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"Climate Change Seen As Threat To U.S. Security" [3]

"The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the united states in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say."
Source: NYTimes [4], 08/10/2009

"Obama's EPA Plans Fewer Toxic Cleanups" [5]

The Obama EPA, like the Bush EPA, is cleaning up fewer Superfund hazardous waste sites -- saying the remaining sites are getting harder to clean up. Unline Bush, however, Obama is seeking to reinstate the lapsed tax on petrochemical companies that originally funded the cleanup of abandoned sites.
Source: AP [6], 08/10/2009

"Monsanto Rounds Up Support, Dissent For Idaho Mine" [7]

"As it races to replenish phosphate supplies for its weed-killing cash machine Roundup, Monsanto Co. insists its history of polluting southeastern Idaho’s high country shouldn’t prevent it from digging fresh open pits here."
Source: AP [8], 08/10/2009

"Alaska Glaciers Shrinking Fast: Survey" [9]

"Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have thinned and shrunk dramatically, clear signs of a warming climate, according to a study released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey."
Source: Reuters [10], 08/07/2009

$2 Billion in Grants for Electric Car Batteries [15]

"Seeking to put the nation back in the lead on an important technology, the Obama administration awarded more than $2 billion in grants on Wednesday for manufacturing advanced batteries and other components for electric cars."
Source: NYTimes [16], 08/07/2009

"Battle Over Chemical Used to Make Non-Stick Pans Heats Up" [19]

DuPont will try to persuade New Jersey state drinking water regulators to go easy on cleanups of PFOA, a chemical used in non-stick pans -- even before the regulators hear scientific evidence from their own scientists.
Source: ENS [20], 08/07/2009

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