"When Some Ranchers Use Poison -- Just Like the Old Days"
Increased use of the poison Rozol to kill prairie dogs is harming many non-target species.
Source: High Country News, 01/25/2010
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"Evidence for Climate Change Caused by Man Mounts"
Measured temperatures offer evidence of manmade global warming that belie the increasing success of deniers funded by fossil fuel industries in damaging public confidence in science.
Source: Metrowest Daily News, 01/25/2010
"Crews Try To Protect Wildlife From Texas Oil Spill"
"DALLAS -- Crews worked Sunday to protect two sensitive wildlife areas after a crude oil spill shut down parts of a major southeast Texas port, state Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said."
Source: AP, 01/25/2010
"Venezuela Oil 'May Double Saudi Arabia'"
"A new US assessment of Venezuela's oil reserves could give the country double the supplies of Saudi Arabia."
Source: BBC News, 01/25/2010
"Milestone Report on Portland Harbor Pollution Lowballs Risk, EPA Says"
"An exhaustive report on Portland Harbor contamination -- written by industries and local government agencies that will likely have to pay for much of the cleanup -- tends to 'minimize the risks to human health and the environment' from harbor pollution, federal regulators say."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 01/22/2010
"Sunflower DNA Map Could Produce Plants for Fuel"
"A $10.5 million research project aimed at mapping the DNA sequence of sunflowers could one day yield a towering new variety for both food and fuel."
Source: AP, 01/22/2010
"Toyota In Argentine Lithium Deal For Hybrid Car Push"
"A sister company to Toyota Motor Corp secured a lithium supply deal in Argentina on Wednesday that could help the world's largest automaker keep its lead in gasoline-electric hybrid cars."
Source: Reuters, 01/22/2010
"Radioactive Tritium Has Been Found At Other Nuclear Plants"
"Vermonters have been getting a lesson in radioactive tritium over the past two weeks because of the discovery of contamination at Vermont Yankee. Vermonters are not alone. Other Entergy reactors -- including plants in Massachusetts and New York -- also have similar leaks."
Source: Vermont Public Radio, 01/22/2010
"Mass. Result Has Boxer Foes Smelling Blood in Calif."
"The three Republicans vying for the chance to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) this fall were tripping over themselves yesterday in a rush to capitalize on momentum generated by a rare special-election upset in a liberal stronghold 3,000 miles away."
Source: Greenwire, 01/22/2010
EPA Finds Hudson PCBs 25 Times Higher Than Expected
"Hudson River dredging released almost 25 times more PCBs into the water than expected, General Electric said Thursday in calling for changes in performance standards before the massive Superfund cleanup resumes."
Source: AP, 01/22/2010
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