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WV Gov. Joe Manchin Shoots Senate Cap & Trade Bill With Hunting Rifle [1]

"In a newly unveiled campaign ad, the Democratic Senate candidate and current West Virginia governor, Joe Manchin, picks up a rifle and fires a bullet into a target labeled 'Cap and Trade Bill.'"

Source: Green (NYT) [2], 10/12/2010

"What a Scientist Didn't Tell NY Times About His Study on Bee Deaths" [3]

A New York Times article on research implicating a fungus-virus combination as a cause of bee colony collapse failed to mention that the lead author received funding from a company making a pesticide that is also a leading suspect.

Source: CNN [4], 10/12/2010

"How GM 'Lied' About The Electric Car" [5]

"The Chevy Volt has been hailed as General Motors' electric savior. Now, as GM officially rolls out the Volt this week for public consumption, we're told the much-touted fuel economy was misstated and GM 'lied' about the car being all-electric."

Source: Jalopnik [6], 10/12/2010

"U.S., Chinese Firms Enter Shale Deal" [7]

"The China National Offshore Oil Corp. will pay Chesapeake Energy $2.2 billion for a one-third interest in a South Texas oil and natural gas shale project and will pay billions of dollars more for its share of development costs over the next several years."

Source: Wash Post [8], 10/12/2010

"She Recruited Facebook Friends To Save Gulf Coast's Hermit Crabs" [9]

When the Gulf oil spill came to Grand Isle State Park, Louisiana ranger Leanne Sarco knew her job running a summer program for children would be cancelled. So she used Facebook to recruit and organize volunteers in a project to clean oiled hermit crabs.

Source: Christian Science Monitor [10], 10/12/2010

"BP Lavishes Free Sports, Entertainment Tickets on CA Govt Workers" [11]

"Petroleum giant BP's corporate sponsorship of Arco Arena has been lucrative for the Sacramento Kings during a long run that's set to end next year. It's also been a sweet deal for state Capitol workers. Since 2000, Arco's parent company has lavished more than $430,000 in the form of free tickets to basketball games, concerts and other arena events on lawmakers, their staff members and relatives, according to a Bee review of lobbyist disclosures by BP."

Source: Sacramento Bee [12], 10/12/2010

"New Interest in Idaho's Rare-Earth Deposits" [13]

"The need for rare-earth minerals like neodymium could define the relationship between the United States and China and elevate Idaho into a critical role in the nation’s industrial future."

Source: Idaho Statesman [14], 10/12/2010

"DOE Offers Loan Guarantee to Massive Ore. Wind Turbine Project" [15]

"The Department of Energy plans to provide a loan guarantee to the world's largest wind farm, increasing the agency's total loan guarantees or conditional commitments to almost $16 billion."

Source: Greenwire [16], 10/12/2010

"Minnesota Ethanol Plants' Price Is Pollution" [17]

"Five ethanol facilities in Minnesota have been cited in the past 12 months for widespread air and water quality violations. They have paid more than $2.8 million in penalties and corrective actions."

Source: Minneapolis Star Trib [18], 10/12/2010

"Lead Producer to Pay $7M Fine, Spend $65M on Cleanups" [19]

"St. Louis-based Doe Run Resources Corp., the nation's largest lead producer, will pay a $7 million civil penalty and spend about $65 million more to resolve alleged violations of federal pollution laws at the company's facilities in Missouri, U.S. EPA and the Justice Department announced Friday."

Source: Greenwire [20], 10/12/2010

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