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"C8 Linked To Thyroid, Bowel Disease" [1]

"VIENNA, W.Va. -- Exposure to C8 is probably linked to thyroid disease and to an inflammatory bowel disease called ulcerative colitis, according to the latest findings of a scientific team that is investigating the DuPont Co. chemical's potential impacts on human health."

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Source: Charleston Gazette [6], 08/01/2012
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"Senate Panel Passes Bill To Block EU Airline Law" [7]

"A Senate committee passed a bill on Tuesday authorizing the transportation secretary to bar U.S. airlines from complying with a European Union law that would require them to pay for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe."

Climate Change [8]
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Source: Reuters [10], 08/01/2012
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Sen. Sanders: Climate Change Is Real, Sen. Inhofe Is 'Dead Wrong' [11]

"In a speech to the Senate on Thursday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) addressed what he calls the 'major environmental crisis of our time,' and took aim at the 'myths' of Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Ok.) and other legislators who ignore or actively deny the existence of anthropogenic climate change."

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Source: Huffington Post [13], 08/01/2012
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Judge Tosses EPA Mountaintop Mine Water-Pollution Guidelines [14]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dealing another blow to the Obama administration's crackdown on mountaintop removal, a federal judge on Tuesday threw out new federal guidance that aimed to reduce water pollution from Appalachian coal mining operations."

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Source: Charleston Gazette [17], 08/01/2012
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"Sierra Club Targets GOP Lawmakers for Opposing Wind Energy Tax Credit" [18]

"An environmental group launched ads Monday targeting three GOP lawmakers for failing to push for an extension of a tax credit for wind energy producers, charging them with killing green energy jobs."

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Source: Hill/E2 Wire [21], 07/31/2012
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"Legal Battle Erupts Over Whose Plastic Consumers Should Trust" [22]

Eastman Chemical is suing a scientist for saying that some of its products could expose consumers to estrogen-disrupting chemicals.

"In 2007, Eastman Chemical began marketing a tough new BPA-free plastic called Tritan. Business was good, says Lucian Boldea, a vice president at Eastman.

'We were able to make the statement that our product is not made with BPA and would release data to consumers to support that fact,' he says.

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Source: Shots/NPR [23], 07/31/2012
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"New Breed of Ranchers Shapes a Sustainable West" [24]

"These green cowboys try to marry good stewardship of the land with making money."

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Source: Christian Science Monitor [26], 07/31/2012
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"Western North America Faces 21St Century 'Mega-Drought'" [27]

"CORVALLIS, Oregon -- The climate's 'new normal' for most of the coming century will parallel the long-term drought that hit western North America from 2000 to 2004 -- the most severe drought in 800 years - scientists report in a study published Sunday."

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Canada [29]
Source: ENS [30], 07/31/2012
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Farmers Urge Obama Admin To Suspend Ethanol Quota Amid Drought [31]

"EPA's requirements for corn ethanol will drive food prices even higher after an already distressed harvest, growers warn."

Agriculture [25]
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Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [20]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Guardian [33], 07/31/2012
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"Is the Natural Gas Industry Buying Academics?" [34]

"Last week the University of Texas provost announced he would re-examine a report by a UT professor that said fracking was safe for groundwater after the revelation that the professor pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Texas natural gas developer. It's the latest fusillade in the ongoing battle over the basic facts of fracking in America."

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Science [35]
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Source: Mother Jones [36], 07/30/2012
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