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"De-Hazing the Lazy Days of Summer"

"It's high season in the nation's national parks as millions of visitors come to see nature. If last year's visitor figures hold up -- and early indications suggest they will -- nine million visitors will see the Great Smoky Mountains, the most visited national park. Three other parks -- Grand Canyon (more than four million visitors in 2011) Yellowstone (about three million) and Acadia (more than two million) -- combined will attract roughly the same number."

Source: Green/NYT, 07/13/2012

"House Agriculture Panel Threatens California Animal Safety Laws"

"WASHINGTON -- Taking aim at California's pioneering efforts to bolster animal safety, the House Agriculture Committee has moved to block states from imposing their own standards for agriculture products on producers from other states."

Source: LA Times, 07/13/2012

"EPA, CDC Officials Testify To Senate on Child Lead Poisoning"

"WASHINGTON -- A U.S. senator questioned federal environmental health officials at a hearing Thursday about what is being done to address lead poisoning risks posed by contaminated soil around hundreds of old lead factory sites featured in a recent USA TODAY investigation."

Source: USA TODAY, 07/13/2012

"Disaster Declared in 26 States as Drought Sears U.S."

"More than 1,000 counties in 26 states are being named natural-disaster areas, the biggest such declaration ever by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as drought grips the Midwest."

Source: Bloomberg, 07/13/2012

"Midwest Drought Slashes US Corn Estimate, Jolts Market"

"WASHINGTON -- The worst Midwest drought in a quarter century is doing more damage to U.S. crops than previously expected with the government on Wednesday slashing its estimate for what was supposed to be a record harvest."

Source: Reuters, 07/13/2012

"Delays, Cost Increases at Nation's New Nuclear Projects"

"Despite promises from the nuclear industry to regulators and consumers that they learned from mistakes of the past, the nation's first two nuclear reactor projects built from scratch in 30 years are headed toward hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns and months, if not years, of delays."

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 07/13/2012

"Groups: U.S. Shares 'Mindset' Behind Japan's Nuclear Disaster"

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The same 'man-made' problems underlying last year's nuclear disaster in Japan exist today in the United States, warn five U.S. groups responding to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission's report to Japan's Diet, or parliament."

Source: ENS, 07/13/2012

"San Onofre Nuclear Plant Problem Worse Than Thought: Report"

"LOS ANGELES -- US nuclear regulators published an update on California's troubled San Onofre power plant Thursday, sparking an expert warning that the problem is more serious than first thought."

Source: AFP, 07/13/2012

N. American Environmental Officials Briefed on Community Concerns

"Senior environment officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada meeting in New Orleans on Wednesday were briefed on environmental concerns facing homeland communities, including indoor air pollution in Alaska, protecting freshwater sources from sewage and other pollutants in Mexico, and the impact of climate change already on First Nation villages along the Arctic Circle."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/12/2012

"Potential Loss of Tax Credit Becalms Wind Industry"

"The wind power industry, which has been one of the nation’s fastest growing energy sectors, is facing layoffs and factory closings as a federal subsidy nears an end."

Source: FuelFix, 07/12/2012

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