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"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

"Bay Advocates Send Obama Restoration Strategy"

"A coalition of former governors, congressmen, scientists and others sent the Obama Administration their proposed Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy, a plan much tougher than the one being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."

Source: AP, 12/31/2009

"Canada Panel Backs Arctic Pipeline Conditionally"

"The C$16.2 billion ($15.4 billion) Mackenzie pipeline in Canada's Arctic should be allowed to proceed, provided 176 recommendations aimed at securing socioeconomic benefits and minimizing environmental damage are followed, regulators ruled on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 12/31/2009

EPA Questions NY Gas Drilling Plans

"The federal Environmental Protection Agency told New York State on Wednesday that it had major concerns about how proposed hydraulic drilling for natural gas would affect public health and the environment, and urged it to undertake a broader study of the potential impact."

Source: NYTimes, 12/31/2009

"Yield Loss Eyed As Snow Covers U.S. Corn Crop"

"As much as 100 million bushels of U.S. corn could be lost after heavy snowstorms in recent days likely delayed until spring the final stages of an already historically slow harvest, analysts and meteorologists said on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 12/30/2009

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