"Florida, Federal Officials Reach Deal for Everglades Restoration"
"Water managers and the White House signed a crucial contract Thursday that promises a much-needed infusion of federal dollars for the Everglades."
Source: McClatchy, 08/14/2009
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"Study Finds Big Storms on a 1,000-Year Rise"
"The North Atlantic Ocean has spawned more hurricanes and tropical storms over the last decade than it has since a similarly stormy period 1,000 years ago, according to a new study."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/14/2009
"Sacramento Judge Tentatively Rules Against Bid To List Styrene as Carcinogenic"
"A Sacramento judge sided with the styrene industry and against state environmental officials on Wednesday in ruling that the chemical doesn't have to be listed under Proposition 65 as a cause of cancer."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/14/2009
"Nuclear Careers To Heat Up?"
"Some Senate Republicans want the climate change bill to focus on building new nuclear power plants. They're calling for as many as 100 new plants in 20 years. But the industry has been in decline for so many years now, there's concern there might not be enough nuclear engineers to do the job."
Source: Environment Report, 08/13/2009
"Virginia Judge Nixes Permit for Coal Power Plant"
"In a victory for environmental groups, a Richmond judge on Tuesday invalidated a permit for a coal-burning power plant being built in southwestern Virginia."
Source: AP, 08/13/2009
"EPA Orders Ky. Regulators to Revise Permit for TVA Coal-Fired Plant"
"U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has sided with environmental groups on several challenges contending that permits issued to a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant failed to properly account for air pollution."
Source: Greenwire, 08/13/2009
"Bush Mining Rule to Stand"
"A federal judge let stand a Bush administration rule that makes it easier for companies involved in mountaintop coal mining to dump debris near streams."
Source: NYTimes, 08/13/2009
"Amaranth Settles Charges of Market Manipulation"
"Amaranth Advisors, a hedge fund that collapsed in 2006, agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle accusations from regulators that it tried to manipulate natural gas futures."
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"New Plan Would Add Oversight But Delay Hanford Nuclear Cleanup"
"Cleanup of the nation's biggest nuclear mess would take nearly two decades longer than planned under an agreement endorsed Tuesday by the governors of Washington and Oregon."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 08/13/2009
"Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle"
Fiji water is in fashion. Alleged to be pure. And a brutal military dictatorship threatens prison and rape for any journalist who may suggest otherwise.
Source: Mother Jones, 08/13/2009
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