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"The Dirt on Dust"

"When you get right down to it, dust is pretty complicated. It also may be affecting your health."

Source: NPR, 11/10/2009

"Climate Deal To Prevent Doubling of Energy Bills"

"A climate change deal is needed not just to ward off global warming, but to ensure a shift from increasingly costly fossil fuels that could lead to a doubling of energy bills, the IEA's chief economist said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 11/10/2009

"Greenpeace Seeks Newsweek Disclosure of API Revenue"

"Greenpeace is demanding that Newsweek disclose how much money it has made selling the oil industry's biggest lobbying group advertising deals that included the ability to co-host energy policy forums and seat the association's president as a panelist beside members of Congress."

Source: Greenwire, 11/10/2009

"EPA C02 Endangerment Finding To White House"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final proposal on whether carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to human health and welfare to the White House for review, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told Reuters on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 11/10/2009

"Senate Climate Battle Shifts Onto New Turf"

"The Senate climate debate shifts into a higher gear this week as advocates look beyond the partisan gridlock that engulfed the Environment and Public Works Committee and onto the broader quest of finding 60 votes for floor passage."

Source: ClimateWire, 11/10/2009

EPA Names 4 Regional Administrators

EPA announced Thursday the Obama administration's appointment of four regional administrators. They are for Region 2 (NY, NJ, PR, VI, Tribal Nations), Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV), Region 6 (TX, LA, AK, NM, OK, Tribal Nations), Region, and Region 9 (CA, HI, AZ, NV, Territories, Tribal Nations).

Source: NYTimes, 11/09/2009

NY Files Show 270 Drilling Accidents in Past 30 Years

"As the debate over the merits of Marcellus Shale development reaches a crescendo, an Ithaca researcher has culled a list of 270 files documenting wastewater spills, well contamination, explosions, methane migration and ecological damage related to gas production in the state since 1979."

Source: Elmira Star Gazette, 11/09/2009

"Revealed: Polluters' Fear Tactics on Climate"

"Big greenhouse polluting companies around the world, employing thousands of lobbyists, are exerting heavy pressure on governments to weaken climate change laws at home and slow progress on an international climate agreement in Copenhagen, a global investigation reveals."

Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 11/09/2009

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