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EPA Releases Bulk of Tri Data for 2008 [1]

This new resource can provide some good initial clues for important stories that in years past had to be deferred at least two more months, and sometimes far longer.
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Mercury Found in All Sampled Fish in U.S. Streams [7]

USGS researchers have found that it may be impossible for people eating fish caught in US waters to avoid eating mercury-contaminated fish.
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Fish & Fisheries [8]
Chemicals [3]
Water & Oceans [9]
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Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You? [10]

Current economic doldrums may impair the general market appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for a while, but hybrid diesel schoolbuses are one aspect pulling into high gear.
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Energy & Fuel [11]
Transportation [12]
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"Mercury Found in Blood of One-Third of American Women" [13]

"The level of inorganic mercury in the blood of American women has been increasing since 1999 and it is now found in the blood of one in three women, according to a new analysis of government data for more than 6,000 American women."
Chemicals [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: ENS [14], 09/02/2009

"Slacker Activism: Slacktivism" [15]

"Getting involved in a social or environmental cause these days is as easy as clicking your mouse." Are we becoming a nation of slack-tivists?
Activism [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Environment Report [17], 09/01/2009

"No Safe Harbor: The Shipping Industry's Pollution Problem" [18]

"The shipping industry is an invisible and nearly unregulated environmental disaster."
Pollution [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: DC Bureau [20], 09/01/2009

"Ky., Ind. Lead Nation in Coal Ash Ponds" [21]

"Indiana and Kentucky are the nation's top two states for coal ash ponds — and many of the holding basins for the toxic mess were built without the guidance of trained engineers, according to new information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Pollution [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [22], 09/01/2009

"EPA To Declare CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant" [23]

"Carbon dioxide will soon be declared a dangerous pollutant - a move that could help propel slow-moving climate-change legislation on Capitol Hill, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday."
Climate Change [24]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Hearst [25], 09/01/2009

"Climate Change Bill Encounters New Senate Delay" [26]

"U.S. Senate Democrats announced on Monday a new delay on climate change legislation, which could make it more difficult for President Barack Obama to win progress on that front before a global environmental summit in December."
Climate Change [24]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [27], 09/01/2009

"Pollution Study Targets Cigarette Waste in Tennessee" [28]

A University of Tennessee at Chattanooga study shows that the metals and organic chemicals found in used cigarettes can leak out, contaminating water and killing microorganisms.
Waste [29]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [30], 08/31/2009

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