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"Informal World Climate Talks in Bonn in August"

"World climate negotiators will gather in Bonn next month to edit an 'indigestible' set of proposals into a manageable document for international consideration, the head of a key U.N. panel said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 07/22/2009

"Senate Democrats Prep Team Girds for Climate Battle"

Having learned from past efforts to pass climate legislation, Senate Environment Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is trying to increase buy-in by encouraging six other committees to stake a claim on the bill.

Source: ClimateWire, 07/22/2009

"Quake, Tsunami Potential High On U.S. West Coast"

"Scientists have underestimated the potential for a giant quake and tsunami that could swamp much the U.S. northwest and Canadian west coasts, British and U.S. researchers said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 07/22/2009

"Draft Executive Order Aims to Curb Floodplain Development"

"The White House is crafting an executive order aimed at toughening federal policies restricting the construction of dams, levees, roads and other structures in flood-prone areas."

Source: Greenwire, 07/22/2009

"World's First Solar City?"

A former NFL player wants to build the world’s first 100-percent solar-powered city in southern Florida.

Source: Environment Report, 07/21/2009

"Colorado Guv Cozies up To Natural Gas"

"Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, is not known for being a friend of fossil fuels. ...So it was a bit of a surprise this month when Ritter told oil and gas executives that natural gas should not be seen as simply a bridge fuel."

Source: High Country News, 07/21/2009

"Government Rejects Oil Drilling Deal in Alaska Refuge"

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has rejected a controversial land trade that would have allowed oil and gas drilling in part of a national wildlife refuge in Alaska."

Source: Reuters, 07/21/2009

"Wanted for Wetlands Pollution, EPA Fugitive Caught in Mexico"

"Robert Wainwright, 65, a fugitive wanted in Indiana for allegedly polluting wetlands, was arrested July 14 in Mexico by U.S. marshals and agents of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, working with Mexican police."

Source: ENS, 07/21/2009

Missouri To Probe Secrecy on Lake E. Coli Data

"Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is investigating whether a state agency violated the law by not releasing data showing E. coli bacteria above safe levels in the Lake of the Ozarks."

Source: Kansas City Star, 07/21/2009

"EPA Plan for Missouri Lead Waste Worries Residents"

"For generations, people in Leadwood have lived near huge piles of dangerous, lead-contaminated mining waste. Now the EPA has decided the answer to the problem is to pile on more lead-tainted earth. To many folks, that makes no sense at all."

Source: AP, 07/21/2009

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