"For Bicyclists Needing a Boost, This Wheel May Help"
"It is not easy to reinvent the wheel, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are giving it their best shot."
Source: NYTimes, 12/15/2009
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"Hispanic Farmworkers Seek Tighter Controls on Pesticide Use"
"Hispanic farmworkers in California poisoned by pesticides are demanding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exercise greater control over toxic substances used in agriculture."
Source: Latin American Herald Tribune, 12/15/2009
"EPA Detects Brain-Damaging Toxic Near School"
"Government regulators have found high levels of manganese, a dangerous metal that can affect the brain, in the air outside a school in eastern Ohio."
Source: USA TODAY, 12/15/2009
"Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution"
"As environmental concerns threaten to derail natural gas drilling projects across the country, the energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation's reserves without polluting air and drinking water." But are they used?
Source: ProPublica, 12/15/2009
Deep-Sea Glider: New Horizons for Ocean and Climate Research
The first robot to cross the Atlantic Ocean is a prototype that may offer dramatic new opportunities for measuring the ocean's properties at various depths -- a key to better understanding of climate change, as well as an aid to hurricane prediction, fishing, and shipping.
Source: Wash Post, 12/15/2009
"In Exxon Deal, Signs of the New Gusher"
"Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas producer, said Monday that it had agreed to buy XTO in an all-stock deal valued at $31 billion, the biggest oil and gas deal in four years."
Source: NYTimes, 12/15/2009
"China and U.S. Hit Strident Impasse at Climate Talks"
"China and the United States were at an impasse on Monday at the United Nations climate change conference here over how compliance with any treaty could be monitored and verified."
Source: NYTimes, 12/15/2009
Smart Meters, Intended for Efficiency, Prompt Revolt
"Millions of households across America are taking a first step into the world of the 'smart grid,' as their power companies install meters that can tell them how much electricity they are using hour by hour -- and sometimes, appliance by appliance. But not everyone is happy about it."
Source: NYTimes, 12/14/2009
"Grand Canyon Sandbar Restoration Planned With High Water Flows"
"The Department of the Interior will undertake an experimental initiative to improve the management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River as it flows through Grand Canyon National Park, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Thursday during the Colorado River Water Users Association conference."
Source: ENS, 12/14/2009
"Final Families Wait Out Mining Town's Last Days"
Residents of Treece, Kansas, try to go forward as they wait for buyouts at a Superfund site created by years of lead and zinc mining.
Source: Lawrence Journal-World, 12/14/2009
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