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"Senate Boosts EPA, Interior Department Budgets" [5]

"The Senate on Thursday approved big budget increases for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency as it passed a $32 billion spending measure for the budget year that starts next week."
Source: AP [6], 09/25/2009

Chem Safety Board Finds Sugar Company Ignored Dangers Before Blast [7]

"Imperial Sugar Co. and managers of its Georgia refinery ignored known dangers of explosive dust for decades before a chain of dust-fueled fireballs erupted at the plant last year and killed 14 people, investigators said in a report Thursday."
Source: AP [8], 09/25/2009

"Study Finds School Drinking Water Tainted" [11]

"Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins."
Source: AP [12], 09/25/2009

"BP Settles Spill Containment Violations" [13]

"An oil field review starting with a state inspector questioning the size of spill containment facilities on Alaska's North Slope has resulted in a hefty civil payment for a subsidiary of BP PLC."
Source: AP [14], 09/24/2009

"Fish and Paint Chips Part I: The Science of Trash" [15]

"Recent research has the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) concerned that the huge quantities of metal, plastic, paint chips and other man-made debris floating at sea, hundreds and even thousands of miles from land, may be working their way into the American diet."
Source: DC Bureau [16], 09/24/2009

"Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries" [19]

"The oil industry has been on a hot streak this year, thanks to a series of major discoveries that have rekindled a sense of excitement across the petroleum sector, despite falling prices and a tough economy."
Source: NYTimes [20], 09/24/2009

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