"For Tobacco States, a Change Is in the Air"
"Virginia banned smoking in most restaurants a month ago -- and not all of them mind. North Carolina follows suit."
Source: LA Times, 01/04/2010
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New Findings Track Vietnam War's Toxic Legacy
"A Canadian firm says U.S. use of defoliants in Vietnam has left perilous dioxin levels, but that the issue is solvable."
Source: LA Times, 01/04/2010
"Use of Potentially Harmful Chemicals Kept Secret Under Law"
"Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States -- from flame retardants in furniture to household cleaners -- nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names and physical properties guarded from consumers and virtually all public officials under a little-known federal provision."
Source: Wash Post, 01/04/2010
"China’s Oil Ambitions in Canada Receiving New Government Scrutiny"
"The Harper government is quietly reviewing the $1.9-billion investment by a state-owned Chinese oil company in two oilsands projects, more than a month after the deal was originally supposed to close."
Source: Canwest, 12/31/2009
"Landowner Calls On Death To Save Her Farm"
"To quote a famous line from a famous movie, "It's the only thing that lasts" — land, that is. No wonder, then, that many see land as their legacy, something to pass down to future generations when they die. A landowner in Michigan wants to use death itself — her own — to leave a legacy that's unusually personal."
Source: NPR, 12/31/2009
"Climate Pledge Tracker Compares Nations' CO2 Emissions Limits"
"Anywhere that people can go online they can trace the proposals and plans of countries to combat climate change through an online climate pledge tracker website newly established by the United Nations Environment Programme."
Source: ENS, 12/31/2009
"EPA Plans to Expand Lead Monitoring Network"
"To ensure that the most vulnerable Americans are better protected from exposure to lead, the U.S. EPA is proposing to revise the monitoring requirements for measuring airborne lead."
Source: ENS, 12/31/2009
"EPA May Propose C8 Rules -- in 2012"
"The Obama administration announced Wednesday it might write rules to limit the manufacture, processing and use of C8 and related perfluorinated chemicals, but would not propose any such regulations until at least 2012."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/31/2009
"N.J. Environmental Groups Against Drilling Along Delaware River"
"Environmental groups gathered along the Delaware River Wednesday to call on the Delaware River Basin Commission to protect the Delaware from toxic chemical contamination related to natural gas drilling."
Source: Newsroom Jersey, 12/31/2009
"Dust: Tiny Particles With a Big Impact"
Dust is everywhere, is likely to increase, and will cause unknown environmental impacts.
Source: McClatchy, 12/31/2009
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