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Many Are Claiming Health Problems Caused by Smart Meters [1]

Numerous allegations of health damage from people in the US and around the globe, the common threads in the descriptions of health damage (often appearing to involve the neurological, immune, and/or endocrine systems), and the evidence from thousands of published studies that address a wide range of electrical, magnetic field, and radio-frequency impacts suggest this could be a major public health issue that warrants coverage.

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Energy & Fuel [3]
Health [4]
People & Population [5]
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Amish Farmers in Chesapeake Watershed Find Themselves in EPA's Sights [7]

"LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- An Amish farmer examines young trees and shrubs he planted last fall along the stream running through his farm. A few trees are starting to peak from shelters built to protect them from pests and 'green death,' when new trees are swallowed up by old growth. When the trees and shrubs are fully grown, they'll form a buffer to keep grazing animals and stormwater carrying manure fertilizers out of the water."

People & Population [5]
Pollution [8]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
Source: Greenwire [10], 10/12/2011

"House Republican Bill Would Limit Equal Access to Justice Act" [11]

"A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives today considered a bill that would set new restrictions on the Equal Access to Justice Act, which allows nonprofit groups to recover attorneys fees in cases where they prove in court that the federal government is not following the law."

Environmental Politics [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ENS [14], 10/12/2011

"Molasses Used in Cleanup of Polluted Sites" [15]

"For more than half a century, International Molasses Corp. has sold its product to bakeries and manufacturers that use the sticky syrup in cookies and candy.  But recently, the Saddle Brook company found a new and unexpected market — at contaminated industrial sites, where the molasses literally gets pumped into the soil."

Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: North Jersey Herald News [17], 10/12/2011

Australian Parliament Set To Pass Carbon Tax Bill [18]

"Australia's carbon tax is set to become law after the lower house of Parliament passed the government's historic but controversial set of bills to establish the world's most broadly based carbon pricing scheme."

Climate Change [19]
Public [6]
Australia & Oceania [20]
Source: Sydney Morning Herald [21], 10/12/2011

"Money To Restore Great Lakes Still Flows -- for Now" [22]

"DETROIT -- At a time when many government programs are fighting for survival, there's one place the money is still flowing for now: the Great Lakes."

Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: AP [25], 10/12/2011

"Professor Says State Agency Censored Article" [26]

"GALVESTON - A long-awaited report on Galveston Bay is being delayed by accusations that Texas' environmental agency deleted references from a scientific article to climate change, people's impact on the environment and sea-level rise."

Journalism & Media [27]
Science [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Houston Chronicle [29], 10/12/2011

"TransCanada Says Oil Pipeline Route Unlikely To Change" [30]

"The controversial proposed path of the TransCanada Keystone XL oil pipeline across Nebraska is unlikely to change, company officials said Tuesday."

Pollution [8]
Environmental Politics [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [31], 10/12/2011

"25 States Urge Court To Make EPA Delay Power Plant Rule" [32]

"Adding pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to relax air pollution rules, 25 states urged a federal court on Monday to require the agency to delay a rule on mercury emissions and other pollutants from power plants by at least a year, saying the measure is too costly. "

Air [33]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [34], 10/12/2011

"Groups Sue Obama for Scrapping Stricter Smog Limit" [35]

"Environmental groups sued the Obama administration Tuesday for scrapping a stricter limit for smog-forming pollution, saying the decision violated the law and put politics ahead of protecting public health."

Air [33]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [36], 10/12/2011

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