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"Supplies, Roads Begin To Reach Communities Cut Off by Irene" [1]

"The Vermont National Guard will try today to reach the town of Wardsboro, the only Vermont town without a road — even a makeshift one — to the outside world."

Source: Burlington Free Press [2], 08/31/2011

"Field Book, S'mores, Bug Spray ... And Climate Education?" [3]

"The National Park Service sees an opportunity to educate the public on climate change by leveraging its rangers' authority and expertise. But progress remains sporadic."

Kate Johnson reports for the Daily Climate August 30, 2011. [4]

Source: Daily Climate [4], 08/30/2011

Feds: Earthquake May Have Exceeded Virginia Nuclear Plant's Safeguards [5]

"The earthquake that prompted the shutdown of a Virginia nuclear power plant last week may have been more severe than the plant’s reactors were designed to withstand, federal regulators said."

Source: E2 Wire [6], 08/30/2011

"Information on Drilling Fluids Hard To Come by in Pennsylvania" [7]

"Pennsylvania is one of only four states with regulations in place requiring drillers to disclose on a well-by-well basis the additives and chemicals used in fracturing fluid injected deep underground into oil and natural gas wells. But the state is the only one not to post the data on the Internet."

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [8], 08/30/2011

"State Officials Ignored Scientists in Approving Pesticide" [9]

"California’s former top pesticide regulatory official dismissed safety guidelines suggested by her own staff scientists on the grounds that they were 'excessive' and too onerous for the pesticide manufacturer, recently released internal documents show."

Source: California Watch [10], 08/30/2011

"GAO Faults EPA's 'Fragmented and Largely Uncoordinated' Research" [11]

"U.S. EPA still hasn't implemented 20-year-old recommendations to improve the management of its laboratories, leaving the agency's research and technical activities "fragmented and largely uncoordinated," the Government Accountability Office has found. The problems could impede EPA's ability to handle upcoming budget cuts as Congress looks for ways to reduce spending and pay down the deficit, the watchdog agency says.""

Source: Greenwire [12], 08/30/2011

"Hunting for a Mass Killer in Medieval Graveyards" [13]

The bubonic plague or Black Death that scourged Europe in the 1340s seems to have been far more virulent and contagious than the Yersinia pestis microbe that survives today. Now an old plague-era London cemetery is yielding DNA evidence that may begin to answer some of the mysteries.

Source: NY Times [14], 08/30/2011

"Germany Dims Nuclear Plants, but Hopes to Keep Lights On" [15]

"BIBLIS, Germany — Not since the grim period after World War II has Germany had significant blackouts, but it is now bracing for that possibility after shutting down half its nuclear reactors practically overnight.

Source: NY Times [16], 08/30/2011

"Register Investigation: Egg Farms Rack Up Violations" [17]

"One year after 1,900 people were sickened and a half-billion Iowa eggs were recalled, government inspectors continue to find unsanitary conditions and inadequate protections against salmonella on Iowa’s egg farms. None of the violations have resulted in fines or penalties from state or federal agencies, and Iowa’s egg producers still aren’t required to tell state officials when they find salmonella on their farms."

Source: Des Moines Register [18], 08/30/2011

"Bird Flu Back on the Rise, U.N. Warns" [19]

"Bird flu was in decline -- but health officials warned Monday that it appears to be on the rise again. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence" of the virus, which has crossed over from birds to infect 565 people and kill 331 of them since its appearance in 2003."

Source: LA Times [20], 08/30/2011

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