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"Global Warming Could Forestall Ice Age"

"The human-driven buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere appears to have ended a slide, many millenniums in the making, toward cooler summer temperatures in the Arctic, the authors of a new study report."

Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2009

Enviros File Suit To Block Tar Sands Pipeline

"Less than two weeks after the State Department gave the go-ahead for a major new pipeline to carry Alberta oil sands crude into the United States, a network of environmental and Native American groups filed a lawsuit to stop it."

Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2009

"Low In The Vitamin D Department"

Many kids and adults aren't getting enough Vitamin D. The solution may be as simple as spending more time in the sun.

Source: Environment Report, 09/03/2009

"Smalltooth Sawfish Get More Federal Protection"

"They are not cute and cuddly, but the smalltooth sawfish is getting more federal protection in Southwest Florida waters."

Source: Naples News, 09/03/2009

"Spate of Gas Drilling Leaks Raises Marcellus Concerns"

"On New Year’s Day, 2009, in the tiny northeast Pennsylvania town of Dimock, a drinking-water well blew up because of a methane leak associated with natural-gas drilling nearby."

Source: ES&T, 09/03/2009

"Firefighters Wage 5-Day Battle To Save Mt. Wilson Observatory"

"In a mile-high duel, driven firefighters are determined to keep flames from the historic facility."

Source: LA Times, 09/03/2009

"Clean Split: Duke Energy Leaves Clean-Coal Group"

"Duke Energy’s departure from the star-crossed American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity seems to have less to do with the viability of clean coal than with the viability of the groups that promote it."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/03/2009

"Google-Backed Geothermal Company Suspends Test Project"

"Geothermal startup AltaRock Energy Inc on Wednesday said it has suspended its demonstration project in California due to geologic anomalies."

Source: Reuters, 09/03/2009

"BP Finds Giant Oil Field Deep in Gulf of Mexico"

"BP announced on Wednesday the discovery of what it characterized as a giant oil field several miles under the Gulf of Mexico, but it may take years to assess how much crude can actually be recovered."

Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2009

Speculators Now Dominate Oil Futures Market: Study

A new study using CFTC data shows that speculators have come to dominate the oil futures market since Congress eased commodity regulations in 2000.

Source: SPX, 09/03/2009

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