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TVA IG Says Agency Let Lawyers Stifle $3 Million Study on Coal-Ash Spill Causes [1]

An investigation by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee indicates the Tennessee Valley Authority opted not to make changes that could have prevented the massive December 2008 spill.
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"World's First Solar City?" [7]

A former NFL player wants to build the world’s first 100-percent solar-powered city in southern Florida.
Energy & Fuel [4]
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Source: Environment Report [8], 07/21/2009

"Kentucky Chemical Weapons Leak Detectors Dysfunctional for Years" [9]

"The U.S. Army has acknowleged that the nerve gas leak monitors at a Kentucky chemical weapons storage depot were not working for nearly two years, 2003-2005."
Chemicals [10]
Public [6]
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Source: ENS [11], 07/21/2009

"Gulf Waters Imperil Tribes' Way of Life In Louisiana Bayous" [12]

"As Wetlands Shrink, Oil and Gas Jobs Replace Farming, Fishing and Trapping."
People & Population [13]
Public [6]
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Source: Wash Post [14], 07/21/2009

"Nestlé: Draining America Bottle By Bottle" [15]

"It takes a smart and politically well-connected company like Nestlé to get a drought-stricken state like Florida to give it tens of millions of dollars worth of water to resell at enormous profits to its neighbors in states like the Carolinas and Georgia."
Economy & Business [16]
Public [6]
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Source: NRNS/Washington Bureau [17], 07/21/2009

"Florida To Begin Issuing Permits Friday for Python Hunt" [18]

Florida is holding a regulated hunt to eliminate Burmese pythons that have invaded the Everglades.
Biodiversity [19]
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Source: Miami Herald [20], 07/17/2009

"Florida Establishes First Honey Standard in Nation" [21]

Florida has become the first state in the country to set regulations for the purity of honey -- prohibiting chemicals or additives, including corn syrup sweeteners, in products marked as honey.
Agriculture [22]
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Source: Florida Environments [23], 07/16/2009

Report Predicts Hotter Southeast [24]

Middle Georgia summers are going to get hotter, according to a new report on global warming.
Climate Change [25]
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Source: Macon Telegraph [26], 07/15/2009

Coaches To Be Warned About Air Pollution [27]

Should youth practice or play sports outdoors on days when the EPA cautions them against heavy exercise?
Air [28]
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Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [29], 07/08/2009

The Devastation Ran Clear Down to Plaquemines [30]

 By Amy Wold

 

 Two days after Hurricane Katrina, my editor called me over to his desk and pointed to a place on the map below New Orleans. He said, "Try to get somewhere in this area."

At the time there were four adults, two dogs and two children (some of whom were New Orleans evacuees) staying in my onebedroom home so getting "somewhere in this area" sounded like a really good idea.

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