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"Ky., Ind. Lead Nation in Coal Ash Ponds" [1]

"Indiana and Kentucky are the nation's top two states for coal ash ponds — and many of the holding basins for the toxic mess were built without the guidance of trained engineers, according to new information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [2], 09/01/2009

LA Blaze Consumes 105,000 Acres; No End in Sight" [3]

"The Station blaze [near L.A.] has destroyed more than 50 buildings and burned more than 105,000 acres of mountainous brush. Little hope of containment is seen as long as hot, dry conditions continue."
Source: LA Times [4], 09/01/2009

"EPA To Declare CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant" [5]

"Carbon dioxide will soon be declared a dangerous pollutant - a move that could help propel slow-moving climate-change legislation on Capitol Hill, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday."
Source: Hearst [6], 09/01/2009

"Climate Change Bill Encounters New Senate Delay" [7]

"U.S. Senate Democrats announced on Monday a new delay on climate change legislation, which could make it more difficult for President Barack Obama to win progress on that front before a global environmental summit in December."
Source: Reuters [8], 09/01/2009

"Mexico Tries To Evacuate Thousands Ahead of Jimena" [9]

"LOS CABOS, Mexico – Emergency workers struggled to evacuate thousands of reluctant slum dwellers as extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena approached Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Tuesday."
Source: AP [10], 09/01/2009

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"Rain Tests Water Rules" [12]

"A major problem facing municipalities around Albany County: sewer systems that are often overrun by heavy rain and governments that don't have the millions of dollars needed to upgrade often antiquated systems."
Source: Albany Times-Union [13], 08/31/2009

"Nuclear Sites Fear They're the Alternative To Yucca Mountain" [18]

With the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository now dead, "local leaders and lawmakers from the sites where the waste is now stored, however, are increasingly concerned that the Energy Department will leave it in place, even though that might violate legally binding cleanup agreements."
Source: McClatchy [19], 08/31/2009

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