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"Hybrid Cars Dominate EPA List of Top 10 Fuel Sippers"

"More automakers are joining the trend. Nine of the top 10 vehicles in the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy rankings for the 2010 model year are hybrids, made by six companies."

Source: LA Times, 10/16/2009

Probe of Toxic Exposure by KBR Falls Flat

Despite Democrats' promises, a Congressional investigation into whether military contractor KBR knowingly exposed soldiers to toxic sodium dichromate in Iraq seems to be going nowhere.

Source: DC Bureau, 10/15/2009

New York To Ban Use of Coal Ash at Cement Plant

"The state is poised to ban the use of mercury-tainted coal fly ash at a Ravena cement plant that is the state's second largest source of airborne mercury pollution."

Source: Albany Times-Union, 10/15/2009

"Agriculture Critic's Appearance Angers University Alumni"

A big-money rancher alumnus caused Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to change a scheduled lecture by best-selling sustainable food writer Michael Pollan -- raising questions about academic freedom.

Source: LA Times, 10/15/2009

"Report: Coal Plant Would Add 'Harmful' Amount of Mercury To Chesapeake Bay"

"A proposed coal-fired power plant in Surry County (Va.) would add 'significant and harmful' amounts of mercury and other pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay and several river systems in coastal Virginia already suffering from excessive mercury levels, a study released Wednesday concludes."

Source: Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, 10/15/2009

"The Trouble Facing Canadian Rivers"

"Canada's major waterways have suffered significant alterations in their natural flows, a WWF-Canada report contends."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 10/15/2009

"Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight"

"Environmentalists are taking the fight over coal beyond Capitol Hill and onto college campuses."

Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2009

"Curbing Climate Change by Sealing Gas Leaks"

Fixing leaks of natural gas -- alias methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that causes up to a third of human-caused global warming -- can save money and slow warming.

Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2009

"Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill"

"The politically influential American Farm Bureau, the self-described 'national voice of agriculture,' has outlined a new campaign effort to derail Congressional bills to combat climate change."

Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2009

"Oil Jumps To Fresh 1-Year High Above $75 a Barrel"

"Oil prices reached a fresh one-year high above $75 a barrel Thursday in Asia on a weaker U.S. dollar and growing investor optimism about an economic recovery."

Source: AP, 10/15/2009

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