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"Tomato Blight Spreading" [1]

"If you've been waiting all season for that quintessential taste of summer -- a juicy, ripe tomato from the garden -- you might be disappointed. This year a tomato blight has swept across the Northeast and is moving into Midwestern gardens and farms."
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Source: Environment Report [5], 08/27/2009
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"Farm to Hub to Table: New Nonprofit Feeds Appetite For Local Food" [6]

The Local Food Hub in the Charlottesville, Va., area is an example of a new trend: nonprofit distribution enterprises that aggregate food produced by small-scale local farmers and move it quickly to local customers such as restaurants, schools, and retirement homes.
Agriculture [2]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [7], 08/27/2009
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Direct Carbon Fuel Cells Could Offer Hope for Coal [8]

Laboratory researchers are pursuing technologies for skipping the burning of coal altogether, and producing electricity directly from carbon via fuel cells.
Energy & Fuel [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: ClimateWire [10], 08/27/2009
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Data Deficit Hampers Consumer Product Safety Commission [11]

A new GAO report says Customs has refused to give the CPSC shipping-manifest information it has been requesting for years. The manifests are a way to track products imported into the U.S. which may have been recalled due to toxicity and/or safety issues.
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EPA Releases Raw TRI Data Early [14]

The rawness of the data, which will be analyzed and revised by EPA at a later date, means that, for now, reporters will need to do more of their own ground-truthing in order to use it.
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Chemicals [15]
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CDC Launches National Public Health Tracking Program [18]

This data tool shows promise, but it currently tracks only non-infectious conditions and not others tied to environmental causes, such as neurological, endocrine, and reproductive disorders.
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Health [19]
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"U.S. Budget Update Stands Pat On CO2 Permit Auction" [20]

"The White House budget update released on Tuesday still reflects a controversial Obama administration plan to combat global warming by auctioning all permits to emit greenhouse gases even though Congress has said it will give away a substantial portion to industry."
Environmental Politics [21]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [22], 08/26/2009
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"Scalding A Quarter-Mile In An Electric Ford Pinto" [23]

Think electric cars are small and wussy? Go out on the drag strip and smell the burning rubber. "Mike Willmon's 1978 Ford Pinto can go from zero to 60 in about 3.5 seconds — just like the $1 million Ferrari Enzo." He built it himself.
Energy & Fuel [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NPR [24], 08/26/2009
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"Population Control for Cormorants" [25]

"The pesticide DDT almost wiped out the double-crested cormorant. Now, the bird is thriving, and it's blamed for devouring fish in lakes, rivers, and fish farms in many parts of the country. Karen Kelly reports on the struggle to share resources with this unpopular bird" -- on The Environment Report August 25, 2009.
Biodiversity [26]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Environment Report [27], 08/26/2009
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"U.S. Sets Awards To Evaluate CO2 Storage Technology" [28]

"The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has awarded $27.6 million of funding to evaluate the potential risks of storing carbon dioxide underground, which is seen as a way to control global warming."
Energy & Fuel [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [29], 08/25/2009
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