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"TRIBUNE WATCHDOG: Pesticides in Your Peaches" [1]

Tests "show that more than 50 pesticide compounds showed up on domestic and imported peaches headed for U.S. stores. Five of the compounds exceeded the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, and six of the pesticide compounds present are not approved for use on peaches in the United States."
Source: Chicago Tribune [2], 08/13/2009

DEADLINE: SEJ Post-Conference Tour / IJNR Lake Country Institute [3]

SEJ Members: Apply by August 31st for an all-expenses-paid fellowship for SEJ's Oct 11-14, 2009, post-conference tour: IJNR's Lake Country Institute!

"Mountain Critter A Candidate For Endangered List" [6]

"The American pika could become the first animal in the continental U.S. listed under the Endangered Species Act because of climate change. The cute relative of the rabbit lives in the mountain West, and researchers say warmer temperatures put it at risk for extinction."
Source: NPR [7], 08/11/2009

"Attack of the Climate Spam?" [16]

News Web sites that allow reader comments are experiencing "climate spam" -- generic, marginally relevant comments on climate news stories denying that human activities are causing climate change or the need to do anything about it. The same comments are posted verbatim on multiple sites. The comments repeat the talking points of PR firms paid by fossil fuel industries -- and they are anonoymous.
Source: Christian Science Monitor [17], 08/11/2009

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tribune-watchdog-pesticides-your-peaches [2] http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-0812-peaches-pesticides_mainaug12,0,2494206.story [3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-sej-post-conference-tour-ijnr-lake-country-institute [4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/a-battle-over-the-treatment-of-livestock-0 [5] http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4604 [6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mountain-critter-a-candidate-for-endangered-list [7] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111583873 [8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/north-america-nations-to-cooperate-on-emissions-trade [9] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/54164 [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/enviro-groups-tread-lightly-with-endangered-species-act-appalachia [11] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/10/10greenwire-enviro-groups-tread-lightly-with-endangered-sp-84703.html [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/duke-energy-inks-clean-tech-deal-with-chinas-largest-utility [13] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/10/10greenwire-duke-energy-inks-clean-tech-deal-with-chinas-l-77885.html [14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/north-carolina-moves-limit-wind-projects [15] http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/north-carolina-moves-to-limit-wind-projects/ [16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/attack-climate-spam [17] http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/08/07/attack-of-the-climate-spam/ [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/taiwan-mudslide-may-have-buried-600-villagers [19] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/54162 [20] https://www.sej.org/search_results [21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4836 [22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4833 [23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4834 [24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4835 [25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4838 [26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4839 [27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4840 [28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4841 [29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5022