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"Attack of the Climate Spam?"

News Web sites that allow reader comments are experiencing "climate spam" -- generic, marginally relevant comments on climate news stories denying that human activities are causing climate change or the need to do anything about it. The same comments are posted verbatim on multiple sites. The comments repeat the talking points of PR firms paid by fossil fuel industries -- and they are anonoymous.

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 08/11/2009

"Taiwan Mudslide May Have Buried 600 Villagers"

"A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in mountainous southern Taiwan, disaster officials said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 08/11/2009

"EPA's Chief Orders Full Staff Cooperation With Agency Auditors"

"U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has ordered her staff to fully cooperate with the investigative efforts of the agency's internal auditors, a stark reversal from the agency's policy under the George W. Bush administration."

Source: Greenwire, 08/11/2009

"Time Running Out For December Climate Pact-U.N."

"About 180 nations met for U.N. climate talks on Monday amid warnings that time was running out for them to reach agreement on a hugely complex pact, due for completion at the end of the year."

Source: Reuters, 08/11/2009

National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amalgamates environmental information from several sources across the country into this online tool for tracking environmental exposures and chronic health conditions.

"First U.S. "Power Tower" Lights Up California"

The new Sierra Suntower in Southern California's Antelope Valley uses 24,000 mirrors to concentrate light onto a tower that generates steam -- and enough electricty to power 4,000 local homes.

Source: Scientific American, 08/10/2009

"Yosemite's Big Trees Withering Away"

"There might be a scientific reason that the old-growth trees in Yosemite National Park don't seem quite as big or as plentiful as those in your grandfather's early snapshots of the park."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 08/10/2009

"Without Birds To Disperse Seeds, Guam's Forest Is Changing"

"The brown tree snake invasion has wiped out birds on guam and left a forest to survive on its own."

Source: Scientific American, 08/10/2009

"The Science Of Salmonella"

"The deadly bacterium, responsible for recent pistachio and peanut recalls, can live in many wild animals and in almost any climate. and it's thriving in our modern lifestyle."

Source: LA Times, 08/10/2009

"Food Processors' Spraying Leaves West Michigan Wells Contaminated"

"In rural west Michigan, food processors have sprayed so much wastewater onto fields that heavy metals seeped into groundwater, contaminating wells."

Source: Detroit Free Press, 08/10/2009

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