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SEJ's 19th Annual Conference Agenda [1]

Details on the conference agenda, registration, lodging and more...

"1,000 U.S. Mayors Have Signed Climate Protection Pledge" [2]

"U.S. Conference of Mayors President Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels says that by Friday, 1,000 mayors, representing 85 million Americans, will have signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement."

Source: ENS [3], 10/02/2009

"Troubled Waters, Part II: On the Trail of the Lost Data" [4]

"In 2004, CDC scientists published a reassuring report about lead contamination in Washington’s water even though they knew that thousands of blood lead measurements had been lost. Now Congress wants to know why."

Source: AAAS Professional Ethics Report [5], 10/02/2009

"Seeing Snakes As Worth Saving" [6]

"As kids, many of us come to see snakes as frightening, evil creatures. In some places, that ingrained fear has taken a toll on the snake population. ... Some folks ... are trying to improve one snake's image - before it disappears."

Source: Environment Report [7], 10/02/2009

"Even More E. coli Tests at the Lake of the Ozarks Were Withheld" [8]

Missouri "allowed tourists at the Lake of the Ozarks to swim in waters that officials knew were infested with harmful E. coli bacteria for two weeks at the beginning of the summer tourist season, Gov. Jay Nixon said Wednesday."

Source: St.Louis Post-Dispatch [9], 10/02/2009

"EPA Cites West Palm Beach Over Sewage" [10]

"WEST PALM BEACH -- The city's sewage treatment plant has pumped untold millions of gallons of poorly treated wastewater onto wetlands adjacent to wells used to supplement the city's drinking water supply. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited the city with 117 pollution violations."

Source: Palm Beach Post [11], 10/02/2009

"Spills, Looming Regulations Spur Natural Gas Industry Toward Disclosure" [12]

"The natural gas industry is moving to disclose information about chemicals used in controversial extraction technologies in the wake of spills at drilling sites in Pennsylvania and as New York is proposing new regulations."

Source: NYTimes [13], 10/02/2009

"Solar Panel Tariff May Further Strain U.S.-China Trade" [14]

"HONG KONG -- Companies that import solar panels to the United States are facing up to $70 million in unexpected tariffs."

Source: NYTimes [15], 10/02/2009

General Electric Disavows Chamber of Commerce on Climate [16]

General Electric is the latest company to complain about the policies of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in opposition to climate change legislation. “The Chamber does not speak for us on climate legislation, but we are still a member,” said GE spokesman Peter O'Toole.

Source: Mother Nature Network [17], 10/02/2009

"Environmental Factors in Birth Defects: What We Need to Know" [18]

"Dozens of red flags suggest that a wide range of pollutants are playing a role in millions of birth defects that strike worldwide every year. But little is being done to understand or control exposures."

Source: EHP [19], 10/02/2009

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