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Panel To Examine Nuke Waste Options After Yucca

"The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the formation of a blue ribbon commission to evaluate policy options for a safe, long-term solution to America' growing piles of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants ...."

Source: ENS, 02/02/2010

"Study Finds a Tree Growth Spurt"

"Forests in the eastern United States appear to be growing faster in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a new study has found."

Source: NYTimes, 02/02/2010

"Vt Nuke Plant Leaks Renew Debate Over Aging Plants"

"Radioactive tritium, a carcinogen discovered in potentially dangerous levels in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, has now tainted at least 27 of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors — raising concerns about how it is escaping from the aging nuclear plants."

Source: AP, 02/02/2010

Obama's Budget Impacts Environment in Many Ways

President Obama's $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget proposal, released Feb. 1, funds private nuclear plants, Great Lakes and Chesapeake cleanup, and acquisition of land for conservation. It cuts Yucca Mountain, fossil subsidies, and EPA. It still hopes to get revenue from cap-and-trade ... and affects the environment in myriad other ways.

Source: Wash Post, 02/02/2010

"Nutrient Levels High in Bodies of Water At U. of Florida"

Lake Alice "is one of many water bodies on campus that would be considered impaired under new limits on nutrients proposed earlier this month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous can cause algal blooms that can be deadly for fish and hazardous to humans."

Source: Gainesville Sun, 02/01/2010

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