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"Ancient Seeds In Mexico Help Fight Warming Effects" [1]

"More than 500 years after Spanish priests brought wheat seeds to Mexico to make wafers for the Catholic Mass, those seeds may bring a new kind of salvation to farmers hit by global warming. Scientists working in the farming hills outside Mexico City found the ancient wheat varieties have particular drought- and heat-resistant traits, like longer roots that suck up water and a capacity to store more nutrients in their stalks."

Source: Reuters [2], 09/20/2010

"Agriculture Secretary, Producers Confident On Ethanol Hike" [3]

"U.S. regulators are likely to approve a higher blend of ethanol in U.S. gasoline shortly, an ethanol producers group and the top U.S. agriculture official each said on Friday, and the new fuel mix could be selling at the pump by next spring."

Source: Reuters [4], 09/20/2010

"Senate Bill on Food Safety Is Stalled" [5]

"After his mother died from eating contaminated peanut butter, Jeff Almer went to Washington to push for legislation that might save others from similar fates. And then he went again. And again. And again."

Source: NYTimes [6], 09/20/2010

"Most Aspects of E-Waste Not Regulated In U.S., Va." [7]

"The problem is old electronics, or e-waste -- computers, cellphones and other gadgets that people toss because they've found something newer and shinier."

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch [8], 09/20/2010

"Religion Has Scant Effect on Environmental Views, Poll Suggests" [9]

"Few Americans say their religion influences their environmental views, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press."

Source: NYTimes [10], 09/20/2010

Scientists Probing Spill Unsettled by Calls From Fed Lawyers [11]

Is the federal government trying to stop any research on oil spill impacts in the Gulf that does not fit preconceived conclusions supported by industry? Independent scientists have been getting that impression lately.

Source: WWL-TV [12], 09/17/2010

"Oil Spill Cleanup Producing Mixed Messages" [13]

"It has happened three times in two months. First with Time magazine, then twice with the New York Times. A story in a national publication says the Deepwater Horizon disaster might not be quite as bad as everyone feared. Government and oil company employees nod their heads, eager to send the message that their cleanup efforts are succeeding."

Source: St. Petersburg Times [14], 09/17/2010

"VA Says No Link Yet Between Water, Illnesses at Marine Base" [15]

"A Veterans Affairs official told Congress on Thursday that despite the evidence of widespread contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune, the agency doesn't think that the science yet exists to link exposure to the toxic water led to a host of cancers and other diseases suffered by former base residents."

Source: McClatchy [16], 09/17/2010

Scientists, Aboriginals Want Ottawa To Monitor Sick Oilsands Fish [17]

"The fish are hard to look at. One whitefish has a golfball-sized tumour bulging from its side. Another is simply missing part of its spine, its tail growing from a stumpy rear end."

Source: Canadian Press [18], 09/17/2010

"UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for New Thinking on Mega-Crises" [19]

"The new UN humanitarian chief has warned that after the Asian tsunami, the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, the world must brace for a growing number of disasters that will need a new battle campaign."

Source: AFP [20], 09/17/2010

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