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"Plaintiffs Seek $10 Billion In BP Refinery Lawsuit" [1]

"More than 2,000 people filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday seeking over $10 billion in punitive damages from BP Plc for 40 days of excess pollution from the company's Texas City, Texas, refinery, according to court documents."

Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Reuters [5], 08/04/2010

Formers Chemical Workers Still Waiting for Radiation Exposure Payments [6]

Workers in the Joliet, Illinois, area who are ill because they handled radioactive materials in the production of nuclear bombs are still waiting for compensation promised in 2000.

Nuclear Power & Radiation [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Chicago Tribune [9], 08/04/2010

"Groups Seek Ban on Lead in Sporting Ammunition" [10]

"On Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity and the American Bird Conservancy plan to file a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency seeking a comprehensive nationwide ban on lead-based sporting ammunition and fishing tackle."

Chemicals [11]
Food [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [14], 08/04/2010

"Overseas Frustration Grows Over U.S. Domestic Impasse on Climate" [15]

"Top climate change leaders from Europe to Africa are wondering if it's time to give up on the United States."

Climate Change [16]
Public [3]
International [17]
Source: ClimateWire [18], 08/04/2010

Oil Industry Funds Hired PR Guns to Attack BP, Elect GOPers [19]

An oil-industry-funded PR 'War Room' stands ready to kill or counter any public discourse unfavorable to the oil industry. The conservative non-profit group running it has been accused of shaking down BP. They are working hard to elect Republiicans to the Senate.

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Wash Post [24], 08/04/2010

"Price-of-Bread Alert" -- Market Sees Climate-Driven Wheat-Harvest Shortfall [25]

"Global wheat crops are taking it on the chin, thanks to a drought and fires in Russia, too much rain in Canada, and locusts in Australia. Prices are at levels not seen in almost two years." Climate-driven harvest failures in other parts of the world may be good news for US grain dealers -- and may alter the balance of UN climate talks.

Climate Change [16]
Agriculture [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Food [12]
Public [3]
International [17]
Source: NPR [28], 08/04/2010

"Bisphenol A Linked With Decreased Sperm Quality, Quantity" [29]

"In one of the first human studies of its kind, researchers have found that urinary concentrations of the controversial chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, may be related to decreased sperm quality and sperm concentration."

Food [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ENS [31], 08/04/2010

Senate Dems Give Up on Spill Bill [32]

"Democrats on Tuesday gave up trying to pass even a scaled-back energy bill this summer that would have removed liability ceilings on oil companies, a reaction to the BP oil spill."

Disasters [20]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [34], 08/04/2010

BP Says Mud from 'Static Kill' Has Stopped Gulf Well [35]

"BP says it has reached the 'desired outcome' in a procedure in which it pumped mud down the throat of the blown-out well that is leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. ... The company said Wednesday that the well pressure was being controlled, 'which is the desired outcome of the static kill procedure carried out yesterday.'"

Disasters [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [36], 08/04/2010

Managing Stormwater: Key in Water Pollution, Beach Closures [37]

Here's a roundup of recent developments and resources that can help you cover how local stormwater management fits into the regional and national picture, including the Natural Resources Defense Council's 20th annual beach report and the proposed Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010.

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Water & Oceans [40]
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