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"Explosion at French Nuclear Site Leaves One Person Dead" [1]

"PARIS — One person was killed and four were injured Monday afternoon in an explosion at a nuclear waste treatment site in southern France, according to the French Nuclear Safety Authority."

Source: NY Times [2], 09/13/2011

"Kenya Gasoline Blast Kills at Least 61" [3]

"Nairobi, Kenya, and Johannesburg -- More than 60 people died Monday in a densely populated Nairobi slum after an explosion and fire caused by gasoline from a leaking pipe. At least 116 badly burned people, many of them children, were taken to hospitals. Many were not expected to survive, as medical staff struggled with shortages of blood for transfusions."

Source: LA Times [4], 09/13/2011

Industry, White House May Suppress EPA List of "Chemicals Of Concern" [5]

"The White House is under pressure from two democratic senators to release a list of chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency says could endanger human health or the environment. This so-called chemicals of concern list would include eight phthalates, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and bisphenol A."

"The chemical industry has attempted to block release of EPA’s proposed list over the past year.

Source: C&EN [6], 09/13/2011

"Ancient Incan Agriculture Revived Due To Climate Change" [7]

"Ancient Andean crops and farming methods are revived as Peruvians struggle to deal with the effects of climate change."

Source: PRI/The World [8], 09/12/2011

"NRC Allows Closure of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump" [9]

"A divided Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday allowed the Obama administration to continue plans to close the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada."

Source: AP [10], 09/12/2011

Japan: "Effect of Contaminated Soil on Food Chain Sparks Fears" [11]

"Six months after the nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture, the public's awareness of the threat posed by radiation is entering a new phase: the realization that the biggest danger now and in the future is from contaminated soil."

Source: Japan Times [12], 09/12/2011

"Pakistan Seeks Foreign Help After Monsoon Floods" [13]

"ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani sought international help on Saturday after weeks of monsoon rains killed 141 people and displaced more than 4 million in southern Sindh province."

Source: Reuters [14], 09/12/2011

"FBI Comes Knocking After Federally Backed Solyndra Fails" [15]

"SAN JOSE, Calif. — Federal agents searched Solyndra Inc.'s Fremont, Calif., headquarters Thursday, just days after the high-profile solar manufacturer filed for bankruptcy protection and a week before its top executives are expected to testify before Congress.

Solyndra, which manufactured tubular-shaped solar panels for commercial rooftops, stunned the clean-tech community when it abruptly announced last week that fierce competition from China had forced it to suspend operations and immediately lay off 1,100 employees.

Source: McClatchy [16], 09/12/2011

"Pipeline Spills Put Safeguards Under Scrutiny" [17]

"The little-known federal agency charged with monitoring the system and enforcing safety measures — the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration — is chronically short of inspectors and lacks the resources needed to hire more, leaving too much of the regulatory control in the hands of pipeline operators themselves, according to federal reports, an examination of agency data and interviews with safety experts."

Source: NY Times [18], 09/12/2011

"Texas Was Warned About Risk of Building in Backcountry" [19]

"The series of fires that broke out in the Bastrop area last weekend and killed two people, destroyed 1,400 homes and upended the lives of countless residents may have been unexpected in scope and in their ferocity. Yet to anyone who has been paying attention, the potential of a massive fire such as Austin-area residents have witnessed billowing to the east could hardly be called a surprise."

Source: Austin American-Statesman [20], 09/12/2011

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