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"Pressure Is Building on Disputed Wind Farm" [1]

"Political pressure continues to build on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as he prepares to announce his decision this week on the fate of a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., that has been stalled for nine years."

Source: NYTimes [2], 04/26/2010

"Worry Spreads Over General Chemical's Place in the Neighborhood" [3]

"FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Simply because of what it does, General Chemical Corp.'s work is 'dirty business,' one company official acknowledges."

Source: Milford Daily News [4], 04/26/2010

"Plans Percolate To Revive Some SF Native Creeks" [5]

"'Daylighting" of urban creeks is being embraced in cities throughout the world. Seattle, Portland, Ore., Yonkers, N.Y., Providence, R.I., as well as Zurich are among many places reopening long hidden waterways. Resurrecting old creeks can help remove hundreds of millions of gallons of storm water from sewer systems each year -- meaning fewer sewage spills and cleaner water."

Source: AP [6], 04/26/2010

"There's No 'Plan B' for Nuclear Waste, So It Stays Local" [7]

"Twenty concrete vaults sit side-by-side, like self-storage containers, next to the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant. These concrete tombs hold fuel cells, each containing 12-foot rods of enriched uranium. The rods are toxic and radioactive and were never intended to be stored here indefinitely, among Ocean County's 560,000 residents."

Source: Press of Atlantic City [8], 04/26/2010

"Biotech Crops Go Before Supreme Court This Week" [9]

"The U.S. Supreme Court is considering genetically engineered crops for the first time, in a case that has divided conventional and organic farmers."

Source: Des Moines Register [10], 04/26/2010

"Oil May Spew for Months After Rig Blast" [11]

"A slow-motion environmental disaster may be in the making with the discovery Saturday that 42,000 gallons a day of crude oil is spewing from a well on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near where a huge drilling rig sank last week -- and it could be months before it's stopped."

Source: Houston Chronicle [12], 04/26/2010

Tens of Thousands Gather on the Mall for Earth Day [13]

"Tens of thousands of people gathered Sunday on the National Mall in Washington to observe the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and to urge Congress to pass climate and energy legislation."

Source: NYTimes [14], 04/26/2010

"Senate Sponsors Scramble to Save Climate Bill After Lost Weekend" [15]

"In a move that may derail a comprehensive climate change and energy bill in the Senate, one of the measure’s central architects, Senator Lindsey Graham, has issued an angry protest over what he says are Democratic plans to give priority to a debate over immigration policy."

Source: ClimateWire [16], 04/26/2010

Enviros Seek Protection for 404 Aquatic Plants, Animals in Southeast [17]

"Environmental groups have petitioned the Obama administration to add 404 species from rivers in the southeastern United States to the Endangered Species List."

Source: Greenwire [18], 04/23/2010

"Derivatives Bill Calls For U.S. Carbon Market Study" [19]

"A tough new proposal to regulate U.S. markets calls for top regulators and government officials to conduct a study on transparency in emerging U.S. carbon markets as part of the financial reform package."

Source: Reuters [20], 04/23/2010

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