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"Scientists Investigate Ecuador's Receding Glaciers" [1]

"A study to be published this year by Ecuadorean glaciologist Bolivar Caceres suggests that the country's glaciers lost more than 40% of their surface area between 1956 and 2006."

Source: BBC News [2], 04/27/2010

"Scientists Uncover Deep Ocean Current Near Antarctica" [3]

"Scientists have discovered a fast-moving deep ocean current with the volume of 40 Amazon Rivers near Antarctica that will help researchers monitor the impacts of climate change on the world's oceans."

Source: Reuters [4], 04/27/2010

"Buying Carbon Offsets May Ease Eco-Guilt But Not Global Warming" [5]

"Voluntary carbon offsets are a 'Wild West' market ripe for fraud, exaggeration, and poorly run projects that probably do little to ease global warming."

Source: Christian Science Monitor [6], 04/27/2010

"Metro Storm-Water Ponds Are Chemical Soups" [7]

"Metro communities from White Bear Lake and Maplewood to South St. Paul are discovering that their storm-water ponds are chemical soups of pesticides, fertilizers, pet wastes, oil, grease and other contaminants."

Source: Minneapolis Star Trib [8], 04/27/2010

"Toxic Soil Lurks Beneath Southern Calif. Neighborhood" [9]

"The discovery of methane gas and benzene has transformed a 50-acre neighborhood into an environmental case study — a reminder of Southern California’s history as a center of the oil industry."

Source: LA Times [10], 04/27/2010

"Court Turns Down Michigan Over Great Lakes Carp" [11]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a legal request by Michigan aimed at keeping voracious Asian carp out of the Great Lakes where they are considered a threat to fisheries."

Source: Reuters [12], 04/27/2010

"Oil Leak From Rig Threatens Coast" [13]

"BP crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well gushing 42,000 gallons a day from the site of a wrecked drilling platform."

Source: Press Association [14], 04/27/2010

Senate Climate Bill in ICU as Partisan Pressure Surges [15]

"Prospects for the Senate climate bill grew even dimmer yesterday after the trio working on a comprehensive measure emerged from a closed-door meeting headed in separate directions -- both literally and figuratively."

Source: ClimateWire [16], 04/27/2010

ENERGY STAR Gets the Spotlight [17]

A recent GAO report indicates the ENERGY STAR product certification process is vulnerable to fraud and abuse. The Environmental Law Institute brings together a panel of EPA and DOE reps with commentators who will discuss the impacts to energy efficiency and the roles of consumers, investors, and the manufacturing bottom line.

Food Industry Threatens To Kill Food Safety Bill If BPA Ban Included [18]

"The food industry and major business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are threatening to withdraw support for a long-pending bill to improve food safety, saying they are upset by a proposed amendment that would ban bisphenol-A, a controversial chemical, from food and beverage containers."

Source: Wash Post [19], 04/26/2010

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