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"UN's Ban To See Climate Change Effects on North Pole Trip"

"UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to visit a Norwegian island deep inside the Arctic Circle, near the North Pole, to see firsthand the effects of climate change, his spokeswoman said."

Source: AFP, 08/26/2009

"Chesapeake To Extend Public Water To Fly Ash Site"

The city of Chesapeake, Va., will extend public water supply lines to residents around a golf course built on fly ash from a coal-burning utility. But the utility and city disagree on how much the utility will pay.

Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 08/26/2009

"Mexican Drug Cartels Set Up Shop in California Parks"

The recent Los Padres fire exemplifies a growing trend: Mexican drug cartels setting up shop in California wilderness and parkland.

Source: TIME, 08/26/2009

"Lead-Laden Paint Still Widely Sold Around the World"

"Paint with dangerously high lead levels is still being sold for household use worldwide, putting hundreds of millions of young children at risk of permanent brain damage," new research shows.

Source: Reuters, 08/26/2009

"China Racing Ahead of U.S. in the Drive to Go Solar"

Chinese companies like Suntech are using government subsidies to leap ahead of the U.S. in the solar panel market.

Source: NYTimes, 08/26/2009

"U.S. Sets Awards To Evaluate CO2 Storage Technology"

"The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has awarded $27.6 million of funding to evaluate the potential risks of storing carbon dioxide underground, which is seen as a way to control global warming."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2009

"SC Utility Votes To Drop Coal-Fired Power Plant"

"COLUMBIA, S.C. -- State-owned utility Santee Cooper decided Monday to drop plans for a controversial coal-fired power plant in South Carolina, a move lauded by environmental groups that had criticized the facility."

Source: AP, 08/25/2009

"Revealing Secret Spots That Evoke Dark Secrets"

A simple brass plaque in Tarusa, Russia, stands as a reminder of an epic tale of scores of nuclear disasters in the former Soviet Union that were hidden, or never completely reported.

Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2009

"Environmental Research in an Age of Arctic Sovereignty"

"In an age of angst about security and Arctic sovereignty, it's no mean feat piecing together an oceanographic expedition involving scientists from the United States, Russia and elsewhere and launching the whole affair from a northern U.S. port."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2009

"Encyclopedia of Life grows; Clues on Ageing, Pests"

"An online encyclopedia aiming to describe every type of animal and plant on the planet has reached 170,000 entries and is helping research into aging, climate change and even the spread of insect pests."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2009

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