"U.S. Farmers Oppose EPA's Proposed Dust Standard"
"American farmers have been ridiculing a proposal by U.S. regulators to reduce the amount of dust floating in rural air."
Source: Reuters, 08/24/2010
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"Could High Level Nuclear Waste Be on Its Way To Utah?"
"A Federal judge recently struck down a ruling that is keeping high level nuclear waste from being stored on an Indian reservation in Tooele County. It's a judicial move that could make it easier to bring the highly toxic waste into the state of Utah where it will be stored."
Source: ABC 4 News, 08/24/2010
"Nuclear Plant's Use of River Water Prompts $1.1 Billion Debate"
"Just beneath the wind-stippled surface of the Hudson River here, huge pipes suck enough water into the Indian Point nuclear plant every second to fill three Olympic swimming pools. And each second they take in dozens of organisms -- fish and crabs, but mostly larvae -- that are at the center of a $1.1 billion debate: should the plant have to put in cooling towers that would vastly reduce the intake of water?"
Source: NYTimes, 08/24/2010
"Website Publicizes Cancer Map, Environmental Data"
"BINGHAMTON -- A pair of [New York] state legislators on Wednesday showed an improved version of a website mapping cancer instances statewide as well as buildings and other facilities holding chemicals, gases or producing air emissions."
Source: Binghamton Press, 08/20/2010
"ADHD Risk May Be Tied To Pesticide Exposure Before Birth"
"Children whose mothers were exposed to widely-used pesticides such as malathion during pregnancy may be at increased risk of developing an attention disorder by age 5, a new study shows."
Source: MSNBC, 08/20/2010
Locals Track Oil Spill's Health Impacts, Paving Way for Federal Study
The New Orleans-area citizens' group Louisiana Bucket Brigade has been conducting a survey of the Gulf oil spill's possible health effects that may pave the way for larger and more scientific federal studies yet to be started.
Source: Greenwire, 08/20/2010
"Democrats, After Opposing Climate Bill, Still Face GOP Attacks"
"A group of Democrats who defied their party to oppose a landmark climate bill last year is facing attacks by political challengers from an unexpected direction: Cap and trade is being used against them, despite the fact that they voted no."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/20/2010
"Tribal Lands Struggle To Bring Clean Power Online"
Campo Kumeyaay Nation, a small tribe in the desert mountains east of San Diego, benefitted from the casino that opened in 2001. Now it wants to build a 25-turbine wind farm called Kumeyaay 1, the only large-scale renewable energy plant on Indian land in the country. But a big problem is the tribe's tax status: as a sovereign nation it can not receive the federal tax credits that make such projects feasible.
Source: NPR, 08/20/2010
"BP Settlements Likely to Shield Top Defendants"
"People and businesses seeking a lump-sum settlement from BP’s $20 billion oil spill compensation fund will most likely have to waive their right to sue not only BP, but also all the other major defendants involved with the spill, according to internal documents from the lawyers handling the fund."
Source: NYTimes, 08/20/2010
"BP Accused of Withholding 'Critical' Spill Data"
"The company that owned the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is accusing BP of withholding critical evidence needed to investigate the cause of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, according to a confidential document obtained by The Associated Press. BP called the claims a publicity stunt."
Source: AP, 08/20/2010
