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"Report: Fatal Bayer Blast 'Should Never Have Happened'"
"Safety audits by state and local authorities, along with more citizen oversight, could have forced Bayer CropScience to fix longstanding problems that caused an August 2008 explosion that killed two Institute plant workers, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a report issued Thursday."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/21/2011
"Green Group Accuses Apple Of Lax Supplier Oversight"
"iPhone maker Apple was criticized by Chinese green groups for lax corporate oversight of its suppliers in China, leading to poor environmental and work safety standards that poisoned dozens of factory workers."
Source: Reuters, 01/21/2011
"Can Eating Less Meat Curb Climate Change?"
"That hamburger in the hand of so many Americans does have global implications. Our meat-eating habits can impact the tropical rainforests and savannas -- and ultimately the atmosphere. Livestock may contribute some 18 percent of greenhouse gases -- and that matters for both the 1 billion hungry and 1.6 billion overweight people on the planet."
Source: Daily Climate, 01/21/2011
"Floodwaters Rising Across Southern Africa"
"As South Africa declares a national disaster due to flooding, other countries in the region hold their breath while water levels continue to rise."
Source: IPS, 01/21/2011
"EPA Loses in Bid to Delay Air Rules"
"A federal judge on Thursday rejected the Obama administration's request to delay by more than a year controversial new regulations targeting emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from industrial boilers."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 01/21/2011
"New Figures Confirm That 2010 Was a Hot Year"
"New figures issued on Thursday in Britain show that 2010 was the second-warmest year in the historical record. That comes on the heels of reports last week from two American agencies that 2010 was tied for the warmest year in the record books."
Source: Green (NYT), 01/21/2011
"200-Year Flood in Calif. More Devastating Than Major Quake, USGS Says"
"A massive California rain event -- one expected to occur once every 200 years -- would far surpass destruction caused by a "Big One" earthquake, causing more than $700 billion in damage and hobbling the state's economy for decades, federal scientists are warning."
Source: Greenwire, 01/21/2011
"Giant Crayfish Found In Tennessee Is New Species"
"A new species of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places, researchers said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/21/2011
"Rep. Markey Seeks Immediate Review Of BP-Rosneft"
"Representative Edward Markey on Thursday asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to launch an immediate investigation into a $16 billion share-swap plan between BP and state-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft."
Source: Reuters, 01/21/2011
