

"Nebraska Legislature Plans Special Session on Keystone XL Project" [9]

"Nebraska Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has called the Legislature into special session next week to address growing concerns over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline would carry tar sands oil across one of the Midwest's most important aquifers.

The action throws a potentially significant new stumbling block into a Canadian company's hope of winning approval before the end of the year for the 1,700-mile pipeline, which would move diluted bitumen -- often heavy in sulfur, nickel and lead -- from Alberta to the Texas coast.

Source: LA Times [10], 10/25/2011

5-20 Million Tons of Debris From Japan’S Tsunami Moving Toward Hawaii [11]

"Some 5 to 20 million tons of debris--furniture, fishing boats, refrigerators--sucked into the Pacific Ocean in the wake of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami are moving rapidly across the Pacific. Researchers from the University of Hawaii tracking the wreckage estimate it could approach the U.S. West Coast in the next three years, the UK Daily Mail reports.

Source: Yahoo! [12], 10/25/2011

"Personal Eco-Concierges Ease Transition to Green" [13]

"They will run your errands by bicycle, recommend a spa that gives vegan manicures or buy organic clothes for you and your dog. They will even book you a dream vacation and buy the appropriate carbon offsets. Green living is just so much easier when you have your own personal environmental concierge."

Source: NY Times [14], 10/25/2011

"Slaughter of Horses Goes On, Just Not in U.S." [15]

"LINCOLN, Neb. -- The closing of the country’s last meat processing plant that slaughtered horses for human consumption was hailed as a victory for equine welfare. But five years later just as many American horses are destined for dinner plates to satisfy the still robust appetites for their meat in Europe and Asia."

Source: NY Times [16], 10/25/2011

"Solyndra-Linked Fundraiser Still Boosting Obama Campaign" [17]

"WASHINGTON -- A former Energy Department official linked to the failed Solyndra solar enterprise deal continues to raise campaign money for President Obama and helped plan a fundraising luncheon that the president will attend in San Francisco on Tuesday."

Source: LA Times [18], 10/25/2011

"Former Keystone Pipeline Lobbyist Hired By Obama Campaign" [19]

"President Obama's reelection campaign has hired a former lobbyist for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline as a top adviser."

Source: LA Times [20], 10/25/2011

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