"Mercury Causes Homosexuality in Male Ibises"
"Exposure to mercury pollution could be hitting some wild birds' reproductive prospects hard by causing males to pair with other males."
Source: Nature, 12/02/2010
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"Calif Approves Use of Pesticide Linked To Cancer"
"California regulators approved a pesticide Wednesday for use by fruit and vegetable growers despite heavy opposition from environmental and farmworker groups that cited its links to cancer."
Source: AP, 12/02/2010
"Lead May Be Leaching Into Thousands of D.C. Homes"
"The water in almost 15,000 D.C. homes that received repairs during a massive effort to remove lead pipes may still be contaminated by dangerous levels of the metal, according to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Source: Wash Post, 12/02/2010
"Senate Passes Sweeping Law on Food Safety"
"The Senate passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food safety system on Tuesday, after tainted eggs, peanut butter and spinach sickened thousands of people in the last few years and led major food makers to join consumer advocates in demanding stronger government oversight."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2010
"Old Rifts Mar U.N. Climate Talks On 'Balanced Deal'"
"Old splits between rich and poor nations re-emerged on Tuesday over a plan to slow global warming, but both sides maintained a 'balanced package' is the goal of U.N. talks in Mexico."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2010
"Enviros Launch Ad Assault Against Oil Sands Pipeline Project"
"A coalition of 20 environmental groups took to the airwaves today in their escalating pushback against a $7 billion Canadian oil sands pipeline, launching a two-week ad campaign urging President Obama to 'prevent the next oil disaster' by rejecting a permit for the project."
Source: Greenwire, 12/01/2010
"N.Y. Assembly Approves Fracking Moratorium"
"The New York State Assembly voted 93 to 43 Monday night to place a temporary moratorium on a controversial type of natural gas exploration that combines hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2010
"End Ethanol Subsidies, Senators Say"
"Subsidies and tariffs to promote domestic ethanol production are “fiscally irresponsible and environmentally unwise” and should be ended, a bipartisan group of United States senators declared in a letter to the chamber’s leaders on Tuesday."
Source: Green (NYT), 12/01/2010
"EPA Fines Kettleman City Waste Dump Over PCB Contamination"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday levied a $300,000 fine against a toxic waste dump near a Central California farming community plagued by birth defects for failing to properly manage carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs."
Source: LA Times, 12/01/2010
"GOP Plans Strategy To Stymie EPA"
"Republicans plotting their offensive against the Obama administration’s environmental policies are eyeing a powerful weapon that would force the Democratic-held Senate to schedule votes on nullifying controversial regulations."
Source: Politico, 12/01/2010
