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"Climate Change Has Some Texas Animals Fleeing the Texas Heat" [1]

"As the hot days in Texas get even hotter, it may just be too much for some birds and fish. From the American goldfinch to the gray snapper, some species have been moving north for years, searching for cooler ground. And their quest may someday lead them to migrate out of the state -- forever -- especially if climate change continues to make Texas warmer, as predicted."
Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram [5], 08/17/2009
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"Selenium Suspected in Cattle Deaths Near Idaho Mine" [6]

"Eighteen cattle likely died of selenium poisoning near a southeastern Idaho phosphate mine, the latest livestock deaths in a region rich in phosphates where a legacy of pollution has killed horses and hundreds of sheep since the 1990s."
Chemicals [7]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Source: AP [9], 08/17/2009
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"UW Linked To Ghostwriting" [10]

"As fears were growing about the link between hormone therapy and breast cancer, a drug company paid the University of Wisconsin to sponsor ghostwritten medical education articles that downplayed the risks, records obtained by the Journal Sentinel show."
Science [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [13], 08/17/2009
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BC Parents Seek Ban on Spraying Pesticides on School Playing Fields [14]

"A Vernon parent is wondering why school playing fields are still being sprayed with pesticides as communities across the country have discontinued using chemicals to control weeds."
Chemicals [7]
Public [3]
Canada [15]
Source: Vernon Morning Star [16], 08/17/2009
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Plastic Industry Tackles Seattle Bag Fee [17]

"SEATTLE - Leaders of this famously green city last year passed the nation's first grocery-bag fee, and other cities around the nation quickly followed. But the plastics industry has been fighting back, bringing lawsuits, aggressively lobbying lawmakers, and bankrolling a referendum in Seattle that aims to overturn the 20-cent charge. The measure goes before voters Tuesday."
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Source: AP [20], 08/17/2009
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"Firefighters Gain on California Wildfires" [21]

Firefighters have largely contained many of the major fires that forced thousands of residents in various parts of California to flee their homes. Some are already returning.
Disasters [22]
Public [3]
California [23]
Source: LA Times [24], 08/17/2009
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"New Coal Ads Emphasize Energy Costs in Bid for 'Hearts and Minds'" [25]

"Coal's well-funded lobbying group today launched a television ad campaign featuring ordinary people talking about the importance of low-cost electricity, a message analysts described as coal's effort to rebrand itself before the Senate tackles climate legislation."
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Greenwire [26], 08/17/2009
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"A Gritty Problem: New Bedford Built Schools, Homes on Old Dump" [27]

The redevelopment of a New Bedford waste dump raises toxic threats to homes, schools, and churches.
Waste [28]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Boston Globe [30], 08/17/2009
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"Gloomy Negotiators End Bonn Climate Talks" [31]

"The latest round of preparatory talks for the U.N. climate conference concluded today with negotiators lamenting that the languid pace of talks could mean there won't be a deal on emissions in Copenhagen this December."
Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
International [32]
Source: Greenwire [33], 08/17/2009
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"A Drifting Danger for Central Valley Schoolchildren" [34]

"Despite regulations and laws to protect children, Fresno County authorities say school buses are still being exposed to pesticide clouds once or twice a year."
Chemicals [7]
Public [3]
California [23]
Source: LA Times [35], 08/17/2009
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