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"EPA: Study by Dump Shows Chemicals at Safe Level" [1]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday a new study by the largest toxic waste dump in the West showed its level of cancer-causing chemicals was too low to harm the health of a nearby community where an unusually high number of babies have been born with serious birth defects."

Source: AP [2], 01/14/2011

"Love Letters to Darrell Issa" [3]

"Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the new chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has asked a slew of companies and industry groups for feedback on the regulations they think need to be changed. Two major lobbies, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Petroleum Institute (API), wasted no time in sending over their wish lists."

Source: Mother Jones [4], 01/14/2011

"Floods Force a Million Sri Lankans From Homes" [5]

"Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than one million people out of their homes, the government said Thursday as it began distributing emergency food, clothing and bedding."

Source: AFP [6], 01/14/2011

SEJ Reporting Fund Awards $7,500 for 5 Projects in the Winter 2010 Cycle [7]

SEJ announces the winners of partial project funding through the Fund for Environmental Journalism’s second round of grant making, supporting travel, website development, graphics, photos and video for multimedia, radio, online and book projects submitted by independent journalists and new media ventures in Florida, California, New York and North Carolina.

"2010 Ties For Warmest Year, Emissions To Blame" [8]

"Last year tied for the warmest since data started in 1880, capping a decade of record high temperatures that shows mankind's greenhouse gas emissions are heating the planet, two U.S. agencies said."

Source: Reuters [9], 01/13/2011

"Texas Loses Third Try at Blocking EPA Greenhouse Gas Controls" [10]

"A federal appeals court today denied the state of Texas' third attempt to block implementation of greenhouse gas control measures imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the largest sources of emissions -- power plants and refineries. Texas has many of both types of facilities -- 27 refineries and 19 operating coal-fired power plants."

Source: ENS [11], 01/13/2011

"Scientists See Climate Change Link To Australian Floods" [12]

"Climate change has likely intensified the monsoon rains that have triggered record floods in Australia's Queensland state, scientists said on Wednesday, with several months of heavy rain and storms still to come."

Source: Reuters [13], 01/13/2011

Bayer to Phase Out Toxic Bhopal Chemical at WV Plant [14]

"INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience will stop making, using and storing the deadly chemical methyl isocyanate at its Institute plant as part of a corporate restructuring that will cost the Kanawha Valley 220 jobs over the next several years, company officials announced Tuesday."

Source: Charleston Gazette [15], 01/13/2011

"EPA Gives Break To Biomass Over Climate" [16]

"Under pressure from some members of Congress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is easing up on regulating global warming pollution from facilities that burn biomass for energy."

Source: AP [17], 01/13/2011

"Amoebas Found In Treated Drinking Water Worldwide" [18]

"In industrialized nations, people expect their drinking water to be pathogen free, thanks to treatment facilities that filter and disinfect the water. However, after reviewing 26 studies from 18 countries, two scientists conclude that some amoeba species called free-living amoebas (FLA) consistently survive these treatments and quickly multiply in drinking-water distribution and storage systems. Given their potential to spread disease, these microbes are a human health risk that demands further study, the researchers say."

Source: C&EN [19], 01/13/2011

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