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"How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism?" [1]

Ten years after the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11, the nation has spent some $60 billion trying to put together a biodefense program. One reason Americans do not know the scale of the government's failure is the extreme secrecy with which the programs are conducted. Profits, politics, and the manipulation of public fears may be making the nation's vulnerability to the worst public health threats even worse.

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Source: NY Times Magazine [2], 10/28/2011

"Countries Must Plan For Climate Refugees: Report" [3]

"The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters [4], 10/28/2011

"Oil Jumps Above $92 After Europe Debt Plan" [5]

"SINGAPORE -- Oil prices jumped above $92 a barrel Thursday in Asia after European leaders agreed on a plan to reduce Greece's debt burden."

Source: AP [6], 10/27/2011

PETA Sues Sea World for Holding Orcas as "Slaves" [7]

"SAN DIEGO -- In the first case to apply the slavery amendment of the U.S. Constitution to non-human creatures, animal rights and marine mammal advocates today asked a federal court to declare that five orcas are being held as slaves by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment."

Source: ENS [8], 10/27/2011

"Lawmakers Seek Inquiry on Keystone XL Process" [9]

"Lawmakers have called on the State Department’s inspector general to investigate the department’s handling of a crucial environmental study on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and urged President Obama to delay a decision on the project until the report is completed."

Source: Green/NYT [10], 10/27/2011

"World Population Jumps to Seven Billion" [11]

"LONDON -- In five days, there will be an unprecedented seven billion people on Earth, the United Nations projects in a new State of World Population 2011 report released today in London and in more than 100 other cities throughout the world."

Source: ENS [12], 10/27/2011

"Calif. AG To Sue Plastic Bottle Companies Over 'Biodegradable' Claim" [13]

"SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In a move that could have a major effect on the recycling industry, California Attorney General Kamala Harris will sue three national companies that make plastic bottles or sell bottled water in California, contending that they illegally claim their bottles are 'biodegradable.'"

Source: San Jose Mercury News [14], 10/27/2011

Fukushima: "Fallout Forensics Hike Radiation Toll" [15]

"The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March released far more radiation than the Japanese government has claimed. So concludes a study that combines radioactivity data from across the globe to estimate the scale and fate of emissions from the shattered plant."

Source: Nature News [16], 10/27/2011

"BP Wins Approval for New Deep-Water Drilling in Gulf of Mexico" [17]

"BP won approval from the Interior Department to drill its first exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico since the blowout of its Macondo well a year and a half ago touched off the country's worst offshore environmental disaster."

Source: McClatchy-Tribune [18], 10/27/2011

"Obama To Block New Uranium-Mine Claims Near Grand Canyon" [19]

"New uranium mining claims on 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon will be blocked for 20 years under a decision the Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday."

Source: McClatchy [20], 10/27/2011

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