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"Aging Gas Pipe at Risk of Explosion Nationwide" [1]

"The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there. Utilities have been under pressure for years to better inspect and replace aging gas pipes — many of them laid years before sprawling communities were erected around them — that now are at risk of leaking or erupting."

Source: AP [2], 09/14/2010

Climate Change Denial: A Plank in the GOP Platform? [3]

A progressive blog reports that almost every Republican candidate running for a U.S. Senate seat this fall either denies consensus scientific findings of manmade climate change or opposes efforts to head it off.

Source: Wonk Room [4], 09/14/2010

"Scientists Investigate Massive Walrus Haul-Out in Alaska" [5]

"Scientists in the Arctic are reporting a rare mass migration of thousands of walrus from the ice floes to dry land along Alaska's coast."

Source: Guardian [6], 09/14/2010

"House Hearing To Probe Camp Lejeune Water Contamination" [7]

The House Science Committee on Thursday holds a hearing to probe what went wrong thirteen years ago when a federal report whitewashed the health threats to Marines and their families from contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune, N.C., base.

Source: McClatchy [8], 09/14/2010

"Chlorinated Pools May Increase Cancer Risk" [9]

"Swimming in a chlorinated pool may increase your risk of developing cancer, suggest a new suite of studies, which identified more than 100 chemical byproducts in pools that use chlorine as a disinfectant."

Source: Discovery News [10], 09/14/2010

"Embracing The Green at New York Fashion Week" [11]

Pouty green fashionistas stalk the runways as Fashion Week takes over Gotham. Ten top designers show that eco-friendly, ethically sound, fair-trade fashion does not have to be matronly. It's all about recycled glitz. But are recycled soda tabs wearable?

Source: ENS [12], 09/14/2010

"Giant Sharks Swim Onto Species Watch List" [13]

"The federal government declared in April that basking sharks in the Pacific Ocean are a 'species of concern,' which means the government doesn't yet have enough information to say the giant fish is threatened or endangered, but it might be."

Source: NPR [14], 09/14/2010

"Arctic Ice Melting Quickly, Report Says" [15]

"The ice around the North Pole has experienced another severe meltdown this year, German scientists said."

Source: UPI [16], 09/14/2010

"Potomac River Cleaner but Wastewater Upgrades Still Required" [17]

EPA has reissued the operating permit for the world's largest sewage treatment plant -- Blue Plains, which handles sewage from most of the DC metro area. Despite huge improvements in the Potomac River since the 1960s, Blue Plains needs to reduce its nitrogen discharge another 45 percent to protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Source: ENS [18], 09/14/2010

"Studying And Surfing The Ocean's Monster Waves" [19]

"One-hundred-foot-tall waves can be nightmarish ship-swallowing monsters — or seductive sirens that tempt the adventurous. But it wasn't until 15 years ago that scientists were even able to prove that such giant rogue waves actually existed."

Source: NPR [20], 09/14/2010

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