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"Lawsuit Accuses FEMA of Ignoring Species Threats" [1]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being sued again over accusations that it violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing flood insurance without determining whether development would impact imperiled plants and animals."
Source: AP [2], 09/17/2009

"Study: Urban Streams Contaminated by Road Salt" [7]

"Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday."
Source: AP [8], 09/17/2009

"EPA Limits Pollution From Medical Incinerators" [9]

"About 50 medical waste incinerators nationwide will have to reduce their air pollution under new regulations announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: AP [10], 09/17/2009

"August Seas Warmest in at Least 120 Years" [11]

Worldwide sea-surface temperatures for this August and this summer were the warmest in at least 180 years, the National Climatic Data Center said. The sea-ice minimum was well behind the extraordinary retreat of 2007.
Source: Dot Earth [12], 09/17/2009

"Are Condoms the Ultimate Green Technology?" [15]

"More children equal more carbon dioxide emissions. And recent research has resulted in renewed coverage of the notion that one of the cheapest ways to curb emissions in coming decades would be to provide access to birth control for tens of millions of women around the world who say they desire it."
Source: Dot Earth [16], 09/17/2009

"Senate Delay on Climate Bill Could Stymie Copenhagen Talks" [17]

"Climate change activists reacted sharply yesterday to indications from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that cap-and-trade legislation may have to wait until 2010, warning that the delay could derail international negotiations in Copenhagen."
Source: ClimateWire [18], 09/17/2009

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